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sun_n moon_n and_o star_n shall_v still_o continue_v their_o course_n that_o the_o change_n of_o day_n and_o night_n and_o the_o vicissitude_n or_o continual_a circle_n of_o time_n and_o season_n as_o spring_v summer_n autumn_n and_o winter_n shall_v be_v ordain_v again_o that_o wind_n shall_v blow_v the_o cloud_n shall_v be_v gather_v together_o the_o shower_n shall_v be_v pour_v down_o that_o the_o earth_n shall_v cause_v so_o many_o kind_n of_o flower_n and_o fruit_n &_o shall_v contain_v within_o its_o bosom_n such_o inestimable_a treasure_n that_o the_o sea_n shall_v bring_v forth_o such_o several_a sort_n of_o fish_n the_o air_n shall_v abound_v with_o so_o great_a store_n of_o bird_n &_o nature_n herself_o shall_v so_o painful_o labour_v in_o the_o produce_v
to_o wit_v the_o mansion_n for_o the_o pious_a and_o virtuous_a soul_n in_o heaven_n for_o the_o wicked_a hell_n and_o this_o opinion_n all_o antiquity_n ever_o do_v hold_v next_o he_o ask_v quanta_fw-la multitude_n etc._n etc._n how_o great_a a_o multitude_n be_v there_o of_o soul_n as_o of_o shadow_n for_o so_o many_o age_n to_o which_o be_v to_o be_v answer_v that_o the_o multitude_n of_o soul_n be_v as_o great_a as_o there_o be_v number_n of_o man_n which_o have_v live_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n unto_o this_o day_n for_o see_v the_o world_n take_v a_o beginning_n the_o number_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v not_o infinite_a but_o it_o be_v comprehend_v within_o a_o certain_a number_n and_o that_o not_o exceed_o great_a for_o it_o be_v not_o very_o difficult_a to_o show_v that_o this_o number_n exceed_v not_o two_o or_o three_o myriad_o of_o million_o now_o the_o soul_n be_v ignorant_o call_v by_o pliny_n vmbrae_fw-la shadow_n see_v that_o they_o be_v like_a unto_o light_n 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