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truth_n believe_v know_v knowledge_n 3,488 5 6.8962 4 true
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A63405 A true and impartial relation of a wonderful apparition that happen'd in the royal camp in Flanders, the beginning of this instant September, 1692, concerning King William / in a letter to a gentleman in London, from his friend, a captain in the King's camp. Captain in the King's camp. 1692 (1692) Wing T2499; ESTC R33699 1,793 2

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