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desire_v daily_o tâ—at_a e_o court_n may_v remove_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o care_v not_o though_o seldoâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d never_o i_o come_v from_o my_o hâ—se_n i_o have_v a_o special_a lust_n to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o news_n and_o now_o i_o care_v nâ—â—_n for_o they_o at_o all_o i_o see_v the_o time_n when_o i_o love_v not_o to_o be_v out_o of_o company_n and_o now_o i_o desire_v no_o thing_n more_o than_o to_o be_v solitary_a i_o be_v wont_a to_o delight_v to_o hear_v to_o see_v juggler_n dancer_n liar_n and_o daliars_n and_o now_o so_o to_o do_v be_v to_o i_o more_o than_o death_n in_o like_a manner_n i_o be_v wont_a to_o solace_v myself_o in_o fish_v hunt_v shoot_v in_o the_o hackbut_n and_o now_o i_o mind_n no_v neither_o but_o to_o bewail_v and_o lament_v the_o time_n i_o have_v lose_v and_o call_v to_o mind_v the_o first_o time_n that_o the_o emperor_n take_v i_o into_o his_o service_n from_o thence_o where_o i_o be_v nourish_v from_o my_o tender_a year_n in_o great_a fear_n &_o not_o know_v what_o the_o world_n be_v but_o occupy_v only_o in_o my_o devotion_n and_o lernynge_n i_o often_o rise_v at_o midnight_n i_o comfort_v the_o sick_a i_o red_a the_o gospel_n and_o other_o good_a book_n of_o good_a doctrine_n brief_o every_o man_n do_v help_v i_o to_o be_v good_a and_o chastise_v i_o from_o evil_a if_o i_o do_v well_o i_o be_v praise_v if_o i_o do_v evil_a i_o be_v correct_v if_o i_o be_v heavye_a i_o be_v comfort_v if_o i_o be_v angry_a i_o be_v appease_v if_o in_o any_o agony_n my_o friend_n pray_v to_o god_n for_o i_o o_o what_o cause_n have_v i_o to_o repent_v out_o of_o measure_n thus_o to_o have_v forsake_v rest_n and_o godly_a live_n and_o to_o have_v enjoy_v episcopal_a dignity_n in_o which_o the_o emperor_n set_v i_o forasmuch_o as_o a_o virtuous_a life_n be_v y_z e_z haven_n of_o all_o good_a and_o the_o episcopal_a dignity_n the_o sea_n of_o all_o daungier_n lo_o how_o i_o have_v pass_v my_o good_a year_n w_o tout_fw-fr emploi_v my_o time_n well_o &_o w_o tout_fw-fr knowledge_n what_o my_o fortune_n shall_v be_v i_o do_v therefore_o admonish_v the_o reder_n to_o do_v better_a than_o i_o have_v do_v in_o y_z e_z court_n if_z y_z u._fw-mi be_v there_o or_o else_o to_o forsake_v it_o in_o a_o better_a hour_n than_o i_o have_v do_v for_o so_o do_v thou_o shall_v declare_v thyself_o that_o thou_o have_v determine_v to_o live_v sage_o and_o well_o advise_v the_o twenty_o chapter_n the_o author_n take_v his_o leave_n of_o the_o world_n with_o great_a eloquence_n farewell_o world_n forasmuch_o as_o one_o can_v nor_o may_v trust_v of_o y_z e_z nor_o in_o the._n for_o in_o thy_o house_n o_o world_n the_o passage_n be_v paste_n and_o that_o which_o be_v present_a go_v soon_o away_o and_o that_o which_o be_v to_o begin_v come_v wondrous_a late_o forasmuch_o as_o he_o that_o think_v himself_o most_o firm_a soon_o do_v fall_v the_o most_o strong_a soon_o do_v break_v and_o perpetuity_n soon_o decay_v in_o such_o sort_n that_o those_o which_o be_v 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