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it_o shall_v down_o with_o shame_n they_o require_v worship_n to_o the_o beast_n and_o his_o image_n these_o will_v report_v it_o blasphemouse_n and_o the_o reward_n thereof_o dampnacyon_n mark_v in_o these_o two_o sort_n the_o preacher_n of_o owr_a time_n and_o judge_v which_o be_v of_o god_n against_o both_o beast_n in_o chryste_n quarrel_n shall_v these_o angel_n contend_v against_o the_o pope_n and_o his_o bishop_n mahomete_n and_o his_o doctor_n will_v these_o godly_a mynisters_n reply_n who_o the_o lord_n have_v send_v in_o this_o latter_a age_n for_o that_o purpose_n condempn_v by_o the_o scripture_n their_o auctoryte_n jurisdiction_n and_o power_n declare_v also_o the_o plague_n that_o will_v fall_v upon_o they_o for_o wythold_v the_o truth_n of_o god_n in_o unryghtousnesse_n 7_o for_o these_o antichristes_n and_o their_o worshipper_n with_o so_o many_o as_o bear_v their_o token_n shall_v be_v ponnish_v in_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n before_o the_o holy_a angel_n and_z before_o 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