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nature_n body_n soul_n substance_n 6,946 5 8.3058 4 true
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A12779 Fovvre hymnes, made by Edm. Spenser Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.; Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599. Daphnaïda. aut 1596 (1596) STC 23086; ESTC S111278 28,510 76

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