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friend_n call_v love_n see_v 823 5 2.9819 3 false
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B06526 The west-country weaver: containing his sorrowful lamentation for the hardship which he undergoes by a proud imperious wife: together, with his resolution to reclaim her by the well-approved oil of holly. To the tune of If love's a sweet passion, &c. Licensed according to order. 1690-1998? (1698) Wing W1408; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[513] 1,261 1

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