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A96438 Zootomia, or, Observations of the present manners of the English: briefly anatomizing the living by the dead. With an usefull detection of the mountebanks of both sexes. / By Richard Whitlock, M.D. late fellow of All-Souls Colledge in Oxford. Whitlock, Richard, b. 1615 or 16. 1654 (1654) Wing W2030; Thomason E1478_2; ESTC R204093 231,674 616

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that_o overrate_v upon_o they_o still_o which_o they_o have_v first_o from_o rustic_a ignorance_n or_o ●bject_a servility_n the_o guard_n or_o defence_n against_o surprise_n as_o i_o owe_v not_o misery_n the_o service_n to_o meet_v it_o 5._o by_o pensive_a fear_n so_o keep_v that_o inn_n of_o common_a and_o humane_a frailty_n i_o may_v expect_v it_o as_o my_o guest_n he_o that_o do_v so_o be_v not_o surprise_v by_o it_o as_o by_o a_o enemy_n sickness_n poverty_n exile_n death_n and_o what_o the_o effeminate_a world_n call_v evil_a by_o expectation_n lessen_v the_o terror_n of_o their_o visor_n and_o by_o such_o familiarity_n be_v breed_v contempt_n of_o their_o threat_n or_o power_n it_o be_v discretion_n to_o look_v on_o good_a thing_n or_o bad_a but_o as_o guest_n so_o the_o one_o do_v not_o too_o near_o intimate_v itself_o into_o my_o friendship_n nor_o do_v the_o other_o alarm_n my_o fear_n he_o that_o too_o close_o embrace_v transitory_n be_v much_o the_o worse_o for_o they_o 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any_o better_a physic_n than_o out_o of_o the_o shop_n of_o that_o same_o apothecary_n of_o the_o soul_n to_o his_o contemporary_a paul_n and_o divine_n i_o reserve_v the_o title_n physician_n it_o be_v this_o fiant_fw-la quamvis_fw-la magna_fw-la varietate_fw-la singul●rum_fw-la vita_fw-la videtur_fw-la distingui_fw-la summa_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la venit_fw-la accepimus_fw-la peritura_fw-la perituri_fw-la let_v the_o difference_n be_v what_o it_o will_v between_o palace_n and_o cottage_n they_o be_v the_o decay_a tenement_n of_o more_o decay_a tenant_n either_o our_o back_n be_v on_o these_o sublunary_a enjoyment_n or_o they_o be_v on_o we_o indifference_n therefore_o be_v the_o true_a constancy_n and_o none_o so_o constant_a as_o that_o changeable_a he_o that_o neither_o desire_v nor_o fear_v change_n but_o be_v admetus_n utrumque_fw-la paratus_fw-la socrates_n his_o face_n may_v be_v the_o copy_n of_o the_o resolve_a countenance_n which_o be_v always_o note_v to_o be_v the_o same_o at_o his_o come_n home_o as_o go_v abroad_o what_o weather_n
obey_v their_o message_n and_o the_o messenger_n shall_v be_v discharge_v sometime_o they_o come_v to_o fetch_v away_o some_o sin_n let_v they_o have_v their_o errand_n with_o they_o and_o they_o be_v go_v only_o when_o they_o come_v as_o refiner_n of_o thy_o dross_n or_o gilder_n setter_n off_o of_o thy_o grace_n wish_v not_o their_o removeall_n for_o it_o will_v be_v the_o great_a cross_n to_o be_v without_o one_o the_o do_v little_a worth_a little_a a_o do_v yra_n el_fw-es bevey_n que_fw-fr no_n ara_fw-la 12._o whither_o go_v the_o ox_n that_o will_v not_o plough_v the_o spanish_a proverb_n knock_v that_o ox_n on_o the_o head_n that_o will_v not_o plow_n doubtless_o the_o wilful_o useless_a man_n be_v better_a in_o the_o earth_n than_o on_o the_o earth_n lazy_a unprofitablenesse_n must_v look_v for_o its_o slaughter-house_n in_o the_o other_o world_n if_o it_o take_v not_o a_o newgate_n in_o the_o way_n here_o if_o necessity_n betrayit_v not_o to_o such_o self-punishing_a course_n 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