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merit_n i_o will_v give_v thou_o leave_v to_o seize_v upon_o he_o and_o take_v he_o out_o of_o his_o place_n to_o be_v thy_o companion_n two_o fellow_n utter_o ignorant_a together_o article_n 59_o unpreach_v prelate_n shall_v teach_v child_n to_o write_v etc._n etc._n but_o yet_o the_o parishioner_n be_v burden_a to_o find_v schoolmaster_n for_o these_o matter_n answer_n the_o office_n of_o inferior_a curate_n which_o he_o aim_v at_o god_n wot_v be_v a_o simple_a prelacy_n such_o prelacy_n god_n send_v to_o this_o libeller_n and_o his_o companion_n and_o yet_o will_v it_o be_v too_o good_a for_o he_o be_v neither_o so_o honest_a nor_o learned_a as_o most_o of_o they_o the_o fault_n he_o note_v in_o they_o be_v that_o they_o teach_v not_o child_n yet_o be_v none_o bind_v to_o teach_v without_o wage_n neither_o can_v he_o charge_v any_o for_o not_o teach_v that_o have_v competent_a wage_n allow_v what_o wise_a man_n than_o be_v he_o to_o allege_v that_o for_o law_n wherein_o be_v 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