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the_o doctor_n must_v be_v shâ—â—_n out_o but_o providence_n have_v not_o design_v that_o he_o shall_v than_o complain_v with_o the_o poet._n ego_fw-la hos_fw-la versiculos_fw-la feci_fw-la tulit_fw-la alter_fw-la honoreâ—â—_n i_o cure_v she_o another_o have_v the_o name_n however_o notwithstanding_o i_o as_o a_o acquaintance_n visit_v her_o several_a time_n in_o her_o sickness_n have_v take_v up_o the_o galley-pot_n and_o glass_n with_o their_o mouldy_a medicine_n leave_v on_o the_o cup-board_n head_n by_o the_o two_o other_o physician_n and_o have_v ask_v she_o how_o she_o can_v reasonable_o expect_v a_o cure_n and_o preservation_n from_o medicine_n so_o spiritless_a aâ—_n unable_a to_o preserve_v themselves_o and_o have_v tell_v she_o it_o be_v unreasonable_a to_o expect_v it_o yet_o so_o much_o be_v she_o over-persuade_v and_o take_v with_o the_o guild_a and_o pretty_a name_n purge_v that_o she_o take_v a_o purge_n do_v &_o have_v six_o or_o eight_o stool_n thereupon_o that_o all_o 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and_o therefore_o likewise_o believe_v the_o same_o however_o we_o agree_v upon_o it_o that_o medicine_n shall_v be_v give_v she_o because_o as_o lâ—ng_a as_o there_o be_v life_n their_o be_v hope_n lest_o the_o relapse_n may_v be_v from_o some_o peccant_a matter_n more_o narrow_o besiege_v the_o life_n in_o the_o ventricle_n which_o be_v too_o true_a for_o though_o we_o know_v not_o of_o it_o then_o it_o be_v a_o real_o peccant_a purge_n in_o brief_a she_o again_o follow_v the_o same_o medicine_n and_o take_v they_o successive_o as_o order_v which_o blot_v out_o the_o venom_n of_o the_o laxative_a and_o in_o about_o a_o week_n recruit_v her_o strength_n with_o which_o she_o be_v confirm_v that_o the_o doctor_n method_n and_o medicine_n be_v safe_a innocent_a and_o virtuous_a pleasant_o relate_v the_o whole_a story_n of_o the_o purge_n and_o thereby_o unfold_v that_o riddle_n which_o be_v so_o exceed_o puzzle_v we_o to_o wit_n how_o she_o come_v so_o violent_o to_o relapse_n in_o the_o 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