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lord_n good_a let_v see_v 13,666 5 3.2217 3 false
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A88042 A letter to the kindome [sic] of England to stand upon their vvatch, least the darke winter nights (by the lightning of cannons) prove terrible to their spirits. 1642 (1642) Wing L1738; Thomason 669.f.6[59]; ESTC R212433 1,663 1

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