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sense_n	wit_n	word_n	work_n	195	4	4.8433	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36047	The exposition of Dionysius Syrus written above 900 years since on the evangelist St. Mark / translated by Dudley Loftus ... anno 1672 ; wherewith are bound up several other tracts of the same authour, and an ancient Syriack scholia on the four evangelists, as also some Persian, Armenian, and Greek antiquities, translated as aforesaid : the titles whereof are set down immediately after the Epistle to the reader, with refereuce [sic] to the several pages where they are.	Dionysius Exiguus, d. ca. 540.; Loftus, Dudley, 1619-1695.	1672 (1672)	Wing D1525; ESTC R37278	110,280	261

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the_o exposition_n of_o dionysius_n syrus_n write_v above_o 900_o year_n since_o on_o the_o evangelist_n st._n mark_n translate_v by_o dudley_n loftus_n j._n u._n d._n and_o one_o of_o the_o master_n of_o the_o high_a court_n of_o chancery_n in_o ireland_n anno_fw-la 1672._o wherewith_o be_v bind_v up_o several_a other_o tract_n of_o the_o same_o author_n and_o a_o ancient_a syriack_n scholia_fw-la on_o the_o four_o evangelist_n as_o also_o some_o persian_a armenian_a and_o greek_a antiquity_n translate_v as_o aforesaid_a the_o title_n whereof_o be_v set_v down_o immediate_o after_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o reader_n with_o reference_n to_o the_o several_a page_n where_o they_o be_v dublin_n print_v for_o joseph_n wilde_n bookseller_n in_o castlestreet_n 1672._o to_o the_o sacred_a majesty_n of_o catherine_n of_o portugal_n queen_n of_o england_n scotland_n france_n and_o ireland_n and_o the_o many_o dominion_n thereunto_o belong_v madam_n if_o success_n the_o grand_a patroness_n of_o 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