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any_o man_n dare_v speak_v against_o he_o they_o declaim_v against_o he_o present_o as_o one_o guilty_a of_o impiety_n they_o who_o thus_o extol_v the_o name_n and_o authority_n of_o martin_n luther_n as_o not_o doubt_v to_o elevate_v he_o above_o the_o condition_n and_o measure_n of_o mortal_a man_n shall_v see_v to_o it_o that_o they_o do_v not_o wrong_v the_o good_a name_n of_o so_o excellent_a and_o admirable_a a_o man_n by_o attribute_v too_o much_o to_o he_o and_o that_o they_o do_v not_o seem_v to_o shelter_v and_o protect_v their_o audaciousness_n under_o his_o excellency_n and_o those_o calumniator_n who_o not_o only_o condemn_v all_o his_o writing_n as_o ungodly_a and_o turbulent_a now_o also_o if_o they_o have_v any_o wit_n may_v remember_v and_o consider_v what_o be_v get_v by_o bitter_a envy_n contumacy_n froward_a opposition_n and_o outrageous_a clamour_n luther_n wolf_n severus_n of_o luther_n wolfgang_n severus_n tutor_n of_o ferdinando_n of_o austria_n afterward_o 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bear_v at_o p._n 7._o l._n 18._o dominica_n p._n 8._o l._n 9_o controversy_n p._n 10._o l._n 14._o be_v by_o erasmus_n writing_n p._n 13._o l._n 4._o to_o hal._n p._n 17._o l._n 21._o â—eeing_v just_o pref_o p._n 21._o l._n 29._o baraimas_fw-la p._n 29._o l._n 25._o aleander_n p._n 34._o l._n 28._o his_o jester_n p._n 37._o l._n 7._o and_o lay_v many_o p._n 42._o l._n 6._o name_n of_o p._n 56._o l._n 23._o and_o against_o â—uth_n p._n 61._o m._n glacius_fw-la p._n 64._o l._n pen._n refute_v p._n 65._o l._n 4._o provoke_v l._n 5._o hyperaspistes_n l._n 12._o melancthon_n l._n pen._n carolostado_n p._n 66._o l._n 16._o hesse_n p._n 68_o l._n 12._o word_n p._n 68_o l._n 28._o priscilianists_n p._n 69._o l._n 1._o sudden_o sick_a l._n 2._o but_o by_o the._n p._n 69._o l._n 25._o son_n thus_o p._n 72._o pontanius_n l._n 26._o the_o rudersort_n p._n 74._o l._n 18._o mâ—rotatos_n moros_fw-la p._n 75._o l._n 25._o scheurlerus_fw-la p._n 78._o l._n 9_o i_o be_o like_a p._n 100_o l._n 10._o whereas_o l._n 21._o cruciger_n p._n 113._o l._n 10._o in_o faith_n p._n 121._o l._n 25._o sturmius_fw-la p._n 123._o aleander_n l._n 29._o â—licers_n p._n 127._o l._n 18._o the_o minister_n of_o l._n 25._o cause_v psalm_n p._n 132._o l._n 9_o judge_v