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i_o that_o what_o course_n soever_o i_o have_v take_v i_o can_v hardly_o persuade_v myself_o i_o can_v have_v have_v any_o better_a issue_n moderation_n sobriety_n care_n religion_n itself_o preservative_n to_o other_o have_v be_v to_o my_o fortune_n body_n and_o mind_n flail_n and_o rock_n yet_o all_o conducible_a and_o necessary_a to_o a_o better_a life_n etc._n etc._n i_o thank_v god_n for_o all_o and_o desire_v no_o more_o but_o his_o grace_n in_o grant_v i_o either_o patience_n or_o a_o fair_a deliverance_n from_o this_o world_n misery_n and_o corruption_n i_o have_v long_o hate_v and_o despise_v the_o world_n and_o all_o the_o frail_a vanity_n that_o other_o dote_v upon_o i_o find_v every_o day_n more_o and_o more_o the_o nullity_n the_o wickedness_n of_o its_o pleasure_n etc._n etc._n september_n 27._o 1637._o have_v i_o my_o full_a strength_n and_o clearness_n of_o spirit_n have_v i_o much_o more_o knowledge_n and_o will_v and_o can_v convenient_o bestow_v much_o more_o time_n in_o work_v these_o overflowing_n of_o my_o heart_n and_o brain_n yet_o such_o be_v the_o obscure_a confusion_n of_o this_o sophisticated_a world_n and_o my_o natural_a curiosity_n by_o melancholy_a much_o more_o hard_a to_o please_v that_o i_o shall_v never_o satisfy_v myself_o in_o write_v what_o belong_v to_o this_o or_o any_o other_o subject_a i_o will_v willing_o by_o these_o evaporation_n impart_v with_o ease_n to_o myself_o some_o impression_n to_o my_o friend_n how_o there_o have_v go_v as_o much_o fate_n as_o fault_n to_o effect_v my_o misery_n and_o to_o occasion_v they_o to_o resent_v and_o compassionate_v the_o wretchedness_n of_o humane_a condition_n by_o represent_v myself_o none_o of_o the_o worst-endowed_n with_o part_n of_o body_n mind_n and_o estate_n thrifty_o and_o temperate_o affect_v become_v nevertheless_o most_o tedious_o miserable_a in_o they_o all_o such_o have_v be_v god_n will_n and_o such_o in_o despite_n of_o nature_n and_o reason_n shall_v be_v his_o condition_n who_o accident_n and_o circumstance_n conspire_v to_o afflict_v a_o doctor_n of_o physic_n tell_v i_o long_o since_o that_o i_o have_v too_o much_o mind_n for_o my_o body_n but_o never_o advise_v i_o the_o moderation_n of_o the_o one_o and_o natural_a improvement_n of_o the_o other_o i_o thank_v god_n towards_o he_o who_o be_v the_o chief_a good_a it_o be_v the_o better_a for_o i_o and_o good_a for_o i_o that_o i_o have_v be_v trouble_v i_o confess_v i_o have_v natural_o a_o strong_a active_a and_o sensible_a mind_n yet_o not_o such_o but_o if_o i_o have_v escape_v accidental_a melancholy_n i_o may_v well_o have_v temper_v it_o but_o when_o that_o seize_v upon_o we_o thing_n otherwise_o easy_o to_o be_v pass_v over_o become_v full_a of_o scruple_n and_o perplexity_n my_o world_n over_o use_v of_o treacle_n hot_a and_o dry_a in_o my_o youth_n first_o breed_v the_o alteration_n in_o my_o body_n and_o mind_n i_o know_v not_o what_o i_o ail_v nor_o whence_o it_o proceed_v but_o 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