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not_o to_o their_o wickedness_n severus_n secret_o have_v agree_v with_o his_o army_n that_o they_o shall_v have_v regard_n to_o compass_v they_o round_o in_o such_o wise_a that_o find_v they_o unarm_v they_o shall_v stop_v all_o mean_n to_o recover_v the_o same_o for_o their_o defence_n either_o place_n of_o safety_n to_o fly_v unto_o and_o now_o when_o they_o stand_v all_o unarmed_a &_o compass_v severus_n command_v a_o general_a silence_n throughout_o his_o armieê_n and_o direct_v his_o word_n unto_o those_o homicide_n or_o mansiear_n speak_v after_o this_o manner_n chap._n four_o ¶_o how_o he_o revenge_v the_o death_n of_o the_o good_a emperor_n pertinax_n although_o all_o human_a thing_n be_v subject_a unto_o vanity_n &_o mutability_n yet_o this_o preeminence_n have_v the_o god_n above_o man_n that_o all_o thing_n be_v subject_a to_o change_v and_o variableness_n they_o remain_v immutable_a &_o all_o thing_n perish_v &_o finish_v they_o for_o ever_o do_v continue_v because_o 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