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medicina_fw-la paratur_fw-la cum_fw-la mala_fw-la per_fw-la longâ—…s_fw-la inualuêre_fw-la morâ—…s_fw-la or_o that_o other_o single_a verse_n front_n capillaâ—…a_o post_fw-la est_fw-la occasio_fw-la calva_fw-la fab_n xx._n pag._n 21._o here_o he_o have_v a_o fair_a opportunity_n to_o have_v show_v the_o great_a danger_n of_o call_v in_o too_o powerful_a auxiliarys_n to_o the_o aid_n of_o a_o prince_n either_o against_o his_o own_o subject_n or_o stranger_n which_o may_v be_v exemplify_v from_o the_o disaster_n of_o the_o old_a briton_n who_o be_v oppress_v by_o the_o scot_n and_o pict_n invite_v the_o saxon_n to_o the_o ruin_n of_o themselves_o so_o it_o fare_v with_o the_o irish_a when_o the_o k._n of_o leinster_n implore_v the_o succour_n of_o henry_n il._n of_o england_n against_o the_o k._n of_o meath_z naples_n experiment_v this_o folly_n in_o the_o end_n by_o employ_v the_o norman_n but_o the_o implore_a succour_n of_o ferdinand_n the_o catholic_n against_o the_o french_a be_v 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