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power_n	according_a	authority_n	law_n	3,781	5	4.5737	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51777	[An appendix to the office and duty of an executor.]	Manley, Thomas, 1628-1690.	1676 (1676)	Wing M442; ESTC R204050	25,140	71

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