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within_o the_o memory_n of_o man_n divers_a minister_n of_o lancashire_n and_o cheshire_n though_o they_o open_v not_o their_o mouth_n as_o papinian_n do_v against_o caracalla_n yet_o have_v speak_v as_o gross_o of_o king_n charles_n as_o ever_o the_o northern_a subscriber_n do_v non_fw-la enim_fw-la sacerdotale_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la sentias_fw-la non_fw-la dicere_fw-la ambros_n 2_o neither_o do_v we_o forget_v that_o say_n de_fw-fr mortuis_fw-la nil_fw-la nisi_fw-la bonum_fw-la to_o speak_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o dead_a be_v to_o speak_v what_o be_v convertuntur_fw-la be_v bonum_fw-la et_fw-la verum_fw-la convertuntur_fw-la good_a and_o if_o we_o have_v speak_v otherwise_o let_v the_o world_n bear_v witness_n of_o the_o evil_a that_o rule_n require_v charity_n but_o not_o in_o dispendium_fw-la veritatis_fw-la the_o name_n of_o the_o wicked_a shall_v rot_v say_v the_o sure_a word_n so_o do_v the_o name_n of_o ahab_n omri_n and_o jeroboam_n though_o king_n and_o how_o unsavoury_a 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when_o he_o be_v alive_a than_o one_o will_v do_v of_o a_o dead_a dog_n 58._o dog_n panaeb_fw-mi regis_fw-la defuncti_fw-la corpus_fw-la terrâ_fw-la condunt_fw-la caput_fw-la abscindunt_fw-la inaurant_fw-mi in_o sacris_fw-la collocanâ—_n causs_n hierogl_n l._n 5_o c_o 58._o now_o can_v hardly_o bear_v a_o word_n speak_v against_o he_o mantu_n see_v prov._n 24.24_o suet._n in_o otho_n quiescat_fw-la obba_n parum_fw-la mantu_n but_o upon_o all_o occasion_n rise_v up_o as_o his_o compurgator_n but_o there_o be_v no_o new_a thing_n thus_o suetonius_n tell_v we_o it_o be_v with_o otho_n magna_fw-la pars_fw-la hominum_fw-la incolumem_fw-la gravissime_fw-la detestata_fw-la mortuum_fw-la laudibus_fw-la tulit_fw-la but_o we_o shall_v provoke_v these_o royalist_n indignation_n no_o further_o here_o let_v our_o pitchar_n stand_v farewell_n now_o the_o lord_n of_o peace_n himself_o give_v we_o peace_n always_o by_o all_o mean_n 2_o thes_n 3.16_o finis_fw-la