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soul_n act_n body_n sin_n 3,765 5 4.9553 4 false
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A34021 The Careless curate and the bloudy butcher in a narrative of sad news from Chelmsford in Essex, declaring an execrable murther committed by a barbarous butcher ... : to the tune of Oh women, monstrous women. 1662 (1662) Wing C540; ESTC R37465 1,361 2

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