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the_o body_n be_v part_n of_o his_o body_n after_o it_o be_v cut_v off_o from_o it_o and_o therefore_o of_o this_o earth_n so_o provide_v for_o fuel_n may_v tithe_n as_o well_o be_v pay_v as_o of_o any_o other_o fuel_n of_o wood_n coal_n or_o otherwise_o that_o be_v provide_v to_o be_v burn_v for_o there_o be_v one_o reason_n of_o thing_n when_o they_o be_v unite_v together_o in_o one_o body_n and_o another_o of_o those_o thing_n when_o they_o be_v divide_v from_o the_o same_o body_n for_o so_o long_o as_o they_o be_v in_o one_o and_o the_o self_n same_o body_n they_o follow_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o whole_a but_o when_o they_o be_v divide_v then_o be_v there_o another_o consideration_n of_o they_o separatorum_fw-la enim_fw-la seperata_fw-la est_fw-la ratio_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la seperatis_fw-la non_fw-la infertur_fw-la de_fw-fr uno_fw-la ad_fw-la aliud_fw-la calumntatoribus_fw-la l._n finali_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr calumntatoribus_fw-la corn_n grasse_n and_o such_o like_a while_o they_o 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