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that_o be_v in_o love_n with_o sorrow_n and_o a_o advice_n for_o the_o reap_v profit_n by_o this_o book_n and_o a_o brief_a recapitulation_n of_o the_o chief_a matter_n in_o it_o errata_fw-la page_n 1._o l._n 10._o r._n the_o mind_n p_o 4._o l._n 3._o r._n it_o bring_v p._n 6._o l._n 18._o r_o have_v admit_v p._n 25._o l._n 19_o r._n thou_o have_v leave_v p._n 32._o l._n 13._o r._n his_o arm_n p._n 51._o l._n 6._o r._n other_o man_n trouble_n p_o 59_o marg._n r._n non_fw-la optet_fw-la p._n 81._o marg._n l._n 3._o r._n 2_o cor._n 4.17_o 18._o p._n 98._o marg._n r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 119._o l._n 25._o r._n die_v then_o as_o p._n 158._o l._n penult_n r._n here_o be_v ten_o p._n 175._o l._n 10._o deal_n then_o p._n 188._o l._n 17._o r._n well_o call_v the_o heart_n ease_n or_o a_o remedy_n against_o trouble_n john_n 14.1_o let_v not_o your_o heart_n be_v trouble_v it_o be_v not_o either_o fineness_n of_o wit_n or_o abundance_n of_o wealth_n or_o any_o such_o like_a inward_a or_o outward_a ornament_n that_o make_v the_o difference_n between_o man_n and_o render_v the_o one_o better_a than_o the_o other_o but_o the_o firmness_n of_o good_a principle_n the_o settledness_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o the_o quiet_a of_o mind_n to_o the_o obtain_n of_o which_o all_o the_o old_a philosopher_n many_o hundred_o of_o year_n before_o our_o saviour_n do_v wise_o summon_v all_o their_o force_n all_o who_o lesson_n when_o they_o be_v sum_v up_o amount_v only_o to_o this_o to_o teach_v a_o man_n how_o to_o be_v content_v socrates_n be_v upon_o this_o score_n account_v the_o best_a among_o they_o because_o though_o he_o understand_v but_o a_o little_a of_o the_o frame_n of_o nature_n yet_o he_o well_o understand_v himself_o and_o perceive_v that_o he_o be_v not_o the_o wise_a man_n that_o can_v read_v rare_a thing_n in_o the_o star_n and_o can_v follow_v the_o path_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o trace_v all_o the_o heavenly_a body_n in_o the_o course_n which_o they_o 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