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truth_n bear_v good_a witness_n 1,694 5 7.6033 4 false
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A13499 Sir Gregory Nonsence his newes from no place Written on purpose, with much study to no end, plentifully stored with want of wit, learning, iudgement, rime and reason, and may seeme very fitly for the vnderstanding of nobody. Toyte, Puncton, Ghemorah, Molushque, Kaycapepson. This is the worke of the authors, without borrowing or stealing from others. By Iohn Taylor. Taylor, John, 1580-1653. 1622 (1622) STC 23795; ESTC S101248 8,728 30

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