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Search phrase: ancestry

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CymbelineCym V.iv.48great nature like his ancestrygreat nature like his ancestrie
Henry VIIIH8 I.i.59for being not propped by ancestry whose gracefor being not propt by auncestry whose grace
Richard IIIR3 III.vii.197yet to draw forth your noble ancestryyet to draw forth your noble ancestrie
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG V.iv.140now by the honour of my ancestrynow by the honor of my ancestry

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birthroyal birth noble ancestry
breeding ancestry parentage noble lineage
house ancestry lineage family
progeny ancestry descent parentage
raceorigin stock ancestry
stocktree family-tree ancestry

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ancestrybreeding
ancestryprogeny
ancestrystock
ancestryrace
ancestryhouse
ancestry noblebirth
noble ancestrybirth

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