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the_o relation_n from_o a_o minister_n who_o brother_n be_v a_o eye-witness_n chap._n cxxxv_o divine_a judgement_n upon_o lie_v and_o slander_v our_o tongue_n be_v the_o index_n of_o our_o mind_n to_o signify_v the_o thought_n and_o meaning_n thereof_o to_o the_o world_n if_o the_o one_o agree_v not_o to_o the_o other_o the_o motion_n be_v false_a and_o the_o wheel_n out_o of_o order_n what_o be_v a_o clâ—â—k_n good_a for_o if_o it_o do_v not_o tell_v the_o true_a hour_n of_o the_o day_n liar_n be_v shut_v out_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o deserve_v but_o little_a favour_n upon_o earth_n and_o some_o time_n meet_v with_o just_a punishment_n prov._n 19.5_o 1._o alexander_n the_o great_a have_v read_v a_o history_n out_o of_o aristobulus_n wherein_o the_o author_n have_v intermingle_v certain_a counterfeit_a praise_n fling_v the_o book_n into_o the_o river_n say_v the_o say_a writer_n deserve_v to_o be_v fling_v there_o himself_o coguet_n polit._n disc_n p._n 130._o 2._o the_o emperor_n trajan_n surname_v the_o good_a prince_n take_v away_o from_o the_o son_n of_o cabalus_n the_o kingdom_n of_o dacia_n that_o be_v transilvania_n and_o valachia_n only_o because_o he_o catch_v he_o in_o a_o lie_n and_o tell_v he_o that_o rome_n the_o mother_n of_o truth_n can_v not_o permit_v a_o liar_n to_o possess_v a_o kingdom_n ibid._n 3._o cyrus_n tell_v the_o king_n of_o armenia_n that_o a_o lie_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o pardon_n ibid._n 4._o monstrelet_n write_v that_o popiel_n king_n of_o poland_n who_o have_v ever_o in_o his_o mouth_n these_o word_n if_o it_o be_v not_o true_a i_o will_v the_o rat_n may_v cat_n i_o that_o he_o be_v so_o assail_v by_o rat_n in_o a_o banquet_n that_o neither_o his_o guard_n nor_o fire_n nor_o water_n can_v preserve_v he_o from_o they_o ibid
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