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sermon_n and_o pamphlet_n but_o ridiculous_a fiction_n and_o impudent_a slander_n as_o well_o as_o dull_a malice_n there_o will_v nothing_o be_v find_v in_o these_o sheet_n but_o weigh_v and_o measure_v truth_n though_o sometime_o a_o little_a piquant_o express_v decemb._n 20._o 1695._o errata_fw-la page_z 2_o line_n 30._o before_o other_o read_v of_o ibid._n l._n 38._o for_o staâ—e_v r._n state_n p._n 4._o l._n ult_n for_o stuff_n r._n strife_n p._n 5._o l._n 25._o deal_n same_o p._n 6._o l._n 36._o for_o redress_n r._n reader_n p._n 9_o l._n 1._o r._n where_o we_o have_v for_o a_o great_a while_n be_v in_o the_o quiet_a and_o peaceable_a possession_n p._n 11._o l._n 37._o r._n plead_v p._n 12._o l._n 15._o deal_n a_o before_o servant_n p._n 13._o l._n 8._o r._n placat_n ibid._n l._n 20._o r._n rude_a ibid._n l._n ult_n for_o their_o r._n these_o p._n 14._o l._n 8._o r._n become_v ibid._n l._n 20._o for_o the_o r._n to_o p._n 15._o l._n 7._o before_o it_o r._n as_o ibid._n l._n 13._o 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p._n 51._o l._n 3._o r._n plebi_fw-la ibid._n l._n 11._o deal_n to_o ibid._n l._n 22._o before_o the_o r._n that_o p._n 55._o l._n 32._o r._n no._n