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"text": "Returne with ſpeed, time paſſeth ſwift away,\nOur life is fraile, and we may dye to day.",
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"ref": "1948, C. Henry Warren, The English Counties, Essex: Odhams, page 170:",
"text": "The scythe, the sickle and the flail (or \"frail\", is it is invariably called) - these should surely be incorporated in the county arms, for on their use much of the prosperity of Essex has always rested until now.",
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