Selected quad for the lemma: judgement_n
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A75799
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Aurora: or, A davvne to day-light.
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1648
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Wing A4232; Thomason E448_1
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and_o divers_a of_o their_o own_o party_n can_v not_o but_o look_v upon_o his_o affliction_n with_o a_o pitiful_a dislike_n nay_o his_o bitter_a enemy_n begin_v to_o lament_v his_o distress_a condition_n his_o imprisonment_n alone_o free_v he_o from_o the_o further_a stroke_n of_o malice_n and_o what_o true_a english_a heart_n be_v it_o that_o can_v hear_v the_o particular_n of_o his_o rough_a usage_n and_o transcendent_a misery_n without_o afford_v a_o noble_a compassion_n real_o none_o unless_o such_o as_o be_v harden_v into_o a_o stif-necked_a insensibleness_n but_o i_o hope_v some_o grateful_a historian_n when_o he_o shall_v record_v the_o annal_n of_o his_o misfortune_n will_v not_o let_v these_o pass_n without_o be_v margine_v with_o a_o text_v ecce_fw-la the_o rather_o because_o it_o have_v be_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o english_a to_o behold_v distress_n with_o a_o tender_a eye_n and_o melt_a heart_n conceive_v it_o ever_o more_o noble_a to_o raise_v he_o up_o that_o be_v 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aurora_n or_o a_o dawne_n to_o daylight_n post_fw-la tenebras_fw-la lucem_fw-la london_n print_v in_o the_o year_n 1648._o aurora_n or_o a_o dawne_n to_o daylight_n the_o night_n now_o begin_v to_o draw_v up_o her_o fable_n sailes_n and_o let_v we_o down_o to_o we_o a_o spring_a twilight_n which_o though_o faint_a and_o thin_a yet_o after_o so_o thick_a a_o darkness_n as_o of_o late_a year_n have_v curtain_v over_o this_o island_n bring_v much_o comfort_n with_o it_o the_o morn_n like_o a_o recover_v sick_a man_n look_v yet_o pallid_a &_o pule_a and_o though_o it_o be_v nothing_o comparable_a to_o that_o light_n the_o eye_n be_v capable_a of_o nor_o its_o full_a receipt_n but_o the_o satisfy_a the_o five_o part_n of_o a_o sensible_a creature_n yet_o it_o seem_v dress_v in_o a_o full_a clarity_n because_o it_o appear_v after_o so_o black_a a_o storm_n this_o dubious_a duskishnesse_n present_v our_o present_a action_n confuse_v like_o their_o story_n if_o weave_v in_o arras_n when_o we_o 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