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he_o thus_o say_v i_o charge_v thou_o and_o beseech_v thou_o not_o to_o carry_v any_o rancour_n and_o malice_n in_o thy_o heart_n to_o the_o athenian_n for_o my_o death_n he_o charge_v he_o as_o a_o king_n and_o beseech_v he_o as_o a_o father_n to_o bury_v all_o injury_n in_o the_o grave_n with_o he_o his_o last_o memento_n his_o last_o remembrance_n to_o his_o son_n be_v remember_v thou_o revenge_v not_o now_o if_o magnanimity_n in_o a_o heathen_a do_v this_o what_o shall_v charity_n in_o a_o christian_a especial_o be_v animate_v with_o such_o royal_a precedent_n as_o we_o be_v though_o our_o bless_a king_n in_o my_o text_n suffer_v such_o indignity_n even_o the_o foul_a that_o malice_n can_v impose_v on_o majesty_n though_o they_o spit_v upon_o he_o whip_v he_o and_o upon_o his_o very_a cross_n deride_v he_o yet_o in_o the_o bitterness_n of_o that_o pain_n behold_v his_o charity_n father_n forgive_v they_o and_o so_o i_o pass_v to_o the_o last_o use_n of_o this_o point_n and_o that_o 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