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their_o good_n but_o not_o long_o after_o his_o own_o servant_n robe_v he_o of_o those_o ill-gotten_a good_n and_o he_o fall_v into_o a_o horrible_a disease_n unknown_a to_o any_o physician_n the_o pain_n and_o torment_n whereof_o do_v so_o incessant_o vex_v he_o that_o he_o can_v by_o no_o mean_n have_v one_o minute_n rest_n neither_o can_v any_o endure_v to_o come_v near_o he_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o horrible_a stink_n his_o body_n be_v full_a of_o sore_n and_o ulcer_n which_o swarm_v with_o vermin_n so_o that_o rot_v his_o flesh_n fall_v of_o by_o piecemeal_n in_o which_o torment_n he_o often_o cry_v out_o o_o who_o will_v deliver_v i_o who_o will_v kill_v i_o and_o deliver_v i_o out_o of_o these_o intolerable_a torment_n and_o so_o languish_v in_o anguish_n and_o despair_n he_o end_v his_o curse_a life_n 84._o john_n martin_n another_o great_a enemy_n to_o the_o waldenses_n use_v to_o boast_v every_o where_o that_o he_o will_v slit_v the_o nose_n of_o one_o of_o their_o chief_a minister_n but_o before_o he_o can_v effect_v it_o a_o wolf_n meet_v he_o bite_v off_o his_o nose_n whereupon_o he_o run_v mad_a and_o die_v miserable_o 85._o the_o cardinal_n of_o lorraine_n a_o principal_a pillar_n of_o the_o house_n of_o guise_n a_o crafty_a and_o cruel_a persecutor_n of_o the_o people_n of_o god_n as_o he_o be_v come_v from_o rome_n with_o a_o purpose_n of_o stir_v up_o the_o king_n of_o france_n and_o poland_n utter_o to_o root_v out_o the_o protestant_n in_o their_o dominion_n it_o please_v god_n to_o work_v so_o wonderful_o for_o his_o people_n safety_n that_o by_o the_o way_n he_o fall_v mad_a at_o avignion_n and_o die_v in_o the_o flower_n of_o his_o youth_n at_o the_o instant_n of_o who_o death_n there_o fall_v out_o such_o a_o dreadful_a tempest_n as_o make_v all_o to_o be_v amaze_v at_o it_o 86._o bellemont_n a_o counsellor_n of_o the_o parliament_n of_o provence_n be_v so_o hasty_a to_o condemn_v the_o poor_a people_n of_o god_n that_o he_o go_v not_o 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bishopric_n not_o long_o after_o be_v strike_v by_o god_n in_o a_o most_o strange_a manner_n for_o his_o food_n will_v not_o go_v down_o but_o pick_v up_o again_o sometime_o at_o his_o mouth_n sometime_o blow_v out_o at_o his_o nose_n most_o horrible_a to_o behold_v and_o thus_o he_o continue_v a_o spectacle_n of_o god_n displeasure_n till_o he_o die_v 111._o mr._n leyson_n also_o who_o be_v sheriff_n at_o the_o burn_a of_o mr._n ferrar_n have_v fetch_v away_o his_o cattle_n and_o put_v they_o into_o his_o own_o ground_n diverse_a of_o they_o will_v never_o eat_v any_o meat_n but_o continue_v bellow_v and_o roar_v till_o they_o die_v 112._o dr._n dune_v chancellor_n of_o norwich_n who_o be_v a_o bloody_a persecutor_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o queen_n mary_n be_v strike_v sudden_o as_o he_o sit_v in_o his_o chair_n and_o die_v 113._o berry_n commissary_n of_o norfolk_n another_o bloody_a persecutor_n as_o he_o be_v walk_v with_o one_o of_o his_o concubine_n fall_v down_o sudden_o with_o 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