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what_o i_o shall_v here_o do_v any_o long_o and_o to_o what_o end_n i_o be_o here_o i_o know_v not_o now_o that_o my_o hope_n in_o this_o world_n be_v vanish_v there_o be_v indeed_o one_o thing_n for_o which_o i_o sometime_o desire_v to_o be_v a_o little_a while_n reprive_v in_o this_o life_n namely_o that_o i_o may_v see_v thou_o to_o become_v a_o christian_a catholic_a before_o i_o die_v my_o god_n have_v do_v this_o for_o i_o more_o abundant_o for_o that_o i_o now_o see_v thou_o withal_o have_v contemn_v all_o earthly_a happiness_n to_o be_v make_v his_o servant_n what_o then_o do_v i_o here_o any_o long_o chap._n 11._o of_o the_o ecstasy_n and_o death_n of_o his_o mother_n 1._o what_o answer_v i_o then_o make_v she_o unto_o these_o thing_n i_o do_v not_o now_o remember_v but_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n scarce_o five_o day_n after_o or_o not_o much_o more_o she_o fall_v into_o a_o fever_n and_o in_o that_o sickness_n one_o day_n she_o fall_v into_o a_o swoon_v be_v for_o a_o while_n 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