Selected quad for the lemma: love_n
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A28513
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True peace, or, A moderate discourse to compose the unsettled consciences and greatest differences in ecclesiastical affaires written long since by the no less famous then learned Sir Francis Bacon ...
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Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
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1662
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Wing B339; ESTC R37050
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