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How the Plage was Sesyd in Rome:
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how the plage was sesyd in rome / Iohnn lidgat •
so noble medesyne / ne so sovereyne •
so speciall stronge / gayn ffever pestilent •
Avicen / ypocras / nor yet1 Galen •
Cerapioun nothar for all his Iugement •
nor Esculapius / for all his medicament •
coulde nevar make in all his lyves space •
medecene lyke to the lord omnipotent •
when to his people / he lyfte send his grace •
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  1. The scribe made a mistake with the initial glyph, but corrected it. ↩

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