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let_v i_o neither_o deceive_v myself_o or_o other_o in_o matter_n of_o so_o deep_a and_o everlasting_a consequence_n the_o poem_n in_o eastern_a country_n as_o good_a author_n write_v tare_n in_o their_o spring_v up_o appear_v to_o sight_n not_o like_o itself_o a_o weed_n but_o real_a wheat_n who_o shape_n and_o form_v it_o counterfeit_v so_o neat_a though_o it_o will_v require_v a_o most_o judicious_a eye_n the_o one_o from_o tother_o to_o diversify_v till_o both_o to_o some_o maturity_n be_v grow_v and_o then_o the_o difference_n be_v easy_o know_v even_o thus_o 30._o hypocrisy_n that_o curse_a weed_n spring_v up_o so_o like_o true_a grace_n that_o he_o will_v need_v more_o than_o a_o common_a insight_n in_o this_o case_n that_o say_v this_o be_v not_o that_o be_v real_a grace_n never_o do_v the_o cunning_a actor_n though_o a_o slave_n array_v in_o princely_a robe_n himself_o behave_v so_o like_o a_o king_n as_o this_o do_v act_v the_o part_n of_o save_v grace_n by_o its_o deep_a 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