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to_o this_o death_n they_o which_o have_v condemn_v i_o be_v more_o unjust_a than_o i_o be_o infer_v thereby_o that_o he_o die_v well_o and_o honest_o apoth_o see_v they_o put_v he_o to_o death_n wrongful_o and_o without_o cause_n plato_n do_v teach_v we_o that_o socrates_n be_v wont_a to_o insult_v over_o death_n in_o these_o term_n i_o have_v be_v careful_a say_v he_o to_o live_v well_o in_o my_o youth_n and_o to_o die_v well_o in_o my_o age_n i_o be_o not_o torment_v within_o i_o with_o any_o pain_n i_o be_o not_o unwilling_a to_o die_v for_o see_v my_o life_n have_v be_v honest_a i_o attend_v death_n joyful_o this_o be_v much_o but_o it_o be_v nothing_o in_o regard_n of_o saint_n paul_n who_o protest_v that_o he_o feel_v not_o himself_o guilty_a in_o any_o thing_n cry_v out_o with_o a_o bold_a spirit_n that_o he_o be_v assure_v that_o neither_o death_n nor_o life_n nor_o angel_n nor_o principality_n nor_o power_n neither_o thing_n present_a nor_o thing_n to_o come_v nor_o height_n 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