Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n
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A02730
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The tragicall life and death of Muley Abdala Melek the late King of Barbarie With a proposition, or petition to all Christian princes, annexed therevnto: VVritten by a gentleman imployed into those parts.
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Harrison, John, fl. 1610-1638.
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STC 12860; ESTC S116606
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