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truth_n certain_a convenient_a good_a 30 3 2.0641 3 false
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A19847 The faythfull and true storye of the destruction of Troye, compyled by Dares Phrigius, which was a souldier while the siege lasted, translated into Englyshe by Thomas Paynell; De excidio Troiae historia. English Dares, Phrygius.; Paynell, Thomas.; Heret, Mathurin, 1518-1585. 1553 (1553) STC 6274.5; ESTC S110715 35,249 153

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