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aedibus_n thomab_n bertheleti_n regii_fw-la impressoris_fw-la excus_n anno._n m._n d._n xxxviii_o cum_o privilegio_fw-la aristotle_n apoc._n 14._o phil._n 1._o rom._n 14._o 〈◊〉_d 22._o eccle._n 41._o horace_n 2._o cor._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 25._o 2._o corl._n 4_o plato_n sapritius_n 9_o psal._n 141._o rome_n 7._o in_o aeternia_n dne_fw-mi pmanet_fw-la etc._n etc._n coelum_fw-la &_o terra_fw-la transibunt_fw-la &c_n &c_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d joan._n 19_o luc._n 9_o joan._n 5._o cap._n 53._o 2._o cor._n 5._o psal._n 59_o 1._o pet._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 5._o joan._n 14._o omnia_fw-la possum_fw-la in_o co_fw-la qui_fw-la i_o confortat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ecclesiast_fw-la â—â—â—â—â—yn_v 〈◊〉_d 27._o 〈◊〉_d 21._o psal._n 17._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d iiii_o kynde_n of_o death_n the_o death_n transformatorye_n 2._o corl._n 4_o col._n 3._o eccle._n 7._o mors_fw-la pee_n catorun_v pes_fw-la sima_fw-la a_o subitanea_fw-la &_o in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d luc._n 17._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d esai_n 38._o cap._n 7._o cap._n 〈◊〉_d cap._n 〈◊〉_d matt._n 24._o job._n 4._o &_o 25._o 1._o cor._n 4_o 2._o cor._n 2._o job._n 28._o cap._n 29._o psal._n 〈◊〉_d psal._n 142._o in_o veritate_fw-la tua_fw-la exaudi_fw-la i_o psal._n 〈◊〉_d ut_fw-la 〈◊〉_d in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n psal._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d andrew_n esai_n 42._o eccl._n 5._o mat._n 11._o audiam_fw-la quid_fw-la in_o i_o loquatur_fw-la dominus_fw-la et_fw-la super_fw-la sanctos_fw-la svos_fw-la sanctos_fw-la svos_fw-la et_fw-la in_o eos_fw-la qui_fw-la convertuntur_fw-la ad_fw-la cor_fw-la luc._n 7._o 2._o reg._n 2._o si_fw-mi deus_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la quis_fw-la contra_fw-la nos_fw-la a_o disputaty_n on_o betwyxte_v the_o dyvell_n and_o the_o sycke_n man_n luc._n 23._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n gala._n 〈◊〉_d
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no_o contention_n betwixt_o brother_n and_o ally_n in_o the_o partition_n of_o the_o good_n they_o that_o have_v no_o heir_n let_v they_o provyde_v that_o they_o leave_v nar_a to_o theym_v that_o come_v after_o matter_n and_o occasyon_n of_o suit_n and_o riotous_a rapine_n brefe_o so_o let_v theym_a when_o they_o be_v in_o helthe_n order_n dispose_n and_o dispatch_v these_o mattier_n that_o they_o have_v no_o need_n in_o their_o syckenes_n to_o busy_a and_o vex_v themselves_o with_o such_o manner_n unseasonable_a care_n more_o over_o if_o any_o man_n be_v wrap_v in_o any_o perplex_a and_o doutefull_a case_n as_o of_o matrimony_n of_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n of_o vow_n of_o restitution_n or_o reconciliation_n let_v he_o rydde_v himself_o of_o such_o when_o he_o be_v hole_n and_o sound_a nor_o let_v he_o not_o reserve_v any_o intanglynge_v untyll_o his_o last_o bay_n they_o do_v well_o which_o when_o they_o lie_v byenge_a command_v their_o executoure_n to_o make_v for_o they_o 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