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power_n	great_a	king_n	year_n	6,631	5	4.9369	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31144	The case of the Company of White-Paper-Makers humbly presented to the consideration of this present Parliament.	Company of White Paper Makers (London, England)	1689 (1689)	Wing C1052; ESTC R36279	2,751	4

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