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truth_n believe_v great_a word_n 3,026 5 4.0136 3 true
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A01286 A booke of christian ethicks or moral philosophie containing, the true difference and opposition, of the two incompatible qualities, vertue, and voluptuousnesse. Made by William Fulbecke, maister of Artes, and student of the lawes of England. Fulbeck, William, 1560-1603? 1587 (1587) STC 11409; ESTC S105667 32,626 90

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