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the_o liver_n to_o apollo_n the_o palm_n and_o to_o venus_n the_o secret_n so_o she_o have_v allot_v to_o anastatius_fw-la her_o head_n to_o otilia_n her_o eye_n to_o apollonia_n her_o tooth_n to_o blaze_v her_o neck_n and_o to_o erasmus_n her_o belly_n of_o these_o thing_n we_o may_v read_v a_o little_a in_o the_o book_n of_o martyr_n where_o these_o verse_n among_o many_o other_o be_v compose_v and_o set_v down_o for_o our_o instruction_n to_o saint_n since_o for_o my_o purse_n saint_n loy_n save_v my_o horse_n for_o my_o tooth_n to_o saint_n apoline_n to_o saint_n job_n for_o the_o pox_n saint_n luke_n save_v my_o ox_n saint_n anthony_n save_v my_o swine_n to_o master_n john_n shorne_n that_o bless_a man_n bear_v for_o the_o ague_n to_o he_o we_o apply_v which_o iugle_v with_o a_o boot_n i_o beshrew_v his_o heart_n root_n that_o will_v trust_v he_o and_o it_o be_v i._o such_o be_v our_o trust_n such_o be_v our_o lust_n upon_o creature_n to_o call_v and_o cry_v as_o man_n do_v 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his_o manner_n of_o deal_n with_o his_o subject_n viz._n posse_fw-la nos_fw-la per_fw-la istos_fw-la be_v ad_fw-la deum_fw-la sicut_fw-la per_fw-la comites_fw-la pervenitur_fw-la ad_fw-la regem_fw-la that_o man_n by_o such_o mediator_n may_v go_v to_o god_n as_o they_o go_v to_o king_n by_o those_o who_o be_v honourable_a in_o their_o court_n i_o answer_v with_o saint_n ambrose_n who_o do_v obuiate_v the_o same_o objection_n in_o his_o time_n hoc_fw-la est_fw-la miserauti_fw-la excusatione_fw-la that_o this_o be_v to_o pretend_v a_o miserable_a excuse_n for_o there_o be_v no_o good_a fitness_n or_o agreement_n betwixt_o it_o and_o that_o for_o the_o which_o it_o be_v produce_v neither_o in_o regard_n of_o christ_n
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