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prison-meditation_n and_o experience_n etc._n etc._n as_o i_o in_o prison_n lie_v i_o sometime_o muse_v what_o shall_v the_o reason_n be_v they_o i_o so_o use_v that_o they_o contrary_a unto_o law_n &_o reason_n shall_v keep_v i_o here_o in_o jail_n so_o long_o a_o season_n no_o crime_n or_o charge_n against_o i_o can_v they_o lay_v yet_o i_o shall_v lie_v in_o prison_n still_o they_o say_v i_o think_v their_o will_n be_v their_o law_n i_o can_v see_v but_o that_o the_o reason_n be_v they_o thus_o use_v i_o what_o shall_v the_o reason_n be_v they_o nought_o will_v have_v but_o what_o be_v their_o will_n to_o keep_v i_o as_o their_o slave_n within_o stone_n wall_n and_o bar_n of_o iron_n strong_a as_o if_o i_o have_v do_v unto_o they_o such_o wrong_n
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