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when_o he_o intend_v to_o plague_v that_o nation_n and_o utter_o to_o lay_v all_o their_o glory_n and_o honour_n in_o the_o dust_n even_o as_o the_o poet_n elegant_o show_v hoc_fw-la placet_fw-la o_fw-la superi_fw-la 1._o lucan_n pharsal_a l._n 1._o cum_fw-la vobis_fw-la vertere_fw-la cuncta_fw-la propositum_fw-la nostris_fw-la erroribus_fw-la addere_fw-la crimen_fw-la thus_o it_o please_v god_n when_o for_o their_o sin_n he_o intend_v to_o plague_v and_o to_o end_v the_o glory_n of_o any_o people_n to_o blind_v they_o so_o that_o they_o commit_v error_n upon_o error_n add_v thirst_n unto_o drunkenness_n basenese_n unto_o their_o beastliness_n and_o pharaoh-like_a harden_v their_o heart_n in_o their_o folly_n that_o they_o can_v do_v what_o be_v honourable_a and_o what_o they_o ought_v until_o they_o be_v destroy_v and_o make_v subject_n to_o those_o that_o be_v their_o servant_n but_o god_n tell_v the_o jew_n that_o those_o new_a king_n of_o their_o own_o election_n be_v no_o king_n 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