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lie_v and_o feign_v nec_fw-la si_fw-la miserum_fw-la fortuna_fw-la sinonem_fw-la finxit_fw-la vanum_fw-la etiam_fw-la mâ—ndacemque_fw-la improba_fw-la finget_fw-la where_o as_o you_o plain_o see_v he_o use_v vanus_fw-la and_o mendax_fw-la a_o vain_a man_n and_o a_o lie_a man_n as_o two_o word_n of_o one_o sense_n so_o likewise_o that_o apoliinaris_n in_o gellius_n of_o who_o i_o speak_v before_o he_o define_v vanos_n 4._o to_o be_v proper_o mendaces_fw-la et_fw-la infidos_fw-la that_o be_v liar_n and_o unfaithful_a man_n and_o in_o this_o same_o sense_n do_v likewise_o the_o scripture_n use_v the_o name_n of_o vanity_n o_o you_o son_n of_o man_n 4.2_o say_v the_o prophet_n david_n how_o long_o will_v you_o love_v vanity_n and_o seek_v after_o lie_n where_o the_o latter_a word_n expound_v what_o be_v mean_v by_o the_o former_a to_o wit_n that_o by_o vanity_n he_o understand_v lie_v 12.2_o so_o likewise_o in_o a_o other_o place_n vanitatem_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la cuique_fw-la cum_fw-la 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express_v the_o whole_a nature_n of_o
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they_o seem_v to_o be_v full_a light_a in_o all_o those_o thing_n wherein_o they_o seem_v to_o be_v weighty_a and_o treacherous_a in_o all_o those_o thing_n wherein_o they_o seem_v to_o be_v friendly_a so_o that_o they_o do_v nothing_o but_o delude_v and_o abuse_v our_o weak_a sense_n with_o false_a and_o flatter_a show_n of_o a_o certain_a paint_a goodness_n that_o which_o indeed_o be_v not_o in_o they_o and_o therefore_o those_o man_n which_o set_v their_o heart_n upon_o they_o and_o place_v their_o whole_a felicity_n in_o they_o be_v as_o vain_a and_o as_o foolish_a as_o if_o they_o shall_v make_v their_o felicity_n of_o a_o empty_a bladder_n which_o be_v vanum_fw-la vacuum_n or_o of_o a_o light_a feather_n which_o be_v vanum_fw-la ventosum_fw-la or_o of_o a_o lie_a picture_n which_o be_v vanum_fw-la falsum_fw-la all_o which_o be_v great_a point_n of_o ridiculous_a folly_n the_o three_o signification_n of_o this_o word_n vanity_n be_v all_o one_o with_o frustra_fw-la vanum_fw-la 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