Plain English translation of John Donne’s
Meditation 17
Perchance
he
for
whom
this
bell
tolls
may
be
so
ill,
as
that
he
knows
not
it
tolls
for
him;
and
perchance
I
may
think
myself
so
much
better
than
I
am,
as
that
they
who
are
about
me,
and
see
my
state,
may
have
caused
it
to
toll
for
me,
and
I
know
not
that.
The
church
is
Catholic,
universal,
so
are
all
her
actions;
all
that
she
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