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be_v always_o with_o a_o woman_n and_o not_o to_o know_v a_o woman_n be_v more_o than_o to_o raise_v up_o a_o dead_a man_n touch_v not_o pitch_n lest_o you_o be_v defile_v you_o have_v fire_n enough_o in_o your_o own_o nature_n seek_v not_o fuel_n abroad_o the_o young_a man_n when_o he_o grow_v acquaint_v with_o strumpet_n hope_n to_o spend_v his_o day_n merry_o in_o fine_a house_n and_o be_v sudden_o carry_v to_o death_n and_o hell_n he_o look_v for_o a_o storehouse_n of_o pleasure_n fine_a garden_n etc._n etc._n and_o behold_v desolation_n the_o heathen_a man_n can_v say_v nolo_fw-la tanti_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la emere_fw-la i_o will_v not_o buy_v repentance_n so_o dear_a and_o the_o proverb_n be_v caveat_n emptor_n let_v the_o buyer_n beware_v it_o serve_v then_o to_o admonish_v we_o to_o take_v heed_n of_o haunt_v the_o company_n of_o harlot_n lest_o we_o defile_v ourselves_o and_o consent_n to_o their_o filthiness_n we_o will_v not_o willing_o come_v near_o a_o rot_a and_o 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