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execution_n those_o be_v visible_a and_o avoidable_a engine_n but_o the_o instrument_n of_o death_n in_o this_o case_n be_v blunderbuss_n and_o carbine_n that_o by_o force_n of_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n a_o hellish_a invention_n can_v cast_v invisible_a and_o infallible_a messenger_n of_o death_n barbarous_a and_o ever-to-be-abhorred_n be_v that_o detestable_a parricide_n of_o the_o royal_a martyr_n yet_o if_o i_o may_v so_o say_v they_o give_v he_o fair_a warning_n of_o that_o foul_a enterprise_n he_o have_v time_n to_o fortify_v himself_o against_o the_o terror_n of_o death_n and_o to_o anticipate_v the_o joy_n of_o heaven_n to_o himself_o amid_o those_o devilish_a tormentor_n by_o divine_a contemplation_n of_o which_o we_o may_v have_v a_o happy_a taste_n from_o his_o incomparable_a meditation_n so_o that_o he_o die_v as_o moses_n on_o mount_n nebo_n within_o sight_n of_o the_o promise_a land_n and_o as_o the_o rabbin_n say_v with_o a_o kiss_n of_o god_n mouth_n that_o draw_v up_o his_o spirit_n but_o for_o such_o varlet_n to_o assassinate_v a_o prince_n in_o a_o instant_n come_v from_o his_o recreation_n not_o fear_v any_o such_o thing_n have_v deserve_v well_o of_o all_o man_n this_o be_v like_o the_o italian_a malice_n that_o design_v to_o slay_v his_o enemy_n body_n and_o soul_n certain_o king_n james_n speak_v as_o a_o prophet_n when_o he_o tell_v his_o son_n i_o protest_v before_o the_o great_a god_n and_o as_o i_o be_o now_o on_o my_o last_o will_n and_o testament_n you_o shall_v never_o find_v with_o any_o highland_n or_o border-thieve_n great_a ingratitude_n more_o lie_v and_o vile_a perjury_n than_o with_o these_o fanatic_a spirit_n and_o suffer_v not_o the_o principle_n of_o they_o to_o brook_v your_o land_n if_o you_o like_v to_o sit_v at_o rest_n except_o you_o will_v keep_v they_o for_o try_v your_o patience_n as_o socrates_n do_v a_o evil_a wife_n basilicon_fw-la doron_n p._n 41,42_o so_o much_o of_o the_o oculta_fw-la conventicula_fw-la the_o second_o part_n of_o the_o plot_n be_v the_o insurrection_n of_o evil_a doer_n for_o the_o king_n be_v not_o to_o perish_v alone_o they_o mean_v he_o a_o more_o noble_a attendance_n in_o his_o death_n than_o they_o will_v afford_v he_o in_o his_o life_n even_o a_o glorious_a army_n of_o martyr_n it_o be_v achitophel_n advice_n the_o man_n who_o thou_o seek_v be_v instar_fw-la omnium_fw-la when_o the_o head_n be_v cut_v off_o all_o the_o member_n must_v perish_v with_o it_o ch._n 17.3_o so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o some_o small_a stir_v as_o they_o mince_v the_o matter_n in_o a_o scotish_n dialect_n but_o a_o general_a insurrection_n the_o great_a city_n where_o absalon_n have_v seat_v himself_o be_v to_o be_v cantonize_v in_o twenty_o part_n a_o hundred_o of_o saul_n old_a captain_n be_v ready_a to_o marshal_v the_o rabble_n a_o great_a assembly_n of_o ill-assected_n nobles_n and_o gentry_n be_v invite_v thither_o the_o city_n want_v not_o man_n nor_o magazine_n of_o arm_n the_o man_n 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