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force_n employ_v to_o reduce_v portsmouth_n be_v join_v with_o the_o fugitive_n member_n and_o upon_o their_o march_n for_o london_n whereupon_o i_o cause_v to_o be_v print_v as_o follow_v the_o resolve_v of_o the_o city_n decemb._n 23._o 1659._o our_o respect_n to_o peace_n and_o order_n be_v too_o notorious_a to_o be_v question_v since_o by_o the_o mere_a impression_n of_o charity_n and_o obedience_n we_o have_v thus_o long_o suspend_v the_o justice_n we_o owe_v to_o our_o self_n together_o with_o that_o vengeance_n which_o the_o blood_n of_o our_o murder_v companion_n require_v at_o our_o hand_n nor_o have_v these_o principle_n of_o public_a tenderness_n be_v less_o eminent_a upon_o our_o judgement_n than_o upon_o our_o passion_n for_o we_o have_v as_o well_o believ_n d_o in_o contradiction_n to_o evidence_n of_o experiment_n as_o we_o have_v suffer_v in_o opposition_n to_o the_o very_a element_n and_o dictate_v of_o humanity_n witness_v that_o execrable_a monday_n sacred_a to_o 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