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in_o the_o marginal_a translation_n du_v he_o with_o dust_n chap._n 16.5_o 6_o 13._o give_v he_o as_o ill_a name_n and_o accuse_v he_o of_o as_o ill_a thing_n as_o be_v possible_a to_o affront_v his_o person_n to_o sully_v his_o reputation_n to_o render_v he_o and_o his_o government_n odious_a to_o the_o world_n it_o seem_v stone_n and_o dirt_n hard_a speech_n and_o foul_a language_n be_v great_a part_n of_o their_o ammunition_n as_o indeed_o they_o be_v always_o a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o artillery_n of_o a_o rebel_n and_o they_o discharge_v all_o they_o have_v they_o shoot_v out_o their_o arrow_n even_o bitter_a word_n as_o well_o against_o the_o king_n himself_o as_o against_o those_o that_o have_v loyalty_n that_o have_v honest_o enough_o to_o adhere_v to_o his_o person_n or_o to_o assert_v his_o cause_n in_o all_o these_o commotion_n it_o be_v observable_a that_o the_o church_n as_o indeed_o it_o be_v fit_a it_o shall_v be_v be_v always_o loyal_a and_o eminent_o faithful_a to_o 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