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pigeon_n be_v dazzle_v and_o draw_v with_o admiration_n but_o stout_a bird_n of_o prey_n the_o merlin_n and_o hobby_n be_v invite_v to_o stoop_v and_o gaze_v on_o the_o outward_a form_n lose_v themselves_o so_o when_o satan_n spread_v his_o day-net_n of_o pleasure_n and_o honour_n he_o allure_v not_o only_a heathen_n and_o indian_n but_o even_o unsound_a and_o secure_a christian_n as_o the_o bird_n that_o be_v catch_v in_o the_o snare_n so_o be_v the_o son_n of_o man_n snare_v in_o a_o evil_a time_n eccles._n 9_o 12._o 3._o that_o those_o that_o will_v conquer_v their_o spiritual_a enemy_n must_v be_v full_a of_o courage_n and_o valour_n the_o kite_n be_v andax_fw-la in_o minimis_fw-la timidus_fw-la in_o magnis_fw-la bold_a in_o deal_v with_o tâ—me_a fowl_n as_o chicken_n and_o duck_n but_o cowardly_a in_o meddle_v with_o wild_a one_o that_o will_v not_o yield_v give_v not_o place_n to_o the_o devil_n resist_v the_o devil_n and_o he_o will_v flee_v from_o you_o 4._o the_o misery_n 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