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thou_o shall_v recover_v well_o enough_o /_o thou_o be_v young_a and_o strong_a thou_o shall_v live_v long_o enough_o by_o this_o manner_n the_o devyll_n destrouble_v a_o man_n to_o do_v well_o ¶_o of_o the_o vice_n and_o sin_n of_o neclygence_n capi_fw-la thirty_o after_o delayenge_a come_v neclygence_n /_o for_o who_o so_o make_v delayenge_a it_n be_v not_o wondre_fw-fr though_o he_o do_v a_o thing_n neclygentlye_o this_o be_v a_o vice_n of_o which_o all_o the_o world_n be_v entatch_v if_o it_o be_v well_o take_v heed_n of_o for_o there_o be_v not_o many_o that_o be_v delygent_a to_o do_v that_o they_o ought_v to_o do_v anenste_n god_n and_o their_o neighbour_n ¶_o of_o the_o vice_n of_o forgetting_a capitulo_fw-la xxxi_o after_o neclygence_n come_v oublyence_n or_o forget_a for_o who_o be_v not_o retching_n and_o neclygente_a he_o forgete_v oft_o by_o these_o two_o sin_n of_o neclygence_n and_o forget_a hap_v oft_o that_o some_o person_n can_v not_o well_o confess_v ne_o shryve_v 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