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that_o sin_n be_v he_o when_o his_o will_n first_o yield_v an_fw-mi putas_fw-la tunc_fw-la primùm_fw-la te_fw-la intrare_fw-la meritorium_fw-la cùm_fw-la fornicem_fw-la meretricis_fw-la ingrederis_fw-la say_v st._n ambrose_n do_v thou_o think_v thou_o then_o first_o enterd_v the_o stew_n when_o thou_o do_v first_o set_v foot_n in_o the_o harlot_n house_n intrasti_fw-la jam_fw-la cùm_fw-la cogitationes_fw-la tuas_fw-la meretrix_n intravit_fw-la thou_o be_v in_o already_o when_o the_o strange_a woman_n enter_v thy_o thought_n and_o when_o thy_o will_n have_v determine_v its_o act_n thou_o be_v a_o adulterer_n though_o thou_o know_v no_o woman_n and_o st._n augustine_n give_v the_o reason_n nihil_fw-la enim_fw-la aliud_fw-la quà m_fw-la ipsum_fw-la velle_fw-la est_fw-la habere_fw-la quod_fw-la volumus_fw-la for_o to_o have_v that_o which_o i_o will_v it_o be_v enough_o to_o will_v it_o villicus_fw-la si_fw-la velit_fw-la nihil_fw-la peccat_fw-la say_v columella_n the_o steward_n or_o 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