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and_o serve_v he_o that_o thereby_o they_o also_o may_v be_v advance_v and_o domineer_v in_o their_o place_n by_o this_o mean_n also_o they_o be_v make_v unnatural_a resolute_a and_o cruel_a to_o prosecute_v the_o pope_n design_n like_o the_o turk_n janissary_n be_v keep_v from_o those_o relation_n which_o sweeten_v man_n temper_n and_o excite_v natural_a affection_n also_o have_v no_o wife_n and_o child_n to_o provide_v for_o they_o may_v more_o desperate_o ventuere_fw-la their_o life_n and_o their_o estate_n for_o the_o service_n of_o their_o church_n their_o friar_n make_v a_o show_n of_o great_a devotion_n renounce_v the_o world_n beg_v alm_n of_o the_o people_n go_v in_o mean_a habit_n barefooted_a some_o of_o they_o yet_o they_o get_v all_o they_o can_v from_o the_o people_n for_o mass_n and_o prayer_n their_o abbot_n many_o be_v lord_n live_v splendid_o in_o england_n they_o have_v above_o a_o three_o part_n of_o the_o land_n and_o that_o the_o best_a as_o be_v make_v appear_v 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