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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o shop_n where_o all_o medicine_n be_v in_o a_o readiness_n against_o any_o grief_n or_o malady_n that_o shall_v invade_v we_o if_o we_o have_v our_o remedy_n to_o gather_v and_o to_o compound_v when_o our_o sickness_n come_v the_o mind_n will_v be_v so_o weak_a that_o it_o will_v not_o be_v able_a to_o make_v they_o we_o have_v least_o power_n to_o consider_v when_o we_o be_v full_a of_o sorrow_n our_o affection_n be_v ready_a to_o overlie_v our_o reason_n and_o therefore_o we_o must_v have_v our_o medicine_n make_v before_o that_o then_o we_o may_v have_v nothing_o else_o to_o do_v but_o only_o to_o take_v they_o and_o we_o shall_v find_v that_o to_o have_v so_o much_o labour_n in_o it_o our_o stomach_n be_v squeamish_a and_o nauseate_v that_o we_o shall_v clear_o see_v we_o need_v have_v nothing_o else_o to_o do_v first_o then_o lament_v i._o the_o first_o mean_n be_v to_o consider_v what_o it_o be_v that_o we_o lament_v let_v we_o serious_o consider_v 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