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mercy_n blood_n cry_v vengeance_n 2,138 5 10.8064 5 false
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B04433 The murtherer justly condemned, or, An account of George Feast, a butcher of Shoreditch, being found guilty ... for the barbarous bloody murther of his wife ... also some account of his penitent behaviour in Newgate. To the tune of, Packingtons pound. 1697 (1697) Wing M3095B; ESTC R180795 1,508 1

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