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about_o his_o perfection_n but_o i_o will_v he_o have_v not_o appeal_v to_o his_o piece_n and_o true_o if_o he_o have_v spare_v the_o malignant_a humour_n and_o the_o queasy_a stomach_n he_o talk_v of_o it_o will_v have_v be_v never_o the_o worse_o for_o the_o author_n of_o the_o cordial_n but_o now_o he_o find_v himself_o so_o much_o deceive_v in_o his_o operation_n i_o hope_v he_o will_v mend_v he_o see_v his_o cordial_n prove_v vomit_n and_o let_v i_o forget_v my_o own_o name_n as_o he_o have_v do_v he_o if_o what_o mr._n howell_n give_v to_o move_v choler_n do_v not_o provoke_v excessive_a pleasure_n the_o end_n end_n note_n pag._n 12._o pâ—_n 1._o pâ—_n 4._o pa._n 11._o pa._n 12._o pa._n 18._o pa._n 38._o pa._n 39_o pag._n 42._o pag._n 43._o pag._n 48._o the_o king_n action_n not_o to_o be_v question_v enformation_n lawful_a private_a person_n not_o to_o advise_v prince_n without_o leave_n a_o common_a grievance_n his_o majesty_n vindicate_v the_o king_n bounty_n be_v free_n pag._n 38._o pag._n 37._o postscript_n tyranny_n itself_o be_v no_o discharge_n of_o duty_n disloyalty_n a_o double_a crime_n loyalty_n a_o indispensable_a duty_n loyalty_n extend_v to_o thought_n word_n and_o deed_n a_o due_a respect_n to_o his_o majesty_n pag._n 15._o false_a friend_n p._n 29._o a_o honest_a principle_n pa._n 46._o i._o h._n i._o h._n i.h._n i._o h._n
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act_n of_o oblivion_n which_o forbid_v the_o malicious_a revival_n of_o past_a difference_n we_o do_v not_o oppose_v it_o neither_o but_o a_o preventional_a prudence_n be_v allow_v we_o and_o to_o defend_v the_o justice_n of_o our_o cause_n against_o the_o public_a enemy_n of_o it_o in_o fine_a postscript_n from_o the_o strict_a airection_n of_o the_o act_n of_o oblivion_n we_o must_v not_o swerve_v a_o title_n let_v it_o be_v now_o consider_v what_o this_o same_o caveat_n may_v rational_o effect_v upon_o the_o people_n if_o any_o thing_n that_o look_v like_o tumult_n or_o irreverence_n let_v i_o die_v the_o death_n of_o a_o traitor_n for_o it_o see_v first_o my_o tenderness_n for_o fear_n of_o misconstruction_n be_v all_o the_o ill_n we_o suffer_v duty_n join_v with_o as_o many_o more_o as_o we_o have_v hitherto_o endure_v impose_v upon_o we_o by_o the_o direct_a will_n and_o order_n of_o the_o king_n if_o he_o shall_v say_v hang_v half_a my_o friend_n for_o their_o fidelity_n and_o starve_v the_o rest_n for_o gape_v when_o they_o be_v hungry_a we_o ought_v to_o take_v all_o this_o but_o as_o a_o sad_a occasion_n of_o great_a honour_n a_o sharp_a trial_n of_o our_o faith_n or_o at_o the_o worst_a as_o a_o unkind_a requital_n of_o our_o love_n but_o no_o discharge_n of_o duty_n pag._n 26._o the_o authority_n of_o prince_n be_v divine_a crime_n and_o their_o commission_n make_v their_o person_n sacred_a if_o they_o transgress_v it_o be_v against_o god_n who_o officer_n and_o deputy_n they_o be_v not_o against_o us._n if_o we_o transgress_v it_o be_v both_o against_o god_n and_o they_o a_o double_a disobedience_n ibid._n that_o subject_n be_v guilty_a of_o his_o master_n blood_n duty_n that_o see_v the_o person_n of_o his_o prince_n in_o danger_n and_o do_v not_o interpose_v to_o save_v he_o though_o he_o be_v sure_a to_o die_v himself_o even_o by_o the_o hand_n of_o he_o who_o he_o preserve_v pag._n 27._o not_o be_v it_o enough_o for_o subject_n deed_n to_o keep_v 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