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master_n child_n father_n son_n 2,817 4 5.6006 4 false
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A13778 A briefe and pleasant discourse of duties in mariage, called the flower of friendshippe Tilney, Edmund, d. 1610. 1571 (1571) STC 24077; ESTC S113934 28,918 78

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