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thy_o 5._o month_n be_v determine_v thy_o virg._n day_n be_v number_v and_o thy_o very_a 8._o last_o hour_n be_v limit_v beyond_o which_o thou_o shall_v not_o pass_v for_o then_o the_o first-horn_n of_o death_n mount_v on_o his_o 8._o pale_a horse_n shall_v alight_v at_o thy_o door_n and_o notwithstanding_o all_o thy_o wealth_n and_o honour_n and_o the_o tear_n of_o thy_o dear_a friend_n will_v carry_v thou_o away_o bind_v hand_n and_o foot_n as_o his_o prisoner_n and_o keep_v thy_o body_n under_o a_o load_n of_o earth_n until_o that_o day_n come_v wherein_o thou_o must_v be_v bring_v forth_o to_o 10_o receive_v according_a to_o the_o thing_n which_o thou_o have_v do_v in_o the_o body_n whether_o it_o be_v good_a or_o evil_n o_o let_v not_o then_o the_o false_a hope_n of_o a_o uncertain_a long_a life_n hinder_v thou_o from_o become_v a_o present_a practiser_n of_o religious_a piety_n god_n 7._o offer_v grace_n to_o day_n 7._o but_o who_o promise_v to_o morrow_n senec_n there_o be_v 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