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nature_n	worship_n	worship_v	writer_n	24	3	8.2251	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26564	Henry Cornelius Agrippa his fourth book of occult philosophy of geomancie, magical elements of Peter de Aban : astronomical geomancie ; the nature of spirits ; Arbatel of magick ; the species or several kindes of magick / translated into English by Robert Turner.; De occulta philosophia. Book 4. English.	Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, 1486?-1535.; Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, 1486?-1535.; Turner, Robert, fl. 1654-1665.; Petrus, de Abano, ca. 1250-ca. 1315. Heptameron.	1665 (1665)	Wing A786; ESTC R32699	134,939	242

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