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fol._n 6_o chap._n 2._o the_o vanity_n and_o inconstancy_n of_o man_n in_o his_o action_n 10_o chap._n 3._o of_o man_n ripe_a age._n 16_o chap._n 4._o the_o life_n of_o courtier_n 27_o chap._n 5._o the_o life_n of_o magistrate_n and_o wicked_a judge_n 31_o chap._n 6._o of_o man_n estate_n be_v in_o wedlock_n 36_o chap._n 7._o the_o vanity_n and_o inconstancy_n of_o woman_n 42_o chap._n 8._o of_o covetousness_n envy_n and_o ambition_n 45_o chap._n 9_o of_o pettifogging_a strife_n and_o law-contention_n 53_o chap._n 10._o of_o philosophy_n and_o the_o knowledge_n of_o diverse_a tongue_n 55_o chap._n 11._o of_o pilgrim_n and_o civil_a virtue_n 59_o chap._n 12._o of_o old_a and_o decrepit_a age._n 77_o chap._n 13._o of_o death_n 69_o chap._n 14._o of_o the_o terrible_a judgement_n seat_n of_o god_n 74_o chap._n 15._o of_o heaven_n 79_o chap._n 16._o of_o hell_n 81_o chap._n 17._o the_o misery_n and_o vanity_n of_o our_o life_n and_o the_o wickedness_n that_o now_o reign_v heraclitus_n 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