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that_o be_v in_o the_o toun_n dey_v by_o this_o pestilence_n sauf_fw-fr a_o few_o in_o such_o wise_n that_o of_o this_o lytil_a peple_n deyde_v in_o a_o lytil_a while_n in_o this_o toun·_fw-la l._n m._n man_n and_o wymmen_v the_o occasion_n of_o this_o mortalyte_n be_v many_o time_n demand_v of_o the_o fisiciens_fw-la &_o wise_a clerk_n the_o some_o say_v that_o thayer_n be_v corromped_a the_o other_o say_v that_o the_o peple_n have_v have_v over_o long_o moche_v anguyssh_a of_o hongre_n &_o of_o thirst_n and_o when_o they_o come_v thereto_o &_o plente_v of_o vytaylle_n they_o take_v thereof_o over_o oultrageous_o by_o which_o they_o run_v in_o a_o great_a infirmyte_n and_o sekenes_n this_o show_v they_o evydent_o by_o they_o that_o eat_v but_o lytil_o and_o by_o measure_n ffor_o they_o that_o so_o die_v come_v lyght_o to_o convalence_n and_o helthe_n how_o the_o pylgrym_n of_o thoost_n desire_v to_o go_v unto_o iherusalem_n for_o to_o eschew_v the_o mortalite·_a &_o taccomplisshe_v 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