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sib_n master_n bowl_n doctor_n prestons_n tutor_n doctor_n taylor_n doctor_n staughton_n etc._n etc._n and_o from_o some_o of_o these_o i_o have_v it_o and_o i_o remember_v i_o have_v be_v in_o company_n with_o doctor_n ames_n at_o doctor_n prestons_n lodging_n who_o after_o the_o death_n of_o king_n james_n come_v to_o england_n and_o to_o cambridge_n i_o hear_v he_o preach_v there_o and_o well_o remember_v the_o sermon_n and_o text_n judas_n vers_fw-la 20_o 21._o but_o time_n in_o england_n grow_v worse_o and_o worse_o there_o be_v no_o hope_n for_o such_o a_o man_n as_o he_o here_o be_v weary_a of_o his_o professorship_n in_o frizland_n be_v willing_a to_o be_v minister_n of_o a_o english_a church_n in_o holland_n since_o he_o can_v not_o obtain_v it_o in_o england_n and_o i_o make_v no_o question_n if_o doctor_n ames_n can_v have_v be_v assure_v
readiness_n to_o hear_v the_o grievanâ—s_n of_o the_o subject_n and_o their_o power_n plead_v for_o and_o that_o by_o lilburne_n himself_o pag._n 74_o 75._o of_o his_o pamphlet_n call_v innocency_n and_o â—ruth_n justify_v where_o plead_v to_o have_v his_o business_n of_o his_o sentence_n in_o star-chamber_n to_o be_v transmit_v up_o to_o the_o lord_n from_o the_o he_o use_v of_o commons_o by_o way_n of_o answer_n to_o objection_n against_o it_o he_o have_v these_o word_n if_o i_o be_v transmit_v up_o to_o the_o lord_n i_o confident_o believe_v i_o shall_v get_v forward_o out_o of_o the_o former_a experience_n of_o that_o justice_n that_o i_o have_v find_v there_o and_o i_o will_v instance_n two_o particular_n first_o when_o i_o be_v prisoner_n in_o the_o fleet_n etc._n etc._n but_o that_o be_v too_o long_o for_o i_o to_o write_v down_o and_o i_o shall_v rather_o refer_v the_o reader_n to_o the_o book_n pag._n 74._o second_o may_v 4._o 1641._o the_o king_n accuse_v i_o of_o high_a 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