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in_o the_o first_o plague_n which_o be_v of_o the_o same_o kind_n we_o be_v so_o large_a and_o so_o particular_a it_o take_v away_o as_o we_o say_v before_o person_n of_o the_o high_a rank_n and_o quality_n yet_o neither_o do_v it_o spare_v the_o mean_a sort_n but_o especial_o it_o rage_v among_o young_a man_n and_o child_n be_v less_o 36._o less_o walse_v hist_o p._n 171._o n._n 36._o fatal_a to_o woman_n as_o if_o choose_v to_o be_v cruel_a as_o well_o to_o the_o better_a sex_n as_o to_o the_o better_a part_n of_o that_o sex._n whereupon_o it_o be_v say_v 231._o say_v m.s._n vet_z ang._n in_o bibl._n c.c.c._n cantab._n c._n 231._o that_o afterward_o the_o widow_n of_o those_o who_o die_v take_v unto_o they_o husband_n at_o random_n of_o strange_a country_n or_o vile_a condition_n forget_v their_o estate_n and_o family_n on_o 54._o on_o matt._n villani_n l._n 10._o c._n 45._o p._n 54._o st._n john_n day_n and_o the_o day_n follow_v there_o die_v little_o less_o than_o 1200_o at_o 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