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who_o this_o noble_a workman_n say_v thy_o inclusion_n shall_v be_v thy_o holiness_n and_o for_o thy_o great_a avayle_v /_o for_o i_o shall_v set_v the_o in_o a_o sure_a place_n where_o thou_o shall_v live_v in_o suretye_n with_o owte_n drede_v /_o for_o i_o consydre_fw-fr well_o thy_o precyosite_a and_o thy_o great_a valowre_n /_o and_z i_o drede_v that_o and_o if_o thowe_v wandyr_n about_o the_o world_n thou_o shall_v be_v lose_v /_o for_o it_o be_v write_v primo_fw-la johannis_n quinto_fw-la all_o the_o world_n be_v set_v in_o malycyousnes_n there_o be_v so_o many_o peril_n in_o this_o world_n that_o neythyr_n the_o tongue_n of_o man_n can_v express_v they_o /_o nor_o yet_o the_o heart_n think_v they_o whereof_o gregory_n write_v &_o say_v we_o owe_v evyr_n to_o drede_v /_o for_z we_o be_v in_o continual_a perell_n and_o for_o this_o cawse_n my_o own_o dear_a son_n /_o and_z for_o the_o great_a love_n and_o favowre_v i_o owe_v to_o the_o /_o i_o will_v not_o suffer_v the_o to_o go_v 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they_o be_v at_o great_a strife_n /_o for_o cawse_v that_o oon_o sing_v tomoche_v /_o and_o the_o othir_n cry_v tomoche_n the_o hen_n many_o time_n see_v the_o culuir_n child_n hangid_v /_o &_o she_o make_v merye_o and_o sing_v /_o wherefore_o the_o culuyr_n be_v sore_o grevyd_v and_o say_v to_o the_o hen_n thowe_v hen_n thowe_v mowrnist_n not_o with_o i_o /_o when_z thou_o sey_v my_o child_n destroy_v the_o hen_n answerde_n and_o say_v thou_o will_v not_o sing_v with_o i_o /_o when_o i_o bring_v forth_o a_o egg_n out_o of_o my_o bowelly_n /_o and_o be_o delyveryd_v from_o great_a apparel_n and_o thus_o they_o fall_v at_o great_a varyaunce_n and_o speak_v unkind_a woordis_fw-la /_o each_o to_o other_o and_o at_o the_o last_o they_o togider_v go_v to_o the_o eagle_n and_o say_v gyve_v iugement_n between_o we_o o_o rightful_a queen_n we_o beseech_v the_o /_o if_z it_o be_v convenyent_n for_o we_o twain_o to_o dwell_v togider_n or_o not_o the_z eagle_z give_v sentence_n in_o opyn_a 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