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And, if I were so low that I accounted myself the worst of all, yet some would account themselves in worse case.

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Joseph Hall
Age: 82 †
Born: 1574
Born: July 1
Died: 1656
Died: September 8
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Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Leicestershire
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