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land_n grant_v king_n patent_n 1,796 5 10.4813 5 true
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A34716 The field of bloud, or, rebellion blazoned in all its colours in a lively representation (grounded upon fact) of the fatal consequences of inhability in a prince, exorbitant ambition in the nobility, and licentious insolence in the Commons. Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631. 1681 (1681) Wing C6491A; ESTC R17249 21,251 38

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