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yield_v and_o shed_v many_o tear_n for_o compassion_n of_o clement_n and_o his_o vexation_n say_v unto_o he_o the_o god_n who_o thou_o adore_v help_v thou_o in_o this_o tribulation_n which_o thou_o be_v to_o suffer_v for_o his_o love_n then_o he_o provide_v he_o a_o bark_n and_o of_o thing_n necessary_a for_o the_o voyage_n and_o send_v he_o into_o exile_n there_o go_v many_o voluntary_o in_o the_o company_n of_o the_o bless_a pope_n who_o be_v arrive_v and_o come_v in_o saff_o unto_o the_o island_n find_v there_o more_o than_o 2000_o christian_n who_o by_o the_o sentence_n of_o th'emperour_n have_v be_v condemn_v to_o dig_v stone_n out_o of_o the_o quarry_n these_o holy_a confessor_n of_o christ_n among_o their_o other_o mollestation_n have_v one_o which_o vex_v they_o much_o in_o that_o
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