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or_o falling-sickness_n from_o my_o parent_n i_o shall_v bewail_v my_o unhappy_a nativity_n but_o my_o condition_n be_v much_o more_o wretched_a for_o descend_v from_o the_o loin_n of_o adam_n by_o natural_a propagation_n with_o my_o nature_n i_o receive_v the_o poison_n of_o sin_n which_o have_v corrupt_v every_o power_n of_o soul_n and_o like_o a_o run_a leprosy_n stain_v all_o it_o touch_v i_o be_o unclean_a by_o birth_n and_o whatsoever_o i_o touch_v it_o be_v unclean_a be_v i_o with_o job_n from_o top_n to_o toe_n cover_v with_o biles_fw-la it_o will_v grieve_v i_o but_o my_o whole_a spirit_n be_v fraught_v with_o corruption_n more_o filthy_a than_o that_o which_o break_v forth_o at_o the_o eye_n car_fw-fr etc._n etc._n i_o be_o ashamed_a of_o corporal_a nakedness_n deep_o affect_v with_o lameness_n or_o deformity_n if_o overtake_v with_o any_o loathsome_a disease_n i_o grow_v weary_a of_o the_o world_n and_o wish_v to_o be_v separate_v from_o the_o society_n of_o man_n but_o 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