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the_o port_n do_v furnish_v themselves_o with_o all_o thing_n necessary_a and_o needful_a for_o resist_v of_o tempest_n and_o storm_n and_o provide_v ourselves_o aforehand_o of_o such_o sound_n and_o substantial_a discourse_n as_o may_v anchor_v and_o stay_v the_o mind_n against_o the_o push_n of_o our_o passion_n when_o as_o they_o like_o so_o many_o surge_a wave_n do_v nil_fw-la we_o will_v we_o overflow_v into_o our_o boat_n and_o as_o xenophon_n do_v exhort_v his_o fellow_n citizen_n to_o sacrifice_v unto_o god_n in_o time_n of_o prosperity_n to_o the_o end_n they_o may_v find_v he_o the_o more_o ready_a and_o favourable_a when_o as_o they_o shall_v invoke_v he_o in_o their_o adversity_n so_o must_v we_o do_v and_o even_o at_o our_o first_o leisure_n contract_n acquaintance_n with_o rectify_a reason_n to_o the_o end_n that_o when_o we_o shall_v stand_v in_o need_n of_o her_o aid_n and_o assistance_n she_o may_v come_v run_v to_o we_o as_o know_v we_o by_o our_o voice_n and_o have_v 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callâ—â—_n abiâ—â—har_n he_o be_v accuse_v and_o behead_v by_o the_o consent_n of_o hered_a agrippa_n his_o body_n be_v convey_v by_o his_o disciple_n first_o to_o jerusalem_n and_o from_o thence_o to_o spain_n where_o it_o yet_o remain_v in_o compostella_n a_o famous_a pilgrimage_n james_n the_o son_n of_o alpheus_n call_v minor_a for_o that_o he_o be_v last_o choose_v he_o be_v the_o first_o bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o that_o by_o the_o space_n of_o thirty_o year_n and_o then_o as_o he_o be_v preach_v in_o the_o temple_n he_o be_v throw_v headlong_o down_o by_o the_o pharise_n and_o by_o they_o stone_v to_o death_n he_o be_v bury_v by_o the_o temple_n simon_n by_o christ_n call_v peter_n through_o the_o indignation_n of_o nero_n because_o he_o have_v overcome_v simon_n magus_n i_o be_v crucify_v with_o his_o head_n down_o ward_n according_a as_o he_o desire_v saul_n after_o his_o conversion_n call_v paul_n after_o he_o have_v endure_v and_o escape_v many_o danger_n and_o 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city_n and_o destroy_v the_o idol_n wherefore_o by_o the_o commandment_n of_o astiagus_n brother_n to_o the_o king_n po_n emius_fw-la who_o he_o have_v convert_v he_o be_v flay_v alive_a his_o body_n be_v afterward_o bring_v to_o italy_n and_o be_v as_o some_o say_v at_o rome_n andrew_n simon_n peter_n brother_n go_v first_o to_o preach_v in_o achaia_n and_o afterward_o preach_v in_o scythia_n but_o last_o he_o be_v take_v at_o patras_n a_o city_n of_o achaia_n by_o ege_n be_v proconsul_n of_o that_o province_n who_o because_o he_o have_v convert_v his_o wife_n maximilla_n cast_v he_o in_o prison_n where_o he_o be_v sore_o beat_v and_o last_o stretch_v out_o and_o bind_v on_o a_o slope_n cross_v to_o augment_v his_o torment_n and_o so_o die_v thomas_n preach_v the_o gospel_n â—o_o the_o parthian_n mede_n persiâ—â—s_n hyrcanian_n bragmans_n and_o convert_v a_o great_a part_n of_o india_n he_o be_v by_o the_o infidel_n throw_v into_o a_o burn_a furnace_n and_o come_v â—â—â—ur_n hurt_v 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