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in_o do_v this_o also_o i_o hope_v i_o have_v retain_v the_o property_n of_o a_o good_a chirurgeon_n namely_o a_o lady_n hand_n as_o well_o as_o a_o lion_n heart_n and_o be_v there_o any_o but_o baby_n and_o booby_n that_o will_v be_v fright_v out_o of_o their_o wit_n with_o a_o scarecrow_n or_o magottepye_n finis_fw-la i_o hereby_o allow_v and_o authorise_v francis_n smith_n bookseller_n to_o print_v my_o book_n entitle_v the_o naked_a truth_n the_o second_o part._n colchester_n november_n 2d_o 1680_o edmund_n hiceringill_n