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member_n of_o the_o church_n or_o commonwealth_n or_o as_o slave_n and_o servant_n to_o one_o another_o with_o a_o method_n how_o to_o estimate_v the_o same_o in_o any_o other_o country_n or_o colony_n 6._o how_o to_o compute_v the_o value_n of_o land_n in_o colony_n in_o comparison_n to_o england_n and_o ireland_n 7._o how_o ten_o thousand_o people_n in_o a_o colony_n may_v be_v and_o plant_v to_o the_o best_a advantage_n 8._o a_o conjecture_n in_o what_o number_n of_o year_n england_n and_o ireland_n may_v be_v full_o people_v as_o also_o all_o america_n and_o last_o the_o whole_a habitable_a earth_n 9_o what_o spot_n of_o the_o earth's-globe_n be_v fit_a for_o a_o general_a and_o universal_a emporium_n whereby_o all_o the_o people_n thereof_o may_v best_o enjoy_v one_o another_o labour_n and_o commodity_n 10._o whether_o the_o speedy_a people_n of_o the_o earth_n will_v make_v 1._o for_o the_o good_a of_o mankind_n 2._o to_o fulfil_v the_o reveal_v will_n of_o god_n 3._o to_o what_o 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