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have_v set_v his_o house_n in_o order_n and_o be_v under_o evident_a indication_n of_o death_n he_o make_v confession_n of_o his_o faith_n and_o in_o a_o short_a oraison_n be_v recommend_v to_o mercy_n and_o the_o breath_n be_v no_o soon_o out_o of_o his_o nostril_n but_o they_o prepare_v for_o his_o funeral_n which_o be_v always_o within_o the_o natural_a day_n of_o his_o departure_n and_o first_o the_o corpse_n be_v wash_v in_o clean_a water_n or_o if_o he_o be_v rich_a in_o water_n of_o rose_n orange-flower_n or_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v aromatic_a while_o the_o corpse_n be_v thus_o make_v clean_o they_o pray_v that_o god_n will_v cleanse_v the_o soul_n from_o all_o the_o defilement_n that_o it_o have_v contract_v in_o the_o body_n this_o ceremony_n of_o wash_v be_v finish_v they_o put_v the_o corpse_n in_o a_o clean_a shirt_n and_o drawer_n and_o then_o a_o strip_v of_o linen_n resemble_v the_o zizith_n and_o after_o all_o they_o sow_v he_o in_o a_o very_a white_a sheet_n and_o put_v he_o into_o a_o coffin_n the_o relation_n of_o the_o decease_a for_o seven_o day_n after_o the_o interment_n stir_v not_o abroad_o or_o if_o by_o some_o extraordinary_a occasion_n they_o be_v force_v to_o go_v out_o of_o door_n it_o be_v without_o shoe_n which_o be_v a_o token_n with_o they_o that_o they_o have_v lose_v a_o dear_a friend_n for_o the_o seven_o day_n that_o they_o stay_v within_o the_o neighbour_n come_v to_o the_o house_n to_o pray_v with_o they_o and_o their_o mourn_a habit_n be_v either_o a_o black_a ganiphe_n or_o the_o same_o clothes_n they_o wear_v when_o the_o party_n die_v the_o corpse_n be_v bear_v by_o four_o to_o the_o place_n of_o burial_n in_o this_o procession_n in_o the_o first_o rank_n march_v the_o chacham_n or_o priest_n next_o to_o they_o the_o kindred_n of_o the_o decease_a after_o who_o come_v those_o that_o be_v invite_v to_o the_o funeral_n and_o all_o sing_n in_o a_o sort_n of_o plainsong_n the_o 49th_o psalm_n and_o if_o it_o last_v not_o till_o they_o come_v to_o the_o grave_a they_o begin_v it_o again_o at_o the_o grave_a ten_o rabbi_n or_o so_o many_o old_a jew_n in_o their_o room_n say_v over_o some_o certain_a psalm_n compose_v by_o the_o rabbin_n for_o that_o purpose_n and_o when_o they_o be_v end_v the_o corpse_n be_v lay_v in_o the_o grave_a and_o cover_v with_o earth_n and_o the_o rabbi_n compass_v the_o grave_a seven_o time_n say_v from_o the_o earth_n thou_o come_v and_o to_o the_o earth_n thou_o be_v return_v after_o this_o be_v do_v they_o return_v from_o the_o grave_a to_o the_o house_n of_o the_o decease_a where_o one_o who_o as_o chief_a mourner_n receive_v they_o with_o his_o jaw_n tie_v up_o with_o a_o linen_n cloth_n after_o the_o same_o manner_n that_o they_o bind_v up_o the_o dead_a and_o by_o this_o the_o mourner_n be_v say_v to_o testify_v that_o he_o be_v ready_a to_o die_v with_o his_o friend_n and_o thus_o muffle_v the_o mourner_n go_v for_o seven_o day_n during_o which_o time_n the_o rest_n of_o his_o friend_n come_v twice_o every_o twenty_o four_o hour_n to_o pray_v with_o he_o at_o the_o end_n of_o these_o seven_o day_n the_o friend_n of_o the_o decease_a repair_n to_o his_o grave_n which_o they_o cover_v with_o a_o black_a cloth_n and_o say_v this_o prayer_n vide_fw-la syracides_n 22.23_o judge_n of_o the_o truth_n who_o judge_v true_o be_v judge_n of_o the_o truth_n for_o all_o thy_o judgement_n be_v justice_n and_o truth_n and_o then_o the_o kindred_n of_o the_o dead_a wish_v one_o another_o good_a health_n and_o comfort_n and_o the_o same_o ceremony_n be_v repeat_v precise_o that_o day_n twelvemonth_n till_o which_o time_n the_o obsequy_n be_v incomplete_a if_o the_o friend_n of_o the_o decease_a be_v devout_a they_o often_o every_o week_n repair_v to_o his_o grave_n where_o they_o make_v great_a lamentation_n and_o bitter_a weep_v over_o he_o they_o pray_v at_o the_o same_o time_n that_o god_n will_v pardon_v his_o sin_n and_o receive_v he_o into_o the_o garden_n 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