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mercy_n let_v lord_n prayer_n 9,235 5 6.5766 4 true
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A45566 The safest convoy, or, The strongest helper declared in a valedictory sermon before the Right Honourable Sr. Thomas Bendish, Baronet, His Majesties ambassadour ... / deliverd by Nathanaell Hardy. Hardy, Nathaniel, 1618-1670. 1653 (1653) Wing H746; ESTC R28060 22,044 37

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