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if_o need_n be_v thou_o may_v send_v for_o it_o for_o it_o matter_n not_o whether_o death_n come_v to_o we_o or_o we_o go_v to_o death_n yea_o he_o mock_n and_o deride_v those_o that_o 70._o make_v any_o scruple_n thereof_o bono_fw-mi loco_fw-la res_fw-la humanae_fw-la sunt_fw-la quod_fw-la nemo_fw-la nisi_fw-la vitio_fw-la svo_fw-la miser_n est_fw-la placet_fw-la vive_fw-fr si_fw-la non_fw-la placet_fw-la licet_fw-la eo_fw-la reverti_fw-la unde_fw-la venisti_fw-la the_o condition_n of_o our_o estate_n in_o this_o be_v happy_a that_o no_o man_n be_v miserable_a but_o by_o his_o own_o default_n do_v thy_o life_n please_v thou_o live_v if_o it_o please_v thou_o not_o thou_o may_v return_v when_o thou_o will_v from_o whence_o thou_o come_v and_o in_o another_o 15_o place_n quocunque_fw-la respexcris_fw-la ibi_fw-la malornm_fw-la finis_fw-la est_fw-la vides_fw-la illud_fw-la praecipitem_fw-la locum_fw-la illac_fw-la ad_fw-la libertatem_fw-la descenditur_fw-la vides_fw-la illud_fw-la 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