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a_o man_n great_o love_v and_o praise_v those_o thing_n which_o he_o shall_v despise_v &_o from_o which_o he_o shall_v estrange_v his_o heart_n the_o holy_a scripture_n condemn_v this_o vice_n say_v do_v not_o praise_v man_n for_o the_o corporal_a beauty_n which_o they_o have_v nor_o despise_v they_o for_o their_o poor_a &_o mean_a appearance_n consider_v that_o the_o bee_n be_v but_o a_o very_a little_a creature_n give_v so_o excellent_a a_o fruit_n as_o that_o it_o be_v the_o most_o sweet_a of_o all_o sweet_a thing_n for_o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o sweet_a than_o honey_n the_o meaning_n be_v that_o as_o the_o little_a bee_n have_v efficacy_n to_o produce_v such_o a_o fruit_n so_o may_v a_o little_a body_n &_o a_o mean_a presence_n have_v much_o virtue_n and_o that_o which_o the_o holy_a ghost_n say_v of_o the_o beauty_n of_o the_o body_n he_o will_v have_v we_o understand_v of_o all_o other_o natural_a and_o temporal_a gift_n which_o be_v of_o so_o little_a value_n that_o a_o 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