Selected quad for the lemma: woman_n
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The old woman's resolution: or, A dialogue betwixt Jack Drumbold and his Old Granny Gregory; who vow'd she would marry though fourscore years and ten because she would shoe her horse round. To the tune of I marry and thank ye too: Licensed according to order.
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1688-1692?
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Wing O217; Interim Tract Supplement Guide EBB65H[48]
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