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of_o mercy_n &_o therefore_o you_o must_v endeavour_v to_o show_v singular_a and_o special_a reverence_n towards_o she_o chap._n iii_o the_o second_o way_n of_o dedicate_a ourselves_o unto_o the_o b._n virgin_n by_o enter_v into_o her_o sodality_n to_o be_v one_o of_o the_o sodality_n of_o our_o b._n lady_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o open_o to_o profess_v ourselves_o in_o peculiar_a manner_n to_o be_v her_o servant_n &_o before_o witness_v to_o commit_v ourselves_o and_o all_o that_o we_o have_v unto_o her_o protection_n how_o great_a the_o merit_n and_o profit_n of_o this_o kind_n of_o devotion_n be_v as_o also_o the_o duty_n and_o exercise_n towards_o our_o b._n lady_n thereto_o belong_v remain_v sufficient_o declare_v by_o that_o which_o diverse_a have_v put_v out_o in_o print_n about_o the_o same_o here_o will_v i_o only_o commend_v three_o thing_n very_o necessary_a for_o the_o conservation_n and_o increase_v of_o that_o devotion_n which_o all_o aught_o to_o have_v at_o their_o 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