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spirit_n body_n see_v soul_n 13,290 5 5.4132 4 true
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A20826 Matilda The faire and chaste daughter of the Lord Robert Fitzwater. The true glorie of the noble house of Sussex. Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631. 1594 (1594) STC 7205; ESTC S105388 19,494 64

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