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the_o sick_a or_o to_o stay_v long_o with_o they_o whereby_o he_o may_v denote_v all_o accident_n and_o diligent_o consider_v the_o reason_n of_o they_o which_o task_n however_o the_o renown_a diemerbrochius_n do_v so_o firm_o persist_v in_o that_o after_o he_o other_o may_z lawful_o be_v supersede_v from_o this_o work_n when_o sometime_o past_a in_o this_o city_n viz._n 1645._o the_o plague_n though_o not_o great_a have_v spread_v doctor_n henry_n sayer_n a_o very_a learned_a physician_n and_o happy_a in_o his_o practice_n many_o other_o refuse_v this_o province_n bold_o visit_v all_o the_o sick_a poor_a as_o well_o as_o rich_a daily_o administer_v to_o they_o physic_n and_o handle_v with_o his_o own_o hand_n their_o bubo_n and_o virulent_a ulcer_n and_o so_o cure_v very_o many_o sick_a by_o his_o sedulous_a though_o dangerous_a labour_n that_o he_o may_v fortify_v himself_o against_o the_o contagion_n before_o he_o go_v into_o the_o infect_a house_n he_o be_v wont_v only_o to_o 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