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than_o we_o be_v in_o 65._o to_o be_v devour_v by_o plague_n but_o thence_o have_v god_n deliver_v we_o he_o that_o have_v say_v unto_o the_o sword_n of_o war_n with_o other_o nation_n put_v up_o thyself_o into_o thy_o scabbard_n rest_n and_o be_v still_o can_v say_v the_o same_o to_o the_o sword_n of_o home_n division_n which_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o intestine_a war_n sure_o england_n have_v be_v in_o a_o worse_a condition_n than_o now_o it_o be_v and_o yet_o save_v from_o thence_o first_o in_o the_o marian_n day_n when_o the_o weapon_n of_o warfare_n against_o the_o true_a religion_n be_v no_o other_o than_o fire_n and_o faggot_n when_o the_o scarlet_a whore_n make_v herself_o drink_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o saint_n and_o martyr_n be_v not_o those_o day_n shorten_v for_o the_o elect_v sake_n matth._n 13.20_o afterward_o in_o 88_o when_o the_o spanish_a fleet_n call_v the_o invincible_a armado_n come_v against_o england_n in_o how_o desperate_a a_o case_n do_v it_o seem_v to_o be_v 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