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the_o consolation_n of_o the_o cross_n or_o the_o two_o grand_a pillar_n of_o man_n security_n in_o this_o world_n contain_v a_o second_o part_n of_o rebuke_n to_o the_o author_n of_o the_o account_n of_o denmark_n london_n print_v and_o sell_v by_o randal_n tailor_n near_o stationers-hall_n 1694._o the_o consolation_n of_o the_o cross_n or_o the_o two_o grand_a pillar_n of_o man_n security_n in_o this_o world_n etc._n etc._n the_o reader_n will_v easy_o discern_v from_o what_o have_v be_v say_v that_o some_o man_n who_o enjoy_v the_o benefit_n of_o the_o sun_n as_o well_o as_o those_o that_o be_v pen_v up_o in_o dark_a room_n can_v fancy_n themselves_o to_o be_v as_o great_a as_o pope_n and_o emperor_n and_o i_o can_v further_o assure_v he_o that_o this_o unhappy_a brother_n and_o traveller_n here_o before_o we_o who_o seem_v to_o swell_v and_o look_v big_a among_o the_o live_n have_v be_v a_o long_a time_n dead_a in_o a_o true_a philosophical_a sense_n although_o he_o may_v still_o 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