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6._o the_o o_o 8._o o_o rev._n 21._o 8._o fearful_a be_v the_o first_o in_o that_o dismal_a list_n of_o malefactor_n who_o shall_v have_v their_o part_n in_o the_o lake_n which_o burn_v with_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n which_o be_v the_o second_o death_n even_o by_o christ_n own_o sentence_n john_n 18._o 34._o to_o this_o end_n be_v i_o bear_v and_o for_o this_o cause_n come_v i_o into_o the_o world_n that_o i_o shall_v bear_v witness_n unto_o the_o truth_n finis_fw-la *_o see_v fortescue_n de_fw-fr laudibus_fw-la legum_fw-la angliae_fw-la and_o sir_n thomas_n smith_n de_fw-la republica_fw-la anglicana_fw-la 16_o car._n c._n 1._o see_v rastal_n title_n tax_n tallage_n the_o act_n for_o subsidy_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o temporalty_n *_o see_v my_o memento_n to_o the_o pâ—esent_a unparliamentary_a juncto_fw-la prynne_n the_o member_n reconcile_v to_o prynne_n the_o barresteâ—_z and_o true_a and_o perfect_a narrative_n may_n 7._o and_o 9_o 1659._o a_o see_v my_o humble_a remonstrance_n 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