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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d laborious_a hard_a irksome_a and_o full_a of_o trouble_n it_o be_v no_o mean_a labour_n to_o search_v find_v out_o and_o express_v the_o vanity_n of_o man_n or_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o common_a event_n philosophy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d adam_n so_o call_v of_o the_o earth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d enosha_n man_n so_o call_v of_o his_o misery_n and_o mortality_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d isch_n a_o man_n of_o singulate_a honour_n &_o estimation_n such_o as_o adam_n be_v in_o his_o full_a perfection_n gen._n 2._o the_o necessity_n of_o natural_a philosophy_n moreover_o to_o teach_v that_o not_o only_o any_o person_n of_o the_o common_a sort_n but_o also_o that_o the_o best_a among_o man_n come_v far_o behind_o in_o this_o point_n he_o say_v not_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o natural_a man_n or_o the_o mortal_a man_n be_v not_o able_a to_o do_v it_o but_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o able_a to_o perform_v this_o work_n 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