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truth_n false_a know_v true_a 4,114 5 4.5846 4 true
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A52015 Wit restor'd in several select poems not formerly publish't. Mennes, John, Sir, 1599-1671. 1658 (1658) Wing M1719; ESTC R32937 71,892 248

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