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land_n	wit_n	word_n	year_n	102	3	4.9549	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08102	A godlie treatise of the Church. Written by Robert Some..	Some, Robert, 1542-1609.	1582-1583? (1583)	STC 22910; ESTC S95257	42,376	122

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