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they_o for_o a_o day_n or_o two_o so_o free_o make_v welcome_a that_o they_o pay_v nothing_o for_o their_o entertainment_n but_o the_o second_o day_n be_v past_a they_o begin_v to_o be_v weary_a of_o their_o presence_n hereupon_o this_o sentence_n be_v propose_v to_o the_o public_a view_n of_o traveller_n in_o some_o place_n of_o their_o house_n the_o first_o day_n he_o be_v a_o guest_n the_o second_o day_n a_o burden_n the_o three_o day_n a_o fugitive_n and_o stink_v chap._n xxxiii_o of_o the_o disease_n incident_a to_o the_o jew_n many_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o jew_n be_v more_o lively_a than_o the_o christian_n and_o not_o obnoxious_a to_o so_o many_o disease_n but_o experience_n speak_v the_o contrary_a and_o their_o often_o funeral_n even_o incident_a unto_o they_o in_o their_o young_a year_n confirm_v it_o for_o a_o tale_n yea_o every_o man_n daily_o see_v how_o they_o be_v liable_a to_o the_o mezel_n botch_n to_o the_o frail_a disease_n plague_n and_o other_o malady_n 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