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as_o may_v have_v be_v of_o force_n to_o make_v a_o englishman_n suspend_v his_o censure_n of_o he_o and_o to_o forbear_v to_o second_v any_o quarrel_n raise_v against_o he_o have_v not_o saint_n austin_n true_o note_v this_o to_o be_v a_o quality_n of_o error_n that_o whatsoever_o like_v not_o we_o we_o will_v not_o glad_o shall_v be_v please_v unto_o any_o other_o hoc_fw-la est_fw-la error_n be_v proprium_fw-la say_v he_o ut_fw-la quod_fw-la cuique_fw-la displicet_fw-la man._n id_fw-la quoqne_fw-la existimet_fw-la oportere_fw-la displicere_fw-la alijs_fw-la what_o have_v be_v do_v by_o i_o in_o the_o contexture_n and_o composition_n of_o the_o whole_a i_o leave_v to_o be_v determine_v by_o all_o learned_a and_o religious_a man_n who_o shall_v happen_v to_o read_v it_o to_o who_o judicious_a censure_n next_o under_o his_o most_o sacred_a majesty_n and_o this_o most_o excellent_a church_n whereof_o i_o be_o i_o willing_o submit_v myself_o and_o my_o performance_n for_o my_o part_n i_o resolve_v of_o it_o with_o the_o author_n of_o the_o macchabee_n with_o who_o submission_n of_o himself_o i_o conclude_v this_o treatise_n ego_fw-la quoque_fw-la in_o his_o faciam_fw-la finem_fw-la sermonis_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la quidem_fw-la benè_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la historiae_fw-la competit_fw-la hoc_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la velim_fw-la sin_n autem_fw-la minus_fw-la dignè_fw-la concedendum_fw-la est_fw-la mihi_fw-la if_o i_o have_v do_v well_o and_o as_o be_v fit_v the_o story_n it_o be_v that_o which_o i_o desire_v but_o if_o slender_o and_o mean_o it_o be_v that_o which_o i_o can_v attain_v unto_o and_o here_o shall_v be_v a_o end_n finis_fw-la london_n print_a by_o b.a._n and_o t._n f._n for_o henry_n seile_n at_o the_o tygers-head_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n 1631._o lib._n 11._o cap_n 4._o epigr._fw-la l._n 5.10_o ethic_n l._n 1._o c._n 4._o â—th_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 6_o tat._n de_fw-fr mor._n germ._n v._o chap._n 3_o §._o 6._o de_fw-fr script_n eccles._n in_o chronol_n l._n 4._o ad_fw-la pag._n 131_o pag._n 251._o b._n de_fw-fr tradend_n discipl_n