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hand_n left_a right_a side_n 20,818 5 7.2755 4 true
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A95154 A true relation of a most barbarous and bloody murder lately committed on the body of Mr. Tho. Clarke, minister and school-master in the parish of St. Margarets Westminster 1688 (1688) Wing T2886C; ESTC R230473 1,190 4

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