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A90767
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A plea for moderation.
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Wing P2512A; Thomason E143_7; ESTC R22468
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a_o plea_n for_o moderation_n print_a in_o the_o year_n 1642._o to_o the_o reader_n reader_n i_o conceal_v my_o name_n for_o two_o reason_n both_o derive_v from_o the_o consideration_n of_o thou_o from_o thy_o approbation_n thy_o dislike_n thy_o approbation_n because_o have_v what_o i_o aim_v at_o i_o expect_v not_o the_o ceremony_n of_o thy_o thanks_n thy_o dislike_n because_o my_o suppose_a crime_n shall_v not_o injure_v my_o name_n as_o for_o misconstruction_n i_o shall_v neither_o value_v they_o nor_o wonder_n at_o they_o farewell_n a_o plea_n for_o moderation_n to_o plead_v precise_o for_o moderation_n it_o be_v very_o necessary_a to_o be_v well_o acquaint_v with_o extreme_n and_o the_o ill_a condition_n and_o consequence_n of_o they_o which_o like_o the_o counterfeit_a mother_n will_v have_v the_o child_n divide_v but_o not_o aright_o for_o indeed_o as_o in_o every_o extreme_a the_o agent_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v free_a be_v hurry_v on_o with_o a_o kind_n of_o violence_n so_o 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