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A02361 A combat betwixt man and death: or A discourse against the immoderate apprehension and feare of death. Written in French by I. Guillemard of Champdenier in Poictou. And translated into English by Edw. Grimeston Sargeant at Armes, attending the Commons House in Parliament; Duel de l'homme et de la mort. English Guillemard, Jean.; Grimeston, Edward. 1621 (1621) STC 12495; ESTC S103559 187,926 790

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read_v see_v fol._n 404._o l._n 14._o for_o joyful_a read_v pleasant_a manud_a lib._n 2._o c._n 19_o orat._n fune_n in_o basil._n epist._n 45._o epist._n 76._o stobae_fw-la serm._n 1_o lib._n the_o tranquil_a vir_fw-la c._n 1._o 2._o sam._n i_o 14._o 2._o sam._n 2_o 14._o apoc._n 6._o 8._o rom._n 12._o 2._o epist._n 24._o &_o 103._o in_o 10._o mat._n arist._n l._n 2._o phys_n c._n 2._o c._n 1._o v._n 23._o 2._o tim._n 4._o 1._o cor._n 15._o 42._o joh._n 5._o 25._o 2._o cor._n 5._o 1._o cor._n 15._o 43._o 44._o 45._o lib._n 7._o of_o his_o saturnales_fw-la lib._n 4._o c._n 30._o de_fw-fr legib._n elbi_fw-la ad_fw-la nicoma●…_n l._n 1._o c._n 8._o seneca_n epis●…_n 92._o 1._o john_n 3._o coloss._n 3_o epist._n 71._o 1._o the_o tranquil_a 11._o eccles._n 7_o the_o last_o verse_n epist._n 121_o horace_n oderunt_fw-la peccare_fw-la mali_fw-la fohmidine_fw-la poenae_fw-la arist._n 3._o ethic._n 6._o tac●…t_fw-la 4._o histor._n the_o answer_n 2._o kin._n 22._o gen._n 4._o 13._o 1._o king_n 21._o 2._o king_n 9_o 30._o 31._o etc._n etc._n ecclesi_n 9_o 12._o jonas_n 3._o 4._o 10_o isat_fw-la 38._o 1._o 5_o lib._n de_fw-fr divinat_fw-la eccles._n 3._o 2._o psal._n 3._o 9_o job_n 34._o apoc._n 6._o 8._o john_n 9_o horat_n quicquid_fw-la dearant_a reges_fw-la etc._n etc._n zonara_n tom._n 2._o plato_n 3._o de_fw-fr repub._n epist._n 9_o epist._n 20._o mat._n 24._o luk_n 12._o 3._o de_fw-fr repu_n cic._n lib._n 3._o de_fw-la repub_fw-la stob._n serm_n 69._o pro._n 14._o 13_o eccle._n 4._o chap._n 2._o ad_fw-la polib_n 3_o laert._n lib._n 1_o binson_n li._n 7._o plut._n in_o lacon_n cic._n tusc._n quaest._n lib._n 1._o lib._n the_o senect_n strab_n l._n 17._o diodor._fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 3._o senec._n epist._n 91._o heb._n 9_o 27._o epist_n 24._o 41._o epist._n 4._o act._n 5._o 41._o apoc._n 21._o 14._o odyss_n l._n 13_o exod._n 20._o isaiah_n 58._o paul_n jou._n l._n 44._o of_o his_o hist._n lib._n 1._o du_n bartas_n in_o judic._n lib._n 6._o joha_n 14._o amb._n c._n 5._o of_o the_o flight_n from_o the_o world_n l._n 10._o ethic._n 〈◊〉_d 7._o joh._n 17._o c_o 7_o quaest._n natu_fw-la c._n ult._n eccles._n 1._o c._n john_n 5._o 24._o epist._n 24._o epist._n 78._o epist._n 4._o stob._n serm_n 115._o maxim_n ser●…_n 36._o sen._n epist_n 31._o epist._n 70._o &_o 120._o plat._n apol._n of_o socrat._v in_o the_o end_n eip_v 7●…_n 1._o cor._n 15._o 1_o de_fw-fr legib._n lib._n the_o senect_n 2._o stroma_n in_o decore_fw-la ●…aturae_fw-la de_fw-fr mundi_fw-la opi●…_n de_fw-fr ira._n c._n 13_o ad_fw-la deme●…_n 2._o de●…irrg_n bartas_n in_o the_o 2._o day_n of_o the_o 1_o week_n epist._n 13._o lucre._n 3._o epist._n 23._o epist._n 59_o de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr bea_fw-mi c._n 3._o 6._o cic._n 3._o the_o finibu●…_n 3_o offic._n 1._o cic._n 3._o de_fw-la finib_fw-la 5._o de_fw-la finib_fw-la sen._n epist_n 66._o 4._o de_fw-fr finib_fw-la ephes._n 5._o 1._o cor._n 2._o ephes._n 2._o coloss._n 2._o math._n 12._o epist._n 36._o epist._n 24._o 31._o de_fw-fr consol_fw-fr ad_fw-la mart._n 32._o epist._n 202._o ad_fw-la mart._n c._n 20._o lib_fw-la 1._o de_fw-la pec_fw-la mer._n &_o remis_fw-la c._n 38._o wis._n 6._o prou._n 2._o greg._n hom_n 36._o in_o eu._n lament_n 4._o 10._o hippoc._n aph._n 1._o benz._n l._n 3._o c._n 5._o hist._n lib._n 5._o val._n ma●…_n l._n 9_o c._n 12._o epist._n 7._o 19_o job._n 7._o lib._n 7._o joh._n 11._o luk._n 19_o heb._n 5._o rom._n 7._o 23._o 2._o cor._n 12._o 7._o lucret_fw-la 3._o sen._n epist_n 69._o sene●…_n epist._n 26._o de_fw-fr ira_fw-la 3._o c._n 15._o arist._n 3._o ethic._n c._n 7._o ethie_o ad_fw-la eud._n lib._n 3._o ethic._n l._n 5._o c._n ult._n rom._n 8._o curt._n l._n 5._o john_n 18._o 8._o 1._o tim._n 5._o 18_o 1._o king_n 19_o