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madam_n those_o that_o take_v exception_n at_o my_o philosophical_a opinion_n as_o for_o example_n when_o i_o say_v there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o first_o matter_n nor_o no_o such_o thing_n as_o first_o power_n be_v either_o fool_n in_o philosophy_n or_o malicious_a to_o philosophy_n as_o for_o infinite_a power_n it_o be_v in_o god_n and_o god_n have_v no_o beginning_n nor_o his_o power_n as_o be_v infinite_a and_o eternal_a wherefore_o there_o can_v be_v no_o first_o or_o beginning_n either_o in_o quantity_n or_o quality_n and_o as_o for_o matter_n or_o substance_n let_v it_o be_v as_o be_v believe_v that_o matter_n or_o substance_n be_v make_v out_o of_o nothing_o that_o be_v that_o god_n be_v the_o first_o
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the_o mind_n plunder_v the_o mind_n of_o all_o content_a and_o happiness_n banish_v all_o hope_n and_o then_o inhabit_v it_o only_o with_o the_o worst_a of_o passion_n as_o with_o grief_n sorrow_n and_o impatience_n make_v despair_n governor_n thereof_o and_o this_o madam_n by_o woeful_a experience_n i_o have_v find_v myself_o pray_v i_o may_v never_o be_v the_o like_a again_o for_o i_o have_v rather_o live_v as_o i_o do_v in_o a_o peaceable_a banishment_n with_o my_o husband_n although_o accompany_v with_o pinch_a poverty_n than_o to_o be_v possess_v with_o fear_n in_o my_o own_o native_a country_n but_o those_o that_o never_o have_v the_o sweetness_n of_o peace_n or_o have_v not_o know_v the_o misery_n of_o war_n can_v be_v true_o and_o right_o sensible_a of_o either_o wherefore_o leave_v at_o this_o time_n what_o be_v past_a and_o make_v the_o best_a use_n of_o the_o present_a i_o rest_v madam_n your_o very_a faithful_a friend_n and_o servant_n clxxxvi_o madam_n the_o other_o day_n the_o lady_n e._n e._n and_o the_o lady_n a._n a._n be_v to_o see_v i_o and_o they_o discourse_v of_o several_a subject_n at_o last_o fall_v into_o a_o discourse_n of_o baseness_n and_o wickedness_n say_v the_o lady_n e._n e._n i_o will_v choose_v rather_o to_o be_v wicked_a than_o base_a for_o i_o will_v rather_o steal_v a_o man_n purse_n than_o steal_v his_o wit_n and_o i_o have_v rather_o deny_v a_o friend_n than_o betray_v a_o foe_n and_o to_o fight_v for_o my_o bread_n than_o to_o flatter_v for_o my_o meat_n to_o kill_v a_o man_n person_n than_o detract_v from_o his_o fame_n also_o i_o will_v rather_o be_v a_o whore_n than_o a_o bawd_n though_o i_o be_v sure_a to_o have_v the_o pox_n for_o my_o hire_n say_v the_o other_o lady_n i_o be_o not_o of_o your_o mind_n but_o i_o have_v rather_o be_v rude_a than_o base_a or_o wicked_a for_o i_o will_v rather_o choose_v to_o tell_v a_o bold_a truth_n than_o a_o civil_a lie_n to_o deny_v plain_o than_o to_o promise_v feign_o and_o they_o ask_v i_o of_o which_o mind_n i_o be_v i_o say_v i_o will_v neither_o be_v wicked_a base_a nor_o rude_a but_o i_o will_v take_v no_o affront_v but_o rather_o affront_v a_o rude_a person_n if_o i_o can_v they_o say_v put_v the_o case_n i_o be_v force_v to_o be_v wicked_a or_o base_a i_o answer_v i_o will_v not_o be_v force_v neither_o with_o pain_n nor_o death_n say_v they_o this_o be_v easy_a to_o say_v so_o but_o hard_o to_o do_v it_o i_o reply_v it_o be_v true_a but_o yet_o there_o have_v be_v example_n that_o resolution_n and_o patience_n have_v overcome_v torment_n and_o death_n and_o say_v i_o i_o hope_v well_o of_o myself_o although_o the_o proof_n do_v lie_v in_o the_o trial._n thus_o madam_n we_o pass_v our_o time_n with_o more_o word_n than_o deed_n for_o we_o do_v nothing_o but_o talk_n and_o lest_o i_o shall_v weary_a you_o with_o the_o repetition_n of_o our_o discourse_n i_o take_v my_o leave_n and_o rest_n madam_n your_o faithful_a friend_n and_o servant_n clxxxvii_o 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