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A29659 The remains of Sir Fulk Grevill Lord Brooke being poems of monarchy and religion : never before printed. Greville, Fulke, Baron Brooke, 1554-1628. 1670 (1670) Wing B4900; ESTC R350 71,163 212

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nature_n to_o disturb_v man_n rest_n what_o enemy_n again_o they_o be_v to_o worth_n as_o either_o gyve_n which_o freedom_n do_v restrain_v or_o jubiles_fw-la which_o let_v confusion_n reign_v 193._o there_o rest_v to_o show_v what_o these_o degree_n of_o vice_n work_n when_o they_o fix_v be_v to_o the_o mould_n of_o might_n as_o what_o relation_n to_o the_o prejudice_n or_o help_v they_o yield_v of_o universal_a right_n vice_n get_v force_n far_o above_o her_o own_o when_o it_o spread_v from_o a_o perfon_n to_o a_o throne_n 194._o for_o as_o in_o prince_n nature_n if_o there_o be_v a_o audit_n take_v what_o each_o kind_n of_o passion_n work_v and_o by_o what_o usurp_v authority_n order_n and_o reason_n peace_n they_o do_v disfashion_v within_o man_n little_a world_n it_o prove_v the_o same_o which_o of_o power_n great_a world_n do_v confound_v the_o frame_n 195._o whence_o spread_v king_n self-love_n into_o church_n or_o law_n pulpit_n and_o bar_n straight_o feel_v corrupt_v might_n 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