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it_o be_v fill_v with_o all_o the_o defilement_n of_o humane_a wit_n with_o the_o mud_n and_o the_o corruption_n of_o all_o age_n but_o what_o shall_v not_o i_o say_v in_o a_o preface_n of_o my_o make_n before_o the_o book_n i_o send_v you_o since_o i_o have_v make_v a_o ticket_n speak_v so_o much_o already_o one_o word_n more_o in_o answer_n to_o your_o letter_n pardon_v i_o madam_n my_o dear_a colen_n if_o i_o can_v do_v what_o you_o entreat_v i_o i_o do_v not_o think_v i_o shall_v quit_v st._n john_n chrysostome_n nor_o st._n leo_n the_o pope_n who_o be_v the_o chaplain_n of_o my_o desert_n for_o your_o preacher_n to_o who_o sermon_n you_o invite_v i_o and_o unless_o yourself_o be_v to_o preach_v in_o your_o own_o chapel_n it_o will_v be_v a_o very_a difficult_a task_n to_o entice_v i_o out_o of_o my_o hermitage_n as_o long_o as_o this_o fair_a season_n last_v do_v not_o think_v i_o be_o in_o jest_n when_o i_o speak_v of_o your_o preach_a you_o want_v nothing_o to_o do_v it_o but_o 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the_o passion_n with_o which_o i_o will_v continue_v as_o long_o as_o i_o live_v sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n march_n 15._o 1646._o letter_n x._o to_o the_o reverend_a father_n andrew_n a_o preacher_n of_o the_o order_n of_o st._n dominick_n reverend_a father_n i_o be_o not_o a_o subject_n worthy_a to_o be_v preach_v by_o you_o and_o yet_o what_o do_v you_o not_o say_v of_o i_o in_o the_o two_o letter_n you_o do_v i_o the_o honour_n to_o write_v i_o perceive_v by_o they_o you_o can_v fly_v but_o high_a and_o that_o you_o abuse_v good_a language_n when_o you_o do_v not_o employ_v it_o lawful_o reduce_v it_o i_o beseech_v you_o to_o its_o primitive_a and_o legitimate_a use_n lay_v out_o your_o rhetoric_n only_o towards_o our_o salvation_n and_o return_v to_o delight_v we_o by_o instruct_v we_o since_o my_o morality_n and_o politic_n have_v neither_o make_v i_o a_o better_a nor_o happy_a man_n i_o expect_v that_o from_o the_o gospel_n and_o from_o you_o which_o plato_n and_o aristotle_n can_v 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with_o advantage_n can_v i_o but_o evidence_n to_o you_o with_o what_o respect_n i_o be_o sir_n y_z etc._n etc._n mar._n 28._o 1640._o letter_n xxi_o to_o the_o reverend_a father_n stephen_n de_fw-fr bourges_n a_o capuchin_n preacher_n reverend_a father_n you_o ought_v to_o commiserate_v i_o instead_o of_o complain_v of_o i_o you_o know_v well_o on_o who_o the_o unhappiness_n of_o your_o separation_n fall_v or_o at_o lest_o who_o lose_v most_o by_o it_o since_o you_o will_v be_v so_o good_a as_o to_o take_v a_o share_n in_o the_o mishap_n for_o my_o justification_n be_v please_v to_o consider_v only_o the_o present_a estate_n of_o thing_n you_o be_v the_o distributer_n of_o the_o favour_n
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