Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n
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A14083
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Asylum veneris, or A sanctuary for ladies Iustly protecting them, their virtues, and sufficiencies from the foule aspersions and forged imputations of traducing spirits.
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D. T. (Daniel Tuvill), d. 1660.
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STC 24393; ESTC S118753
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