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make_v booty_n page_n 32_o letter_n e._n citizen_n of_o trailsound_n forget_v benefit_n be_v more_o unthankful_a than_o beast_n page_n 66_o letter_n l._n charlemagne_n his_o privilege_n grant_v to_o those_o have_v serve_v well_o page_n 72_o letter_n t._n a_o cavalier_n ought_v patient_o to_o attend_v his_o preferment_n page_n 3_o letter_n b._n continency_n in_o all_o thing_n be_v most_o necessary_a for_o a_o soldier_n page_n 25_o letter_n x._o man_n ought_v patient_o to_o undergo_v their_o cross_n and_o not_o to_o despair_v as_o some_o do_v in_o denmark_n page_n 86_o letter_n &_o he_o that_o think_v on_o death_n casuality_n ought_v neither_o to_o be_v careless_a nor_o covetous_a page_n 86_o letter_n v._o coward_n may_v be_v compare_v to_o dog_n that_o do_v bark_v more_o than_o bite_v page_n 70_o letter_n p._n the_o cruelty_n be_v great_a the_o enemy_n use_v in_o harm_v the_o dead_a and_o innocent_a page_n 40_o letter_n k._n d._n it_o be_v a_o worthy_a and_o brave_a interchange_n when_o man_n attain_v unto_o eternal_a fame_n and_o glory_n after_o death_n for_o a_o temporal_a death_n page_n 41_o letter_n l._n the_o strictness_n of_o discipline_n be_v the_o conservation_n of_o a_o army_n page_n 36_o letter_n g._n it_o be_v impossible_a to_o make_v boor_n and_o soldier_n agree_v together_o without_o the_o strictness_n of_o military_a discipline_n page_n 62_o letter_n f._n it_o be_v never_o good_a in_o plenty_n to_o disdain_v soldier_n lest_o in_o adversity_n they_o may_v prove_v unuseful_a page_n 2_o letter_n a._n the_o observance_n of_o discipline_n be_v the_o maintain_n of_o kingdom_n city_n and_o commonwealth_n page_n 69_o letter_n o._n dumbarre_n renown_v in_o despite_n of_o envy_n page_n 13_o letter_n l._n it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o valorous_a commander_n to_o care_v for_o the_o burial_n of_o the_o slay_v though_o their_o enemy_n page_n 25_o letter_n y._n we_o be_v drown_v in_o the_o mud_n of_o vice_n and_o slothfulness_n while_o we_o want_v business_n and_o have_v no_o foe_n to_o awe_v we_o page_n 46_o letter_n t._n e._n a_o english_a cavalier_n be_v deadly_o wound_v retire_v brave_o at_o keel_n page_n 55_o letter_n b._n ensign_n six_o of_o scot_n shoot_v at_o ouldenburg_n page_n 18_o letter_n q._n a_o rare_a example_n of_o strength_n and_o courage_n in_o ensign_n david_n monro_n page_n 21_o letter_n s._n emulation_n of_o superior_n by_o example_n grow_v among_o inferior_n page_n 37_o letter_n h._n the_o whole_a officer_n be_v hurt_v except_o one_o ensign_n ihonston_n page_n 68_o letter_n m._n he_o that_o wilful_o continue_v a_o enemy_n teach_v his_o enemy_n to_o do_v he_o a_o mischief_n if_o he_o can_v page_n 77_o letter_n a._n though_o the_o enemy_n be_v unworthy_a reconcile_v with_o he_o to_o be_v free_v of_o his_o scandalous_a tongue_n page_n 77_o letter_n a._n the_o enemy_n study_v all_o the_o plot_n of_o our_o ruin_n and_o the_o danger_n be_v ever_o most_o that_o be_v least_o see_v page_n 77_o letter_n &_o experience_n teach_v that_o neither_o fly_n be_v nor_o wasp_n can_v harm_v those_o that_o be_v heal_v of_o the_o sting_n of_o scorpion_n page_n 22_o letter_n t._n the_o best_a exhortation_n a_o leader_n can_v give_v soldier_n be_v to_o show_v himself_o valorous_a page_n 23_o letter_n w._n enemy_n prove_v ofttimes_o good_a pedagogue_n set_v both_o death_n and_o judgement_n before_o we_o page_n 66_o letter_n k._n f._n fear_n do_v put_v we_o in_o a_o more_o horrid_a habit_n than_o any_o enemy_n can_v do_v page_n 22_o letter_n f._n it_o be_v not_o good_a to_o feel_v the_o ill_a of_o the_o sturdy_a popular_a have_v once_o loose_v the_o rein_n page_n 48_o letter_n w._n friend_n that_o be_v trusty_a the_o best_a companion_n of_o danger_n page_n 14_o letter_n m._n to_o be_v a_o follower_n of_o the_o popular_a sort_n be_v a_o vain_a thing_n page_n 50_o letter_n y._n the_o footâ—_n be_v always_o more_o useful_a in_o war_n and_o less_o chargeable_a than_o horse_n page_n 23_o letter_n w._n fortune_n have_v cross_v his_o majesty_n of_o denmark_n in_o his_o war_n abroad_o bring_v the_o sword_n of_o his_o enemy_n within_o his_o own_o kingdom_n page_n 29_o letter_n a._n g._n the_o german_n be_v common_o friend_n to_o the_o victorious_a eat_v contra_fw-la page_n 16_o letter_n o._n germane_a of_o old_a do_v sing_v go_v on_o service_n page_n 70_o letter_n p._n those_o that_o thirst_n after_o gold_n let_v they_o bring_v it_o valiant_o from_o afar_o to_o supply_v the_o poor_a at_o home_n or_o to_o decore_v and_o enrich_v their_o country_n page_n 72_o letter_n s._n a_o man_n be_v glad_a to_o come_v off_o with_o credit_n be_v hurt_v as_o i_o be_v at_o trailsound_a where_o i_o think_v to_o be_v slay_v page_n 75_o letter_n y._n ill_o get_v gain_n be_v far_o worse_a than_o loss_n with_o preserve_v honesty_n page_n 31_o letter_n d._n gentleman_n three_o of_o my_o colonel_n company_n slay_v at_o trailsound_a gordon_n stewart_n and_o tullough_n page_n 68_o letter_n m._n h._n honour_n compare_v to_o a_o chaste_a make_v 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