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fair_a and_o perfect_a to_o be_v see_v romanorum_fw-la ibid._n fol._n 73._o sacellum_fw-la sanctae_fw-la crucis_fw-la septem_fw-la romanorum_fw-la the_o very_a word_n be_v these_o these_o 3._o prayer_n be_v write_v in_o the_o chapel_n of_o the_o holy_a cross_n in_o rome_n otherwise_o call_v the_o chapel_n of_o the_o holy_a cross_n of_o the_o 7._o roman_n who_o that_o devout_o say_v they_o they_o shall_v obtain_v x.c.m._n year_n of_o pardon_n for_o deadly_a sin_n mark_v good_a reader_n ten_o hundred_o thousand_o year_n grant_v by_o our_o holy_a father_n john_n 22._o pope_n of_o rome_n see_v you_o romish_a child_n the_o bounty_n of_o your_o great_a father_n you_o that_o believe_v this_o we_o marvel_v not_o that_o many_o go_v so_o fast_o but_o that_o any_o of_o you_o can_v be_v keep_v from_o go_v to_o rome_n to_o enjoy_v the_o embracement_n of_o so_o bountiful_a and_o tender_a a_o father_n that_o have_v his_o hundred_o and_o thousand_o nay_o a_o million_o of_o year_n ready_a at_o hand_n 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