del footnote[:2]
text_str = etree.tostring(footnote, method='text', encoding='utf-8').strip()
html_str = etree.tostring(footnote, method='html', encoding='utf-8')
del footnote[:2]
text_str = etree.tostring(footnote, method='text', encoding='utf-8').strip()
html_str = etree.tostring(footnote, method='html', encoding='utf-8')