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Page vi - not minister to a mind diseased; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow; Raze out the written troubles of the brain; And, with some sweet oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff That weighs upon the heart ? Doct. Therein the patient Must minister to himself.
Page 39 - thou not minister to a mind diseased; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow; Raze out the written troubles of the brain; And, with some sweet oblivions antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff That weighs upon the heart
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