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we_o we_o must_v cast_v anchor_n by_o time_n before_o the_o arrival_n of_o the_o tempest_n for_o all_o emotion_n be_v difficult_a to_o calm_v in_o their_o violence_n and_o impetuositie_n the_o wave_n of_o the_o sea_n be_v merciless_a but_o those_o of_o love_n far_o more_o those_o afflict_v we_o with_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n but_o these_o devour_n and_o swallow_v we_o up_o every_o moment_n and_o yet_o we_o can_v neither_o submerge_n nor_o drown_v if_o the_o many_o different_a accident_n which_o stay_n our_o enjoyance_n sharpen_v not_o our_o amorous_a desire_n than_o this_o passion_n will_v not_o prove_v so_o prejudicial_a as_o it_o be_v nor_o so_o much_o fear_v of_o wisdom_n his_o power_n and_o force_n increase_v by_o the_o length_n of_o the_o way_n and_o time_n and_o its_o natural_a sweetness_n grow_v sour_a in_o seek_v many_o undecent_a mean_n and_o unbeseeming_a way_n to_o obtain_v it_o the_o more_o a_o weight_n be_v distant_a from_o his_o centre_n the_o more_o ponderous_a and_o 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will_v be_v nothing_o but_o ash_n the_o fountain_n of_o thy_o tear_n will_v stop_v thy_o groan_n and_o sigh_n will_v be_v but_o small_a wind_n and_o please_a zephir_n which_o will_v calm_v their_o trouble_n and_o thy_o sorrow_n and_o disturbance_n section_n iii_o ambition_n have_v no_o mediocrity_n and_o fear_v not_o his_o burn_a if_o the_o fire_n of_o heaven_n or_o the_o thunderbolt_n of_o jupiter_n furnish_v he_o the_o first_o sparkle_n have_v issue_n from_o the_o same_o place_n and_o flow_v from_o the_o same_o fountain_n the_o far_a they_o estrange_v themselves_o from_o their_o birth_n the_o more_o they_o swell_v with_o pride_n and_o increase_v their_o impetuous_a violence_n the_o great_a river_n in_o their_o first_o spring_n be_v confine_v in_o a_o small_a place_n but_o their_o long_a course_n and_o progression_n make_v that_o the_o far_o
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strong_o assault_v and_o assail_v misfortune_n which_o threaten_v we_o do_v not_o always_o befall_v and_o surprise_v we_o but_o be_v many_o time_n divert_v by_o other_o accident_n and_o some_o time_n by_o the_o ruin_n of_o their_o own_o author_n such_o a_o one_o have_v prepare_v poison_n for_o another_o who_o have_v be_v choke_v therewith_o himself_o and_o when_o this_o evil_a or_o misfortune_n shall_v be_v inevitable_a yet_o the_o good_a which_o we_o have_v receive_v by_o the_o sweet_a flattery_n of_o our_o hope_n can_v yet_o be_v take_v away_o or_o bereave_v from_o us._n but_o when_o we_o be_v not_o besiege_v by_o sharp_a and_o violent_a affliction_n and_o that_o our_o estate_n and_o condition_n be_v far_o distant_a from_o the_o great_a blow_n of_o fortune_n make_v we_o to_o respire_v the_o air_n of_o a_o sweet_a and_o pleasant_a life_n what_o need_v we_o then_o to_o make_v ourselves_o blind_a in_o the_o midst_n of_o our_o good_a fortune_n to_o forsake_v and_o stray_v from_o 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