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end_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o this_o work_n though_o beyond_o my_o ability_n and_o capacity_n yet_o undertake_v out_o of_o zeal_n and_o love_n to_o the_o memory_n of_o s._n th._n m._n and_o for_o special_a cause_n know_v to_o myself_o alone_o as_o also_o for_o be_v bear_v on_o the_o day_n of_o his_o martyrdom_n and_o by_o his_o prayer_n hane_v the_o honour_n to_o be_v the_o heir_n of_o his_o family_n not_o persume_v only_o upon_o his_o merit_n which_o lie_v à _fw-fr great_a burden_n of_o imitation_n upon_o 〈◊〉_d but_o trust_v 〈◊〉_d his_o prey_n er_v and_o set_v his_o life_n &_o death_n as_o a_o sampler_n 〈◊〉_d our_o eye_n s._n thom._n moor_n parentage_n and_o nobility_n s._n john_n moor_n knight_n father_n of_o sir_n thomas_n and_o his_o virtue_n descend_v of_o asucucnt_a gentry_n sir_n tho._n 〈◊〉_d mother_n a_o very_a vircuous_a gentle_a woman_n her_o vision_n concer_fw-fr ning_a her_o child_n and_o especial_o sir_n thomas_n sir_n john_n moor_n his_o second_o wife_n out_o live_v sir_n thomas_n 2._o the_o place_n and_o time_n of_o s._n th._n mor._n birth_n a_o 〈◊〉_d danger_n strange_o escape_v in_o his_o child_n hood_n 3._o his_o first_o study_n &_o employment_n 〈◊〉_d s._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d school_n in_o london_n in_o cardinal_n 〈◊〉_d house_n the_o praise_n of_o the_o i._o cardinal_n s_o thom._n moor_n his_o towardlynes_n in_o the_o cardinal_n retinue_v the_o cardinal_n send_v he_o to_o oxenlord_v bring_v up_o there_o near_o &_o 〈◊〉_d by_o his_o father_n the_o great_a 〈◊〉_d which_o he_o alway_v bare_a to_o his_o father_n 4._o his_o first_o work_n and_o 〈◊〉_d how_o much_o esteem_v of_o by_o learned_a man_n a_o quartel_n stir_v up_o between_v he_o and_o germanus_n brixius_n easy_o give_v over_o by_o s._n th._n moor._n 5._o his_o mortification_n hearshirt_n watch_v &_o fast_v exercise_n among_o the_o charthusian_o not_o permit_v by_o god_n to_o take_v a_o ecclesiastical_a course_n to_o be_v a_o pattern_n of_o marry_a man_n 6._o his_o the_o 〈◊〉_d &_o prayer_n at_o daily_a mass_n his_o daily_a orison_n much_o please_v with_o the_o life_n of_o picus_n mirandula_n his_o diligence_n in_o frequent_v good_a preacher_n doctor_n colet_n excellent_a employment_n doctore_fw-la colet_fw-la choose_v by_o s._n th._n m._n for_o his_o ghostly_a father_n 5._o th._n his_o letter_n to_o d._n colet_fw-la 〈◊〉_d leave_v london_n he_o profess_v what_o spiritual_a comfort_n he_o receive_v from_o d._n colet_fw-la populous_a city_n sull_a of_o danger_n of_o sin_n than_o the_o country_n life_n the_o pleasure_n and_o innocence_n of_o a_o conutry_n life_n city_n stand_v more_o in_o 〈◊〉_d of_o skill_n full_a pastor_n they_o country_n mansion_n preacher_n that_o live_v not_o well_o edyfy_v no_o thing_n he_o invit_v d._n colet_fw-la to_o return_n to_o the_o city_n to_o help_v soul_n the_o inestimable_a profit_n of_o a_o good_a ghostly_a father_n sir_n tho._n mo._n learned_a more_o by_o prayer_z then_o by_o study_n 7._o his_o sober_a diet_n and_o plain_a apparel_n 8._o he_o 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a_o politik_a bishop_n avoid_v by_o council_n of_o the_o religious_a bishop_n chaplain_n he_o 〈◊〉_d to_o his_o quiet_a study_n empsou_n and_o dadley_n put_v to_o death_n for_o wicked_a counscl_n the_o happiness_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n 5._o the_o beginning_n of_o s._n th._n moor_n favour_n with_o k._n henry_n 〈◊〉_d wary_o at_o the_o first_o decline_v by_o s._n th._n he_o be_v employ_v by_o the_o k._n on_o a_o embassage_n into_o france_n to_o flanders_n and_o burgundy_n 6._o his_o more_o serious_a write_n his_o 〈◊〉_d great_o 〈◊〉_d i_o i_o by_o all_o learned_a man_n by_o bidxus_fw-la by_o i._o paludanus_n by_o p._n aegidius_n by_o buslidius_n by_o paulus_n jovius_fw-la his_o story_n of_o k._n richard_n the_o 3._o he_o be_v wonderful_o studious_a amid_o his_o setious_a affair_n the_o office_n of_o a_o discreet_a householder_n his_o lecture_n public_a upon_o s._n austinde_a civet_n dei_fw-la 7._o by_o plead_v for_o the_o pope_n against_o the_o k._n he_o make_v he_o of_o his_o privy_a council_n k._n henry_n 8._o learning_n and_o courtesy_n a_o gracious_a king_n for_o his_o first_o 〈◊〉_d year_n s._n thom._n more_o 〈◊〉_d and_o make_v 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d the_o familiarity_n of_o k._n henry_n with_o s._n thom._n more_o discreet_o lessen_v by_o s._n th._n himself_o he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o k._n to_o appease_v the_o prentice_n of_o london_n 8._o he_o be_v by_o the_o king_n choose_v speaker_n of_o the_o lower_n house_n of_o parliament_n a_o summary_n of_o his_o first_o speetch_n in_o parliament_n 9_o cardinal_n wolsey_n entry_n into_o parliament_n and_o a_o motion_n to_o the_o lower_n house_n frustrate_v by_o s._n tho._n mores_n wisdom_n who_o pleasant_o and_o witty_o divert_v the_o cardinal_n displeasure_n and_o obtain_v against_o he_o not_o to_o be_v seut_fw-fr leger_n ambassador_n into_o spain_n 10._o he_o be_v make_v chaucellour_n of_o the_o duchy_n of_o 〈◊〉_d s._n thom._n mores_n judgemet_v of_o k._n henry_n extraordinary_a favour_n queen_n catherins_n 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erasmus_fw-la roderodamus_fw-la forsake_a when_o he_o perceive_v erasmus_n balt_v in_o 〈◊〉_d erasmus_n live_v always_o a_o catholic_a priest_n s._n t._n moor_n constancy_n in_o friendship_n 5._o his_o pleasant_a 〈◊〉_d proceed_v from_o a_o quiet_a 〈◊〉_d a_o 〈◊〉_d and_o merry_a 〈◊〉_d his_o candour_n and_o innocence_n 1._o s_o t._n moor_n home-entertain_a ment_n &_o devotion_n the_o excellent_a order_n of_o his_o family_n his_o wife_n employment_n his_o 〈◊〉_d discipline_n evening_n prayer_n vigil_n his_o devotion_n on_o good_a friday_n his_o 〈◊〉_d 2._o his_o behaveour_n towards_o his_o wife_n and_o child_n and_o counsel_n give_v they_o to_o desire_v heavenly_a matter_n to_o bear_v affliction_n patient_o so_o withstand_v temptation_n of_o the_o devil_n against_o too_o much_o curiosity_n in_o dress_v a_o happy_a household_n their_o ordinary_a recreation_n 3._o s._n t._n more_o studious_o wrote_a against_o heresy_n in_o midst_n of_o of_o his_o affair_n the_o