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truth_n false_a know_v true_a 4,114 5 4.5846 4 true
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A49777 William Rogers's Christian Quaker, manifested to be antichristian by Thomas Lawrence of Marlbrough. Lawrence, Thomas, 1645?-1714. 1681 (1681) Wing L689A; ESTC R221692 4,101 16

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