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and_o exercise_n make_v many_o 8_o discipline_n may_v do_v more_o in_o war_n than_o fury_n 9_o when_o any_o depart_n from_o the_o enemy_n side_n for_o to_o come_v to_o serve_v thou_o when_o they_o be_v faithful_a they_o shall_v be_v unto_o thou_o always_o great_a gain_n for_o that_o the_o power_n of_o the_o adversary_n be_v more_o diminish_v with_o the_o loss_n of_o they_o that_o run_v away_o than_o of_o those_o that_o be_v slay_v although_o that_o the_o name_n of_o a_o fugitive_n be_v to_o new_a friend_n suspect_v and_o to_o old_a odious_a 10_o better_a it_o be_v in_o pitch_v the_o field_n to_o reserve_v behind_o the_o first_o front_n aid_n enough_o than_o to_o make_v the_o front_n big_a to_o disperse_v the_o soldier_n 11_o he_o be_v difficulty_n overcome_v which_o can_v know_v his_o own_o power_n and_o the_o same_o of_o the_o enemy_n 12_o the_o valiantness_n of_o the_o soldier_n avail_v more_o than_o the_o multitude_n 13_o sometime_o the_o situation_n help_v more_o than_o the_o 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