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narrat_fw-la pag._n 24._o ☜_o note_v note_v the_o sincerity_n of_o popish_a principle_n where_o such_o equivocation_n be_v allow_v of_o to_o justify_v the_o great_a villainy_n see_v narrative_n of_o the_o trial_n funeral_n sermon_n p._n 28._o