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which_o i_o add_v this_o now_o and_o with_o that_o regard_n as_o if_o it_o be_v my_o last_o that_o it_o be_v not_o many_o day_n before_o i_o buy_v it_o myself_o and_o frequent_o read_v it_o with_o the_o best_a attention_n i_o waâ—_n capable_a of_o nor_o do_v i_o remember_v to_o have_v meet_v iâ—_n in_o that_o quarto_fw-la impression_n and_o i_o have_v a_o oâ—ctavo_fw-la of_o a_o late_a edition_n now_o before_o i_o in_o which_o it_o be_v not_o however_o it_o first_o come_v into_o the_o book_n it_o make_v so_o little_a to_o the_o purpose_n in_o this_o place_n that_o nothing_o but_o envy_n hatred_n malice_n and_o alâ—_n uncharitableness_n have_v ever_o think_v of_o it_o unlesâ—_n as_o malitia_fw-la supplet_fw-la aetatem_fw-la malice_n supply_v year_n he_o also_o do_v it_o for_o want_n of_o argument_n but_o stay_v and_o i_o will_v suppose_v for_o once_o thaâ—_n his_o majesty_n do_v give_v this_o prayer_n to_o the_o bishop_n and_o if_o he_o do_v where_o lie_v the_o scandal_n the_o prayer_n it_o be_v true_a be_v the_o prayer_n of_o pamela_n under_o imprisonment_n 248._o sir_n ph._n sid._n arcadia_n 248._o but_o withal_o so_o divine_a a_o meditation_n that_o it_o speak_v the_o soul_n of_o the_o honourable_a composer_n what_o be_v that_o thought_n of_o mr._n sherley_n only_o the_o action_n of_o the_o just_a smell_n sweet_a and_o blossom_n in_o their_o dust_n the_o worse_a that_o it_o be_v in_o one_o of_o his_o play_n or_o be_v it_o a_o just_a quarrel_n to_o the_o english_a liturgy_n that_o it_o be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o roman_a missal_n st._n paul_n convince_v the_o athenian_n of_o the_o unknown_a god_n 17.28_o art_n 17.28_o who_o they_o ignorant_o worship_v from_o their_o own_o poet_n 1.12_o titus_n 1.12_o and_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o titus_n do_v not_o bid_v he_o cretizare_n cum_fw-la cretensibus_fw-la but_o
shall_v neither_o censure_v they_o rigid_o nor_o deny_v they_o the_o same_o mildness_n with_o which_o we_o commiserate_v the_o infirmity_n of_o other_o man_n or_o at_o least_o if_o we_o must_v be_v pry_v and_o pore_v be_v so_o just_a to_o ourselves_o as_o not_o to_o publish_v the_o miscarriage_n and_o suppress_v the_o virtue_n in_o a_o word_n let_v he_o that_o will_v make_v a_o true_a judgement_n of_o this_o oppress_a king_n first_o consider_v his_o circumstance_n and_o then_o tell_v i_o whether_o where_o he_o stretch_v his_o authority_n he_o have_v not_o be_v first_o necessitate_v to_o it_o by_o those_o that_o murder_v he_o and_o whether_o the_o worst_a of_o his_o action_n be_v not_o superabundant_o expiate_v with_o many_o good_a which_o our_o accuser_n have_v so_o every_o where_o endeavour_v to_o silence_n and_o supply_v with_o calumny_n that_o i_o will_v close_v all_o with_o that_o abstract_n of_o seneca_n epistle_n xerxes_n be_v arrow_n may_v darken_v the_o day_n but_o they_o can_v stâ—â—ke_v the_o sun_n wave_n may_v dash_v themselves_o upon_o a_o rock_n but_o not_o break_v it_o temple_n may_v be_v profane_v and_o demolish_v but_o the_o deity_n still_o remain_v untouched_a the_o content_n the_o introduction_n page_n 1_o chap._n i._o upon_o the_o king_n call_v his_o last_o parliament_n p._n 13_o chap._n ii_o upon_o the_o earl_n of_o strafford_n death_n p._n 29_o chap._n iii_o upon_o his_o go_v to_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o p._n 36_o chap._n iv_o upon_o the_o insolency_n of_o the_o tumult_n p._n 41_o chap._n v._o upon_o his_o majesty_n pass_v the_o bill_n for_o the_o triennial_n parliament_n and_o after_o settle_v this_o during_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o two_o house_n p._n 50_o chap._n vi_o upon_o his_o majesty_n retirement_n from_o westminster_n p._n 57_o chap._n vii_o upon_o the_o queen_n departure_n and_o absence_n out_o of_o england_n p._n 65_o chap._n viii_o upon_o his_o majesty_n repulse_n at_o hull_n and_o the_o fate_n of_o the_o hotham_n p._n 66_o chap._n ix_o upon_o the_o list_a and_o raise_v army_n against_o the_o king_n p._n 69_o chap._n x._o upon_o their_o seize_v the_o king_n magazine_n fort_n navy_n and_o militia_n p._n 73_o chap._n xi_o upon_o the_o nineteen_o proposition_n first_o send_v to_o the_o king_n and_o more_o afterward_o p._n 76_o chap._n xii_o upon_o the_o rebellion_n and_o trouble_n in_o ireland_n p._n 83_o chap._n xiii_o upon_o the_o call_v in_o of_o the_o scot_n and_o their_o come_n p._n 86_o chap._n fourteen_o upon_o the_o covenant_n p._n 91_o chap._n xv._o upon_o the_o many_o jealousy_n raise_v and_o scandal_n cast_v upon_o the_o king_n to_o stir_v up_o the_o people_n against_o he_o p._n 98._o chap._n xvi_o upon_o the_o ordinance_n against_o the_o common-prayer_n book_n p._n 10â—_o chap._n xvii_o of_o the_o difference_n between_o the_o king_n and_o the_o two_o house_n in_o point_n of_o church-government_n p._n 10â—_o chap._n xviii_o upon_o the_o uxbridge_n treaty_n anâ—_n other_o offer_v make_v by_o the_o king_n p._n 11â—_n chap._n xix_o upon_o the_o various_a event_n of_o the_o war_n victory_n and_o defeat_n p._n 1st_a chap._n xx._n upon_o the_o reformation_n of_o the_o time_n p._n 11â—_n chap._n xxi_o upon_o his_o majesty_n letter_n take_v anâ—_n divulge_v p._n 11â—_n chap._n xxii_o upon_o his_o majesty_n leave_v oxford_n and_o go_v to_o the_o scot_n p._n 12â—_n chap._n xxiii_o upon_o the_o scot_n deliver_v the_o king_n to_o the_o english_a and_o his_o captivity_n at_o holdenby_n p._n 12â—_n chap._n xxiv_o upon_o their_o deny_v his_o majesty_n thâ—_n attendance_n of_o his_o chaplain_n viz._n dr._n juxon_n bishop_n of_o london_n dr._n duppa_n bishop_n of_o salisbury_n dr._n sheldon_n dr._n hammond_n dr._n holdsworth_n dr._n sanderson_n dr._n turner_n dr._n heywood_n p._n 125_o chap._n xxv_o penitential_a meditation_n and_o vowâ—_n in_o the_o king_n be_v solitude_n at_o holdenby_n p._n 126_o chap._n xxvi_o upon_o the_o army_n sâ—rprizâ—d_n of_o thâ—_n king_n at_o holdenby_n and_o the_o 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