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the_o which_o though_o they_o labour_v to_o conceal_v yet_o their_o neglect_n of_o funeral_n rite_n to_o their_o decease_a friend_n do_v give_v other_o occasion_n to_o suspect_v it_o if_o you_o ask_v they_o a_o reason_n of_o this_o omission_n their_o answer_n be_v at_o hand_n and_o because_o you_o shall_v know_v they_o speak_v not_o without_o the_o book_n you_o shall_v have_v the_o sense_n if_o not_o the_o word_n of_o the_o father_n o_o mnis_fw-la ista_fw-la curatio_fw-la funeris_fw-la 12._o august_n de_fw-fr civit._fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 2._o c._n 12._o conditio_fw-la sepulturae_fw-la pompa_fw-la exequiarum_fw-la magis_fw-la sunt_fw-la vivorum_fw-la solatia_fw-la quam_fw-la subsidia_fw-la mortuorum_fw-la funeral_n solemnity_n be_v rather_o for_o the_o comfort_n of_o the_o live_n than_o the_o advantage_n of_o the_o dead_a and_o therefore_o be_v with_o less_o trouble_n omit_v than_o cost_v perform_v but_o i_o can_v wish_v such_o to_o look_v a_o little_a further_o and_o they_o shall_v 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