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the_o normanes_n these_o villain_n become_v bondman_n for_o where_o the_o conqueror_n come_v and_o prevail_v by_o force_n bondman_n there_o the_o country_n people_n become_v captive_n and_o slave_n but_o kent_n which_o be_v not_o subdue_v by_o the_o sword_n but_o by_o composition_n retain_v their_o freedom_n still_o as_o do_v also_o many_o city_n lord._n why_o then_o shall_v the_o name_n villain_n be_v so_o odious_a if_o it_o 〈◊〉_d but_o a_o countryman_n for_o there_o be_v many_o honest_a civil_a and_o wealthy_a countryman_n sur._n because_o they_o endure_v under_o that_o name_n many_o too_o much_o frugality_n and_o that_o he_o need_v not_o to_o care_v for_o get_v more_o he_o have_v no_o rent_n to_o pay_v but_o some_o to_o receive_v which_o will_v maintain_v he_o and_o when_o he_o be_v go_v all_o be_v go_v spend_v be_v easy_a than_o get_v and_o thus_o by_o little_a and_o little_o row_v himself_o and_o the_o hope_n of_o his_o posterity_n under_o water_n in_o the_o calm_a weather_n 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