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the_o child_n of_o man_n and_o to_o eclipse_v all_o the_o beam_n and_o lustre_n of_o a_o divine_a countenance_n this_o be_v a_o abuse_n which_o no_o patience_n can_v bear_v no_o charity_n can_v ever_o pardon_v you_o wonder_v at_o this_o strange_a opinion_n when_o i_o last_o show_v it_o unto_o you_o and_o i_o perceive_v you_o suspect_v i_o do_v he_o wrong_n now_o therefore_o to_o justify_v my_o credit_n with_o you_o and_o to_o let_v you_o ree_fw-mi i_o do_v it_o not_o to_o abuse_v you_o i_o send_v you_o here_o the_o passage_n i_o promise_v you_o to_o look_v at_o the_o first_o be_v in_o his_o book_n of_o patience_n where_o christ_n be_v call_v contumeliosus_fw-la sibi_fw-la ipsi_fw-la the_o second_o in_o his_o book_n against_o the_o jew_n where_o he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v ne_fw-fr aspectu_fw-la quidem_fw-la honestus_fw-la but_o hear_v the_o three_o which_o will_v fright_v you_o to_o hear_v in_o his_o tract_n of_o the_o flesh_n of_o christ_n adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la nec_fw-la humanae_fw-la 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that_o which_o he_o must_v needs_o know_v and_o spare_v send_v out_o a_o second_o process_n against_o a_o man_n that_o have_v too_o much_o of_o the_o first_o and_o deserve_v you_o shall_v take_v some_o care_n of_o his_o quiet_n since_o he_o be_v from_o the_o bottom_n of_o his_o heart_n sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n from_o balzac_n 10._o of_o march_n 1633._o to_o my_o lord_n the_o bishop_n of_o nantes_n letter_n xxv_o sir_n it_o be_v tell_v i_o from_o all_o part_n that_o you_o speak_v of_o i_o as_o of_o one_o that_o be_v dear_a unto_o you_o and_o of_o my_o ill_a fortune_n as_o of_o a_o thing_n that_o concern_v you_o if_o this_o tenderness_n proceed_v from_o a_o soft_a effeminate_a spirit_n yet_o it_o will_v not_o be_v without_o merit_n and_o oblige_v i_o infinite_o unto_o you_o but_o now_o that_o it_o come_v from_o a_o feel_n of_o the_o pure_a spirit_n in_o the_o world_n and_o the_o least_o capable_a of_o weakness_n how_o much_o ought_v i_o to_o esteem_v it_o and_o of_o how_o great_a price_n to_o value_v it_o it_o want_v not_o much_o of_o make_v mâ—…e_a love_n that_o grief_n which_o procure_v i_o so_o glorious_a a_o consolation_n and_o i_o vow_v unto_o you_o that_o to_o be_v pity_v of_o you_o be_v a_o more_o please_a thing_n than_o to_o be_v favour_v of_o the_o court._n in_o that_o country_n man_n go_v upon_o snare_n and_o ruin_n the_o best_a place_n there_o be_v so_o slippery_a that_o few_o can_v stand_v upright_o and_o if_o the_o miserable_a pretender_n avoid_v a_o sudden_a fall_n it_o be_v by_o endure_v a_o tedious_a hang_n receive_v perpetual_a affront_n and_o return_v perpetual_a submission_n i_o therefore_o like_o much_o better_a to_o hide_v myself_o here_o with_o your_o good_a favour_n and_o my_o own_o good_a quiet_a than_o to_o bear_v a_o show_n there_o with_o their_o fright_n and_o sour_a look_n and_o i_o bless_v the_o wind_n and_o count_v my_o shipwreck_n happy_a which_o have_v cast_v i_o back_o upon_o my_o old_a home_n some_o that_o be_v more_o sensible_a than_o 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