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one_o foot_n in_o the_o grave_n jest_n and_o laugh_v wan_o hist_o man._n p._n 646._o x._o sir_n tho._n smith_n after_o he_o have_v many_o year_n serve_v q._n elizabeth_n also_o as_o secretary_n of_o state_n and_o do_v many_o considerable_a service_n to_o the_o kingdom_n a_o quarter_n of_o a_o year_n before_o he_o die_v lay_v aside_o all_o public_a employment_n and_o discharge_v all_o his_o worldly_a affair_n and_o attendant_n send_v to_o two_o reverend_a divine_n his_o singular_a good_a friend_n entreat_v they_o to_o draw_v he_o out_o of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n the_o plain_a and_o axact_a way_n of_o make_v his_o peace_n with_o god_n and_o live_v godly_a in_o this_o present_a world_n add_v that_o it_o be_v great_a pity_n man_n know_v not_o or_o at_o least_o do_v not_o serious_o consider_v to_o what_o end_n they_o be_v bear_v into_o this_o world_n till_o they_o be_v ready_a to_o go_v out_o of_o it_o fair_a warning_n p._n 168._o xi_o doctor_n donne_n a_o person_n of_o as_o great_a 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a_o zealous_a papist_n and_o a_o cruel_a persecutor_n in_o queen_n mary_n day_n but_o he_o die_v within_o two_o or_o three_o day_n after_o the_o queen_n in_o horrible_a grief_n and_o terror_n of_o conscience_n without_o any_o visible_a token_n of_o repentance_n beard_n theatre_n xxx_o but_o among_o all_o the_o example_n we_o read_v of_o there_o be_v none_o more_o terrible_a than_o that_o of_o francis_n spira_n a_o lawyer_n of_o cittadella_n in_o the_o territory_n of_o venice_n a_o man_n of_o great_a credit_n and_o authority_n in_o his_o country_n who_o embrace_v the_o true_a religion_n with_o extraordinary_a zeal_n and_o make_v open_a profession_n of_o the_o same_o teach_v the_o doctrine_n thereof_o first_o to_o his_o family_n and_o then_o to_o his_o friend_n and_o familiar_a acquaintance_n which_o he_o continue_v to_o do_v about_o six_o year_n whereby_o he_o stir_v up_o the_o malice_n of_o the_o popish_a clergy_n against_o he_o so_o that_o they_o complain_v to_o the_o pope_n legate_n 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