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truth_n heart_n lord_n sincerity_n 1,662 5 9.7763 5 false
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A02121 Greenes vision vvritten at the instant of his death. Conteyning a penitent passion for the folly of his pen. Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592. 1592 (1592) STC 12261; ESTC S105824 38,847 64

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