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foot_n here_o what_o else_o can_v yourselves_o think_v of_o or_o hope_v for_o as_o oft_o as_o you_o behold_v her_o decay_a estate_n such_o church_n as_o this_o if_o any_o be_v so_o bad_a as_o this_o within_o this_o realm_n may_v give_v some_o occasion_n to_o that_o same_o scandalous_a assertion_n of_o one_o of_o our_o english_a 313._o english_a gul._n reginald_n caluino_n turc_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 15._o in_o argumento_fw-la libri_fw-la in_o anglicano_n &_o turcico_fw-la ministerio_fw-la summa_fw-la est_fw-la convenienâ—ia_fw-la templa_fw-la utrinque_fw-la sunt_fw-la similia_fw-la sed_fw-la turcis_n ornatiora_fw-la &_o magnificentiora_fw-la pag._n 313._o fugitive_n beyond_o the_o sea_n that_o the_o church_n in_o turkey_n be_v more_o sumptuous_a and_o stately_a then_o we_o in_o england_n of_o we_o he_o say_v that_o they_o be_v 318._o be_v apud_fw-la vestâ—os_fw-la euangelices_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la plerumque_fw-la turpes_fw-la sordidae_fw-la &_o immundae_fw-la tacent_fw-la at_o hominum_fw-la nobilium_fw-la mercatorum_fw-la iuridicorum_fw-la baronum_fw-la comitunque_fw-la dâ—â—ibus_fw-la nihâ—l_fw-la ornatius_fw-la nihil_fw-la opâ—rosius_fw-la &_o in_o his_o poâ—â—endis_fw-la humming_n privatiregias_fw-it aliquando_fw-la gazas_fw-la consumunt_fw-la ibid._n pag._n 318._o turpes_fw-la sordidae_fw-la immundae_fw-la foul_a unclean_a &_o sluttish_a to_o persuade_v you_o to_o repair_v her_o decay_a place_n i_o will_v it_o be_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o my_o rhetoric_n yet_o let_v i_o propound_v one_o question_n unto_o you_o hag._n 1.4_o be_v it_o time_n for_o yourselves_o to_o dwell_v in_o your_o sciled_a house_n and_o this_o house_n to_o lie_v waste_n consider_v your_o own_o way_n in_o your_o own_o heart_n and_o give_v your_o answer_n unto_o god_n a_o second_o note_n for_o your_o further_a instruction_n and_o meditation_n follow_v be_v it_o true_a be_v sin_n and_o iniquity_n mean_v to_o lay_v waste_n &_o make_v desolate_a all_o manner_n
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