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when_o he_o be_v alive_a than_o one_o will_v do_v of_o a_o dead_a dog_n 58._o dog_n panaeb_fw-mi regis_fw-la defuncti_fw-la corpus_fw-la terrâ_fw-la condunt_fw-la caput_fw-la abscindunt_fw-la inaurant_fw-mi in_o sacris_fw-la collocanâ—_n causs_n hierogl_n l._n 5_o c_o 58._o now_o can_v hardly_o bear_v a_o word_n speak_v against_o he_o mantu_n see_v prov._n 24.24_o suet._n in_o otho_n quiescat_fw-la obba_n parum_fw-la mantu_n but_o upon_o all_o occasion_n rise_v up_o as_o his_o compurgator_n but_o there_o be_v no_o new_a thing_n thus_o suetonius_n tell_v we_o it_o be_v with_o otho_n magna_fw-la pars_fw-la hominum_fw-la incolumem_fw-la gravissime_fw-la detestata_fw-la mortuum_fw-la laudibus_fw-la tulit_fw-la but_o we_o shall_v provoke_v these_o royalist_n indignation_n no_o further_o here_o let_v our_o pitchar_n stand_v farewell_n now_o the_o lord_n of_o peace_n himself_o give_v we_o peace_n always_o by_o all_o mean_n 2_o thes_n 3.16_o finis_fw-la
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