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A sermon, preached at the funerall of the right vvorshipfull Sir Robert Boteler Knight of Wood-hall: In the parish of Watton in Hert-ford-shire, the ninth of Ianuary, 1622.
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Howell, Thomas, fl. 1623.
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thesaurum_fw-la hunc_fw-la in_o vasis_fw-la fictilibus_fw-la say_v st._n paul_n we_o have_v this_o treasure_n but_o in_o earthen_a vessel_n and_o such_o vessel_n you_o know_v be_v quick_o break_v a_o pin_n or_o a_o fish-bone_n or_o a_o crumb_n or_o a_o hair_n these_o be_v but_o poor_a and_o weak_a and_o despicable_a thing_n and_o yet_o history_n tell_v we_o that_o man_n have_v lose_v their_o life_n even_o by_o these_o it_o be_v strange_a you_o will_v think_v they_o shall_v do_v so_o and_o yet_o i_o shall_v tell_v you_o that_o which_o be_v more_o strange_a than_o this_o too_o chilon_n the_o spartan_a when_o his_o son_n return_v home_o a_o conqueror_n from_o the_o olympian_a game_n die_v prae_fw-la gaudio_fw-la mere_o for_o joy_n when_o clidemus_n the_o athenian_a have_v a_o crown_n of_o gold_n set_v upon_o his_o head_n he_o die_v prae_fw-la gloria_fw-la only_o with_o the_o conceit_n of_o that_o glory_n plato_n die_v in_o a_o dream_n and_o crassus_n die_v in_o a_o laughter_n and_o 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