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〈◊〉_d know_v thyself_o augustus_n caesar_n severus_n and_o other_o heathen_n be_v so_o eminent_a in_o this_o excellent_a motto_n that_o it_o commend_v they_o more_o than_o all_o their_o victory_n and_o though_o they_o have_v but_o the_o rule_n of_o nature_n and_o mere_a morality_n to_o direct_v they_o yet_o they_o may_v make_v many_o a_o one_o blush_v that_o live_v under_o the_o light_n of_o the_o gospel_n charles_n the_o great_a be_v not_o so_o true_o great_a from_o that_o majesty_n and_o dominion_n wherein_o he_o excel_v as_o from_o that_o care_n he_o have_v that_o he_o and_o he_o shall_v behave_v themselves_o worthy_a of_o so_o great_a victory_n as_o may_v appear_v by_o a_o speech_n worthy_a of_o himself_o make_v to_o his_o soldier_n after_o the_o victory_n in_o that_o long_a war_n against_o the_o lombard_n and_o saxon_n regum_fw-la hero_n vocabimus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d socit_fw-la regum_fw-la wherein_o he_o call_v his_o soldier_n by_o the_o name_n of_o noble_n and_o â—ings_n fellow_n and_o 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