Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48206	A Letter to a noble lord at London from a friend at Oxford upon occasion of the late covenant taken by both Houses.	Friend at Oxford.	1643 (1643)	Wing L1691; ESTC R36362	10,224	15

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