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poor remains of friends rest on
Come, poor remains of friends, rest on this rock.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

parentall roote or formall reason of
As for my selfe, I am none of the disputers of this world: all I can doe, is to guesse when men speake true or false divinity: if I can but finde the parentall roote, or formall reason of a Truth, I am quiet; if I cannot, I shore up my slender judgement as long as I can, with two or three the handsomest props I can get: I shall therefore leave Arguments to acuter heads, and onely speak a word of Love, with all Christian respect to our deare Brethren in England , which are against baptizing of Infants: I intreate them to consider these few things seriously and meekly.
— from The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America by Nathaniel Ward

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