Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n
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A54808
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The Sad condition of a distracted kingdome, expressed, in a fable of Philo the Jew
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Philo, of Alexandria.; Rivers, J. A. (John Abbot)
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1645
(1645)
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Wing P2130; ESTC R40672
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