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lord_n ambition_n friend_n great_a 61 3 2.1251 3 false
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A86163 An admonition to my Lord Protector and his Council, of their present danger, with the means to secure him and his posterity in their present greatnesse: with the generall applause and lasting tranquility of the nation,. J. H.; Heath, James, 1629-1664, attributed name.; Howell, James, 1594?-1666, attributed name. 1654 (1654) Wing H1317; Thomason E813_2; ESTC R207329 8,665 15

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