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the authority of that which is well invented : for question 

 is an honour and preferment to falsehood, as on the other 

 side it is a repulse to truth. But the errors I claim and 

 challenge to myself as mine own. The good, if any be, is 

 due tanquam adeps sacrificii, to be incensed to the honour, 

 first of the Divine Majesty, and next of your Majesty, to 

 whom on earth I am most bounden. 



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