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copulation_n poor_a isabel_n die_v in_o
then_o or_o their_o compliment_n of_o fate_n 14._o whether_o in_o the_o series_n both_o of_o fate_n and_o of_o fortune_n although_o two_o contrary_n astrologer_n have_v not_o deliver_v the_o same_o order_n and_o connexion_n of_o cause_n as_o the_o star_n temper_n manner_n action_n event_n or_o else_o what_o difference_n do_v they_o make_v between_o they_o nay_o wherefore_o do_v the_o same_o author_n speak_v of_o fate_n and_o fortune_n so_o promiscuous_o and_o indiscriminate_o especial_o in_o their_o prognosticate_a or_o predict_v way_n be_v it_o not_o because_o they_o be_v not_o able_a to_o distinguish_v they_o or_o be_v it_o not_o because_o they_o be_v conscious_a of_o a_o fortuitousness_n of_o event_n even_o in_o their_o strict_a fatality_n 15._o whether_o in_o the_o series_n of_o fatal_a cause_n the_o effect_n do_v follow_v the_o universal_a indefinite_a equivocal_a and_o remote_a or_o else_o the_o univocal_a proximate_a specifical_a and_o particular_a cause_n and_o which_o of_o 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