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call_v a_o hallow_a virgin_n also_o from_o passion_n of_o hatred_n of_o love_n and_o other_o all_o enemy_n to_o right_a and_o equity_n but_o to_o carry_v himself_o well_o against_o the_o threaten_n of_o great_a man_n the_o importunate_a entreaty_n of_o his_o friend_n the_o lamentation_n and_o tear_n of_o the_o poor_a distress_a which_o be_v all_o violent_a and_o forceable_a thing_n and_o yet_o have_v some_o colour_n of_o reason_n and_o justice_n and_o which_o make_v sometime_o the_o most_o resolute_a to_o relent_v he_o have_v need_n of_o courage_n firm_a and_o inflexible_a constancy_n be_v a_o principal_a quality_n and_o virtue_n in_o a_o magistrate_n to_o the_o end_n he_o may_v not_o fear_v the_o great_a and_o mighty_a and_o be_v not_o move_v and_o mollify_v with_o the_o misery_n of_o another_o though_o it_o carry_v with_o it_o some_o show_n of_o goodness_n but_o yet_o it_o be_v forbid_v to_o have_v pity_n of_o the_o poor_a in_o judgement_n chap._n xviii_o the_o duty_n of_o the_o 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be_v of_o the_o number_n of_o those_o few_o let_v we_o not_o accuse_v nature_n for_o have_v make_v we_o too_o weak_a for_o that_o be_v nothing_o but_o we_o be_v rather_o too_o delicate_a if_o we_o fly_v it_o it_o will_v follow_v we_o if_o we_o cowardly_o yield_v unto_o it_o and_o suffer_v ourselves_o to_o be_v vanquish_v it_o will_v handle_v we_o the_o more_o roughlie_o and_o the_o reproach_n will_v light_v upon_o ourselves_o it_o will_v make_v we_o afeard_a and_o therefore_o it_o stand_v we_o upon_o to_o take_v heart_n and_o that_o when_o it_o come_v it_o find_v we_o more_o resolute_a than_o be_v imagine_v our_o yield_a make_v that_o more_o eager_a and_o more_o fierce_a stare_v fidenter_n non_fw-la quia_fw-la difficilia_fw-la non_fw-la audemus_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la audemus_fw-la difficilia_fw-la sunt_fw-la but_o lest_o these_o remedy_n shall_v seem_v but_o fair_a word_n and_o mere_a imagination_n and_o the_o practice_n of_o they_o altogether_o impossible_a we_o have_v 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