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content_a with_o one_o evacuation_n note_n but_o with_o many_o digest_v by_o little_a and_o little_a and_o avoid_v out_o by_o little_a and_o little_a see_v that_o the_o avoid_n out_o be_v do_v with_o such_o assurance_n by_o this_o medicine_n so_o bless_v he_o that_o have_v need_n of_o it_o must_v have_v a_o good_a hart_n note_n and_o with_o trust_n that_o it_o will_v profit_v he_o much_o which_o hetherunto_o we_o have_v experiment_a in_o so_o many_o that_o with_o just_a title_n all_o credit_n may_v be_v give_v to_o the_o good_a work_n thereof_o we_o see_v with_o how_o much_o easiness_n &_o without_o any_o accident_n it_o work_v the_o effect_n that_o we_o have_v speak_v of_o &_o it_o be_v look_v for_o that_o every_o day_n will_v be_v discover_v great_a matter_n that_o may_v be_v add_v unto_o these_o the_o rule_n and_o order_n that_o must_v be_v keep_v in_o the_o administration_n and_o geve_v of_o the_o powder_n it_o make_v of_o the_o root_n of_o mechoacan_n be_v learn_v of_o the_o 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