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truth_n church_n great_a see_v 3,557 5 3.4655 3 true
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A96131 A preparative for the fast, or, a sovereigne balsome for the cure of the distempers of the times. Weall, Job, 17th cent. 1642 (1642) Wing W1186; Thomason E133_8; ESTC R23066 7,430 19

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