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such_o article_n such_o penalty_n such_o injunctious_a such_o advertissement_n such_o article_n such_o canon_n such_o sober_a caveat_n and_o such_o manifold_a pamphlet_n that_o in_o manner_n it_o do_v but_o peep_v out_o from_o behind_o the_o screen_n the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n the_o book_n of_o common_a prayer_n the_o queen_n injunctious_a the_o commissioner_n advertissement_n the_o bishop_n canon_n liâ—woods_n provincial_o every_o bishop_n article_n in_o his_o diocese_n my_o lord_n of_o canterburye_n sober_a caveat_n his_o licence_n to_o preacher_n and_o
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