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p._n 73_o chap._n v._o of_o complaisance_n 81_o chap._n vi_o of_o civility_n 89_o chap._n vii_o of_o officious_a virtue_n 95_o chap._n viii_o of_o clemency_n 99_o chap._n ix_o of_o mildness_n 119_o chap._n x._o of_o affability_n p._n 156_o chap._n xi_o of_o commisseration_n 161_o chap._n xii_o of_o generosity_n 176_o chap._n xiii_o of_o politeness_n 187_o chap._n fourteen_o of_o humility_n 193_o chap._n xv._n of_o liberality_n p._n 200_o chap._n xvi_o of_o magnificence_n 214_o chap._n xvii_o of_o justice_n 224_o chap._n xviii_o of_o integrity_n or_o the_o honesty_n of_o man_n 234_o chap._n xix_o of_o loyalty_n of_o subject_n towards_o their_o sovereign_n 245_o the_o reader_n be_v desire_v to_o pardon_v the_o fault_n of_o the_o printer_n in_o misnumbr_v the_o chapter_n the_o next_o be_v chap._n xxvii_o of_o fidelity_n in_o keep_v a_o secret_a p._n 274_o chap._n xxviii_o of_o acknowledgement_n of_o gratitude_n 282_o the_o falsehood_n of_o human_a virtue_n chap._n i._o prudence_n among_o 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