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mischief_n we_o must_v not_o think_v to_o have_v it_o cure_v by_o wash_n and_o light_a medicament_n the_o physician_n that_o go_v to_o cure_v the_o hectic_a with_o quicksilver_n and_o fast_a spittle_n do_v his_o patient_n no_o good_a but_o himself_o become_v a_o proverb_n and_o he_o that_o by_o easy_a prayer_n and_o a_o seldom_o fast_o by_o the_o scatter_n of_o a_o little_a alm_n and_o the_o issue_n of_o some_o more_o natural_a virtue_n think_v to_o cure_v his_o evil_a nature_n do_v fortify_v his_o indisposition_n as_o a_o stick_n be_v harden_v by_o a_o little_a fire_n which_o by_o a_o great_a one_o be_v devour_v quanto_fw-la satius_fw-la est_fw-la mentem_fw-la potius_fw-la eluere_fw-la quae_fw-la malis_fw-la cupiditatibus_fw-la lactantius_n sordidatur_fw-la &_o uno_fw-la virtutis_fw-la ac_fw-la fidei_fw-la lavacro_fw-la universa_fw-la vitia_fw-la depellere_fw-la better_o it_o be_v by_o a_o entire_a body_n of_o virtue_n by_o a_o live_n and_o active_a faith_n to_o cleanse_v the_o mind_n 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