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vet._n angl._n in_o bibl._n c._n c._n c._n c._n 215._o will_v say_v to_o his_o keeper_n wherein_o have_v i_o offend_v isabel_n my_o wife_n or_o edward_n my_o son_n who_o they_o have_v now_o make_v king_n that_o neither_o of_o they_o will_v let_v i_o speak_v with_o they_o or_o so_o much_o as_o see_v their_o face_n and_o still_o those_o who_o wait_v on_o he_o ibid._n he_o id._n p._n 213._o &_o m.s._n id_fw-la ibid._n be_v then_o person_n of_o honour_n and_o good_a fashion_n answer_v he_o most_o worthy_a lord_n be_v not_o displease_v if_o we_o declare_v the_o truth_n unto_o your_o highness_n it_o be_v because_o they_o be_v both_o make_v to_o believe_v that_o you_o intend_v to_o stab_n or_o strangle_v or_o some_o other_o way_n to_o destroy_v the_o queen_n your_o lady_n and_o your_o son_n if_o you_o can_v get_v they_o into_o your_o hand_n alas_o alas_o reply_v the_o king_n be_o not_o i_o here_o as_o a_o prisoner_n and_o not_o in_o my_o own_o power_n but_o at_o your_o disposal_n god_n be_v my_o witness_n i_o never_o have_v so_o bad_a a_o thought_n but_o i_o will_v to_o god_n i_o may_v leave_v this_o world_n that_o so_o i_o may_v end_v all_o my_o fear_n and_o trouble_n together_o this_o be_v the_o great_a of_o his_o misery_n and_o which_o he_o lay_v most_o to_o heart_n that_o he_o be_v never_o visit_v either_o by_o his_o wife_n or_o any_o of_o his_o child_n but_o even_o this_o affliction_n the_o distress_a prince_n bear_v with_o christian_a courage_n and_o equanimity_n and_o by_o accustom_v his_o mind_n to_o patience_n and_o contemplation_n he_o begin_v now_o to_o be_v in_o love_n with_o that_o easy_a and_o retire_a life_n the_o sweet_n whereof_o he_o never_o before_o have_v taste_v the_o very_a verse_n which_o he_o be_v etc._n be_v daniel_n hist_o p._n 218._o &_o ant._n wood_n antiqu._n ox._n l._n 1._o p._n 101._o &_o l._n 2._o p._n 103._o &_o catal._n heno_n p._n 158._o &_o fabian_n p._n 185._o sic_fw-la incipiunt_fw-la damnum_fw-la mihi_fw-la contulit_fw-la 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