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woman_n bring_v good_a see_v 1,413 5 3.0921 3 false
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A16754 I pray you be not angry, for I will make you merry a pleasant and merry dialogue, betweene two trauellers, as they met on the high-way Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626? 1624 (1624) STC 3662; ESTC S116183 13,062 16

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