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love_n call_v great_a lord_n 3,043 5 3.4503 3 false
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B02465 A lye is no scandal. Or a vindication of Mr. Mungo Craig, from a ridiculous calumny cast upon him by T. A. who was executed for apostacy at Edinburgh, the 8 of January, 1697. Craig, Mungo. 1697 (1697) Wing C6799A; ESTC R174378 11,849 17

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