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scourge_n of_o vengeance_n thou_o shall_v be_v boast_v thou_o not_o then_o of_o what_o be_v not_o thy_o own_o for_o he_o that_o set_v thou_o up_o may_v pull_v thou_o down_o be_v humble_a in_o thy_o most_o triumphant_a state_n for_o great_a thing_n sink_v depress_v by_o their_o own_o weight_n nor_o feed_v thyself_o with_o hope_n of_o endless_a day_n for_o at_o fate_n summon_v thou_o must_v go_v 〈◊〉_d way_n the_o turkish_a history_n the_o second_o volume_n begin_v from_o mahomet_n iii_o and_o continue_v to_o this_o present_a year_n 1687._o the_o six_z edition_n london_n print_v for_o tho._n basset_n at_o the_o george_n near_o st._n dunstan_n church_n in_o fleetstreet_n mdclxxxvii_o si_fw-mi quid_fw-la in_o humanis_fw-la magnum_fw-la te_fw-la reddere_fw-la possit_fw-la quid_fw-la prohibet_fw-la magnis_fw-la nomen_fw-la inesse_fw-la â—uum_fw-la qui_fw-la subjecta_fw-la vides_fw-la tot_fw-la dissona_fw-la regna_fw-la tot_fw-la urbes_fw-la et_fw-la nulli_fw-la cedens_fw-la sceptra_fw-la 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