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woman_n child_n great_a place_n 2,045 5 4.0412 3 true
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B06928 The distressed mother: being a merchants daughter of London, who lost her husband in Ireland, and her father falling to decay, b[eing] in prison, brought her youngest child to the court at Kensington, leaving it there with a note in its bosome, wh[ich] show'd her misfortunes; desiring the Queen to be kind to the child for its parents sake; which she graciously [ac]cordingly did. To the tune of, Let Cesar live long. 1692 (1692) Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[118] 1,315 1

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