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brathwaite_n vita_fw-la ut_fw-la herba_fw-la vita_fw-la ut_fw-la herba_fw-la tuum_fw-la est_fw-la anagramma_fw-la tuaque_fw-la sub_fw-la urna_fw-la hoc_fw-la videam_fw-la brâ—…uis_fw-la est_fw-la vita_fw-la sed_fw-la herba_fw-la levis_fw-la annulus_fw-la hoc_fw-la tenuit_fw-la namque_fw-la annulus_fw-la arctus_fw-la ut_fw-la annus_fw-la quo_fw-la velut_fw-la afflatu_fw-la fata_fw-la futura_fw-la refer_v ¶_o upon_o the_o late_a decease_n of_o his_o much_o lament_a friend_n and_o kinsman_n alleâ—…_n nicholson_n a_o zealous_a &_o industrious_a member_n both_o in_o church_n and_o commonweal_n hauxide_o lament_v thy_o death_n grasmyre_v not_o so_o wish_v i_o how_o have_v bâ—…ene_o dead_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ago_o for_o than_o her_o market_n have_v not_o so_o beâ—…ke_v do_v but_o have_v suruâ—…ued_v â—…hy_a age_n in_o time_n â—…o_o come_v and_o well_o may_v hauxide_o grieve_v at_o thy_o departure_n since_o she_o receive_v from_o thou_o her_o ancient_a charter_n which_o grasmyre_n suâ—…s_v since_o 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