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if_o you_o can_v make_v up_o your_o account_n no_o better_o chap._n x._o of_o the_o army_n fleet_n and_o fortress_n the_o author_n begin_v this_o chapter_n with_o bewail_v the_o misery_n of_o danmark_n that_o the_o revenue_n be_v expend_v upon_o a_o stand_a army_n and_o upon_o the_o maintain_n of_o a_o fleet_n and_o fortress_n and_o if_o danmark_n have_v not_o sufficient_a reason_n for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o all_o these_o they_o will_v have_v just_a cause_n to_o complain_v but_o it_o seem_v it_o be_v the_o king_n of_o france_n that_o great_a master_n of_o the_o art_n of_o reign_v that_o have_v instruct_v the_o court_n of_o danmark_n p._n 123._o and_o the_o king_n be_v his_o pupil_n p._n 124._o and_o in_o pursuance_n to_o such_o a_o character_n he_o have_v teach_v he_o the_o pernicious_a secret_n of_o make_v one_o part_n of_o the_o people_n both_o the_o bridle_n and_o scourge_n to_o the_o other_o this_o be_v not_o so_o great_a a_o secret_a but_o that_o it_o have_v be_v know_v and_o 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