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master_n abraham_n servant_n swear_v 330 4 8.1562 4 false
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A18056 Carters Christian common vvealth; or, Domesticall dutyes deciphered Carter, Thomas, of London. 1627 (1627) STC 4698; ESTC S116227 89,281 328

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