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destroy_v and_o bring_v many_o to_o theâ—_n grave_n 3._o thomas_n trig_n in_o his_o calendarium_n astrologicum_n 〈◊〉_d in_o his_o junes_n observation_n thereof_o have_v these_o word_n i_o 〈◊〉_d much_o fear_v a_o sickly_a season_n in_o earnest_n from_o which_o evil_a god_n of_o 〈◊〉_d mercy_n protect_v this_o great_a and_o populous_a city_n for_o mars_n possess_v gemini_fw-la the_o ascendant_n of_o london_n and_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o thâ—_n sickness_n than_o begin_v to_o increase_v 4._o in_o my_o own_o ephemeris_fw-la for_o the_o present_a year_n 1665._o in_o thâ—_n month_n april_n at_o what_o time_n the_o pestilence_n first_o begin_v to_o sheâ—_n itself_o i_o have_v these_o poetical_a observation_n if_o england_n keep_v but_o from_o sickness_n free_a then_o england_n may_v a_o happy_a kingdom_n be_v â—hereby_o you_o see_v i_o fear_v not_o only_o the_o pestilence_n but_o the_o â—eat_n damage_n that_o thereby_o this_o nation_n have_v sustain_v and_o iâ—_n like_o yet_o to_o undergo_v thereby_o 5._o and_o in_o my_o discourse_n of_o the_o comet_n or_o blaze_a star_n pag._n 47._o thereof_o after_o a_o consideration_n of_o the_o natural_a portâ—nts_n of_o the_o two_o first_o comet_n i_o subjoin_v these_o word_n when_o we_o consider_v these_o several_a dreadful_a signification_n which_o i_o there_o at_o large_a mention_n aâ—_n any_o that_o list_n may_v read_v it_o may_v put_v we_o all_o to_o our_o â—â—â—tany_n from_o war_n plague_n and_o famine_n libera_n nos_fw-la doâ—â—ine_fw-la good_a lord_n deliver_v we_o and_o in_o pag._n 51._o of_o the_o same_o book_n as_o have_v a_o sufficient_a 〈◊〉_d vision_n of_o the_o present_a pest_n from_o the_o apparition_n of_o those_o celestial_a monitor_n the_o comet_n and_o other_o eminent_a occur_v cause_n i_o bewail_v the_o world_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o many_o and_o terrible_a affliction_n they_o denounce_v unto_o it_o thus_o the_o sword_n be_v a_o enemy_n that_o by_o the_o sword_n a_o man_n of_o resolution_n and_o 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