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as_o pleasure_v when_o we_o have_v give_v repulse_n unto_o vice_n i_o may_v not_o comprehend_v the_o froward_a fortune_n that_o follow_v thou_o or_o the_o sorrowful_a destiny_n which_o have_v pursue_v i_o since_o i_o nourish_v thou_o in_o truth_n and_o thou_o prove_v and_o be_v become_v a_o liar_n i_o breed_v thou_o chaste_a and_o thou_o be_v imbrue_v with_o impudicitie_fw-la i_o bring_v thou_o up_o in_o temperance_n &_o thou_o have_v stain_v thyself_o with_o excess_n and_o gluttony_n i_o train_v thou_o in_o shamefastness_n and_o thou_o rendre_v a_o life_n most_o dissolute_a and_o that_o which_o be_v worst_a above_o the_o rest_n thou_o do_v neither_o fear_n to_o offend_v the_o god_n or_o escandalize_v man_n admit_v thou_o will_v not_o be_v good_a for_o any_o offence_n unto_o the_o god_n that_o have_v create_v thou_o or_o any_o grief_n or_o scandal_n unto_o man_n with_o who_o thou_o do_v live_v yet_o ought_v thou_o so_o to_o be_v to_o remove_v all_o heaviness_n and_o displeasure_n 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