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love_n john_n sir_n thomas_n 6,846 5 10.2241 5 true
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A16762 The mothers blessing Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626? 1602 (1602) STC 3669; ESTC S104773 11,646 42

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the_o mother_n blessing_n print_a at_o london_n by_o t._n c._n for_o john_n smethick_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v at_o his_o shop_n in_o s._n dunston_n churchyard_n in_o fleetstreet_n 1602._o to_o the_o spirit_n of_o much_o forwardness_n in_o the_o inclination_n to_o much_o goodness_n in_o the_o love_n of_o learning_n and_o the_o honour_n of_o virtue_n m._n thomas_n rowe_n son_n to_o the_o lady_n bartley_n of_o stoke_n nich._n breton_n wish_v with_o continuance_n of_o health_n a_o prosperous_a achievement_n of_o his_o virtuous_a desire_n sir_n my_o acquaintance_n with_o you_o have_v not_o be_v little_a nor_o my_o love_n less_o which_o i_o will_v be_v glad_a to_o manifest_v in_o some_o better_a matter_n they_o bare_a word_n and_o yet_o since_o word_n well_o weigh_v sometime_o carry_v matter_n of_o good_a sense_n in_o the_o word_n which_o i_o write_v i_o pray_v you_o weigh_v the_o sense_n of_o my_o good_a will_n which_o if_o it_o have_v not_o do_v so_o well_o as_o i_o wish_v bear_v 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