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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d desiderium_fw-la repent_v populos_fw-la europae_n invadit_fw-la memorabilis_fw-la historia_fw-la circa_n an._n dom._n 1260._o cum_fw-la pauci_fw-la in_o italia_n velut_fw-la sydere_fw-la afflati_fw-la cepissent_fw-la seize_v ex_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la flagellare_fw-la miro_fw-la casu_fw-la ad_fw-la reliquos_fw-la europae_n populos_fw-la exemplum_fw-la manavit_fw-la &_o eos_fw-la quoque_fw-la cupiditas_fw-la flagellandi_fw-la se_fw-la incessit_fw-la vide_fw-la chron._n patau._n mona_fw-la p._n 612._o 1613._o and_o who_o have_v not_o hear_v of_o the_o milesian_n virgin_n a_o thing_n so_o general_o attest_v by_o all_o ancient_n that_o no_o man_n can_v reasonable_o make_v a_o question_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o it_o a_o humour_n take_v they_o to_o make_v themselves_o away_o no_o persuasion_n of_o friend_n or_o parent_n or_o any_o thing_n else_o that_o be_v most_o dear_a unto_o they_o nor_o any_o other_o mean_n that_o can_v be_v think_v of_o be_v effectual_a to_o 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to_o herself_o that_o she_o see_v god_n visible_o every_o time_n she_o go_v to_o church_n and_o be_v ask_v whether_o she_o suffer_v any_o distraction_n of_o sense_n she_o say_v no_o i_o wonder_v who_o do_v in_o that_o case_n and_o be_v believe_v the_o first_o visible_a fit_n it_o seem_v begin_v in_o the_o church_n p._n 33._o with_o a_o tremble_a so_o that_o she_o let_v her_o wax-candle_n which_o by_o the_o proper_a ceremony_n of_o the_o day_n she_o hold_v in_o her_o hand_n fall_v to_o the_o ground_n and_o can_v not_o take_v it_o up_o from_o that_o time_n her_o vision_n it_o seem_v begin_v to_o be_v very_o frequent_a and_o i_o find_v it_o observe_v p._n 31.33.45.50_o that_o she_o can_v seldom_o speak_v or_o express_v herself_o when_o she_o have_v see_v any_o thing_n so_o that_o she_o only_o reap_v the_o benefit_n of_o those_o great_a secret_n and_o mystery_n which_o god_n be_v say_v to_o have_v reveal_v unto_o she_o but_o from_o 21._o of_o her_o life_n p._n 38.54_o her_o ecstasy_n 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tell_v we_o the_o care_n of_o the_o affair_n of_o france_n which_o she_o do_v accept_v and_o commend_v herself_o unto_o god_n at_o the_o same_o time_n pag._n 101._o she_o foretell_v somewhat_o of_o her_o death_n that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v a_o natural_a death_n nor_o by_o ordinary_a mean_n but_o it_o fall_v out_o otherwise_o though_o the_o story_n do_v endeavour_v to_o make_v it_o good_a but_o in_o vain_a for_o she_o die_v of_o a_o general_a consumption_n of_o the_o body_n the_o most_o natural_a death_n that_o can_v happen_v to_o such_o a_o life_n which_o end_v in_o a_o continual_a fever_n with_o a_o kind_n of_o lethargy_n or_o caros_fw-la very_o violent_a at_o the_o last_o and_o so_o make_v a_o end_n of_o she_o it_o seem_v she_o do_v not_o think_v to_o die_v when_o she_o do_v as_o our_o story_n tell_v we_o p._n 115.117_o which_o i_o suppose_v will_v tell_v we_o no_o more_o of_o that_o than_o it_o must_v needs_o she_o have_v some_o strange_a sight_n before_o her_o death_n as_o for_o 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