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the_o altar_n of_o the_o same_o church_n cover_v it_o as_o it_o have_v be_v with_o a_o canopye_n and_o fill_v the_o church_n with_o such_o a_o kind_n of_o terror_n and_o sweetness_n that_o though_o the_o door_n be_v wide_o open_a yet_o none_o dare_v presume_v to_o enter_v in_o the_o priest_n also_o and_o the_o keeper_n of_o the_o church_n and_o those_o which_o be_v come_v thither_o to_o say_v mass_n mass_n say_v of_o mass_n behold_v the_o self_n same_o thing_n yet_o can_v they_o not_o go_v in_o although_o they_o feel_v the_o sweetness_n of_o that_o strange_a perfume_n likewise_o upon_o a_o other_o day_n the_o lamp_n hang_v without_o light_n fire_n come_v from_o heaven_n and_o set_v they_o a_o burn_v and_o a_o few_o day_n after_o when_o mass_n be_v end_v and_o the_o keeper_n of_o the_o church_n have_v put_v out_o the_o lamp_n and_o be_v depart_v yet_o returninge_v back_o again_o he_o find_v they_o burn_v which_o before_o he_o have_v put_v forth_o but_o thinckinge_v that_o he_o have_v 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