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david_n himself_o follow_v honour_v by_o a_o most_o generous_a example_n that_o virtue_n loyalty_n and_o fortitude_n which_o he_o find_v in_o a_o enemy_n towards_o he_o nor_o do_v he_o do_v it_o in_o a_o courtly_a formality_n but_o with_o ample_a public_a and_o unfeigned_a sorrow_n even_o to_o weep_v look_v upon_o that_o sad_a and_o shameful_a accident_n as_o a_o great_a reproach_n and_o affront_v to_o his_o own_o party_n and_o cause_n as_o a_o dehone_n of_o his_o own_o honour_n and_o that_o religion_n which_o he_o profess_v to_o remove_v so_o great_a a_o scandal_n and_o dishonour_n from_o his_o person_n conscience_n kingdom_n and_o profession_n as_o attend_v all_o treacherous_a murthering_n even_o of_o reconcile_a enemy_n and_o rival_n david_n himself_o do_v abner_n this_o honour_n at_o his_o burial_n to_o follow_v the_o bier_n 1._o so_o in_o the_o death_n of_o such_o excellent_a prince_n as_o have_v be_v or_o be_v like_a to_o be_v the_o patres_fw-la patriae_fw-la father_n of_o 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