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moses_n though_o we_o can_v hold_v up_o our_o parallel_n to_o the_o height_n of_o that_o honour_n which_o the_o first_o have_v to_o be_v convey_v to_o his_o grave_n by_o god_n himself_o and_o put_v into_o the_o earth_n by_o those_o almighty_a hand_n which_o have_v make_v he_o out_o of_o it_o yet_o we_o may_v say_v that_o he_o be_v inter_v with_o as_o much_o state_n and_o carry_v to_o his_o mother_n earth_n with_o as_o much_o solemnity_n and_o magnificence_n as_o ever_o person_n in_o the_o world_n be_v nay_o his_o very_a effigy_n be_v honour_v with_o so_o great_a a_o reverence_n as_o if_o some_o divinity_n have_v attend_v the_o royal_a procession_n and_o yet_o this_o be_v not_o all_o the_o glorious_a sepulture_n that_o his_o highness_n have_v for_o what_o the_o orator_n say_v of_o his_o prince_n we_o may_v mutato_fw-la nomine_fw-la most_o apt_o conclude_v of_o he_o totum_fw-la nec_fw-la capiet_fw-la olivarium_n brevis_fw-la ista_fw-la tumuli_fw-la clausura_fw-la britannum_fw-la 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