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truth_n believe_v think_v word_n 1,844 5 3.9689 3 false
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A26019 Reasons against agreement with a late printed paper, intituled, Foundations of freedome, or, The agreement of the people vvhereby it doth appear, that the particulars proposed in the said paper are not foundations of freedome, but of tyrannie and slaverie to the people, being destructive to religion, laws, liberty, and government, against our Covenant and protestations, and very dangerous and unsafe for the kingdom / by William Ashhurst ... Ashhurst, William, 1617-1680. 1648 (1648) Wing A3977; ESTC R16829 11,283 16

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