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spirit_n body_n sin_n soul_n 13,963 5 5.3517 4 true
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A61715 The Earle of Straffords letter to his lady sent by a trvsty messenger, with his prayer on the scaffold at Tower Hill, 12. of May 1641. Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1593-1641. 1641 (1641) Wing S5788; ESTC R22373 2,139 10

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