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and_o poverty_n will_v expel_v they_o out_o of_o the_o school_n of_o husbandry_n and_o we_o will_v comfort_v ourselves_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n with_o the_o incomparable_a joy_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n and_o fear_v no_o disaster_n in_o our_o enterprise_n assure_v ourselves_o that_o god_n be_v on_o our_o side_n and_o so_o conclude_v with_o the_o say_n si_fw-mi deus_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la quis_fw-la contra_fw-la nos_fw-la chap._n x._o wherein_o be_v manifest_o show_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o rot_v of_o sheep_n with_o the_o prevention_n and_o cure_n as_o for_o the_o rot_v of_o sheep_n a_o thing_n which_o have_v undo_v many_o a_o honest_a simple_a man_n for_o want_v of_o knowledge_n to_o prevent_v it_o i_o will_v proceed_v according_a to_o my_o wont_a manner_n to_o