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p._n 43._o will_v hold_v in_o the_o one_o case_n as_o well_o as_o in_o the_o other_o nor_o do_v i_o see_v but_o that_o the_o court_n may_v improve_v another_o topick_n of_o his_o against_o we_o ibid._n p._n 44._o viz._n that_o we_o be_v ill_a courtier_n by_o set_v he_o up_o first_o to_o give_v he_o roast-meat_n and_o then_o to_o beat_v he_o with_o the_o spit_n by_o refuse_v to_o be_v of_o his_o religion_n to_o which_o i_o may_v add_v that_o the_o brutal_a severity_n exercise_v towards_o protestant_n in_o france_n and_o piedmont_n be_v but_o ill_a inducement_n to_o prevail_v upon_o a_o reform_a nation_n to_o give_v liberty_n to_o papist_n it_o be_v a_o axiom_n found_v in_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n as_o well_o as_o a_o oracle_n of_o revelation_n that_o with_o what_o measure_n any_o do_v mete_v unto_o other_o it_o shall_v be_v measure_v to_o they_o again_o and_o that_o whatsoever_o any_o will_v that_o we_o shall_v do_v to_o they_o they_o shall_v do_v so_o to_o we_o will_v the_o 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