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and_o strength_n be_v a_o good_a time_n indeed_o
grow_v pale_a to_o sweat_v again_o and_o to_o call_v out_o to_o his_o son_n suscrpe_fw-la son_n maxim_n cur_n maxim_n cur_n nunquam_fw-la tibi_fw-la aliquid_fw-la mali_fw-la feci_fw-la in_fw-la fidem_fw-la tuam_fw-la i_o suscrpe_fw-la maximus_n to_o come_v quick_o to_o save_v and_o help_v he_o when_o his_o son_n and_o servant_n come_v they_o can_v see_v nothing_o but_o he_o himself_o turn_v which_o way_n he_o will_v can_v see_v nothing_o else_o but_o those_o evil_a spirit_n which_o he_o can_v not_o endure_v to_o see_v and_o in_o a_o despair_a manner_n at_o last_o cry_v out_o inducias_fw-la vel_fw-la usque_fw-la manè_fw-la inducias_fw-la vel_fw-la ujque_fw-la manè_fw-la let_v i_o have_v respite_n but_o till_o to_o morrow_n respite_n but_o till_o to_o morrow_n morning_n and_o in_o this_o perplexity_n he_o die_v immediate_o the_o same_o father_n make_v this_o use_n of_o it_o the_o vision_n do_v he_o no_o good_a say_v he_o but_o let_v it_o do_v good_a to_o we_o upon_o who_o god_n 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my_o lewd_a and_o loose_a life_n what_o unhappy_a folly_n be_v it_o tp_n delay_v the_o time_n of_o thy_o youth_n and_o so_o to_o lose_v the_o 22._o the_o see_v p._n 22._o flower_n of_o thy_o age_n what_o a_o reproach_n and_o disparagement_n to_o thy_o judgement_n and_o understanding_n that_o when_o thou_o be_v come_v to_o year_n of_o maturity_n arrive_v to_o thy_o middle_a age_n thou_o shall_v show_v thyself_o so_o inconsiderate_a and_o indiscreet_a as_o still_o to_o delay_v and_o not_o to_o use_v thy_o reason_n and_o judgement_n aright_o what_o a_o far_o and_o high_a degree_n of_o folly_n be_v it_o to_o defer_v the_o redemption_n of_o thy_o time_n till_o 174._o till_o our_o seek_v all_o summer_n wither_a and_o dry_a and_o beginning_n to_o shoot_v out_o a_o little_a about_o michaelmass_n spring_n of_o which_o kind_n of_o shoot_v fruit_n can_v never_o come_v bp._n andrew_n serm_n pag._n 174._o old_a age_n the_o stoic_a will_v tell_v thou_o fine_a thou_o sera_n parsimonia_fw-la in_o fundo_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la tantùm_fw-la minimum_fw-la in_o tino_fw-la sed_fw-la pessimum_fw-la remanet_fw-la sen._n ep_v 1._o non_fw-la pisdet_fw-la te_fw-la reliquias_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la tibi_fw-la reser_fw-ge vare_fw-la &_o id_fw-la solum_fw-la tempus_fw-la bonae_fw-la menti_fw-la destinare_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o nullaem_fw-la rem_fw-la conferri_fw-la possit_fw-la quam_fw-la serum_fw-la est_fw-la tunc_fw-la utvere_fw-la incipare_fw-la cùn_fw-la desinendum_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la tam_fw-la stulta_fw-la mortalitatis_fw-la oblsvio_fw-la in_fw-la qumquagesimum_fw-la &_o sexagesimum_fw-la annum_fw-la differre_fw-la sana_fw-la consilia_fw-la &_o inde_fw-la velle_fw-la vitam_fw-la inchoare_fw-la quâ—_n panci_fw-la perduxerunt_fw-la id_fw-la de_fw-fr brev_n vit_fw-mi c._n 4._o quidam_fw-la vivere_fw-la tunc_fw-la incipiunt_fw-la cunt_fw-la desinendum_fw-la est_fw-la quidam_fw-la antè_fw-la vivere_fw-la desecerunt_fw-la quà n_fw-la inciperent_fw-la idem_fw-la epist_n 23._o 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