Selected quad for the lemma: love_n
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A25694
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An apology for lovers, or, A discourse of the antiquity and lawfulnesse of love by Erastophil, no proselyte, but a native of that religion.
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Erastophil.
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1651
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Wing A3544; ESTC R8369
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