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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d august_n say_v 23._o consuetudo_fw-la scripturae_fw-la est_fw-la etiam_fw-la specioso_n corpore_fw-la bonos_fw-es vocare_fw-la it_o be_v a_o ordinary_a thing_n in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n say_v he_o to_o call_v the_o fair_a of_o body_n good_a of_o mind_n columella_n say_v that_o the_o bee_n choose_v the_o fair_a and_o the_o best_a form_v to_o be_v their_o king_n pythagoras_n be_v lead_v by_o beauty_n beyond_o reason_n so_o that_o he_o false_o imagine_v the_o frame_n of_o the_o body_n to_o represent_v the_o state_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o that_o the_o crookedness_n of_o the_o body_n be_v a_o sign_n of_o a_o wrack_a conscience_n so_o that_o he_o can_v not_o be_v of_o a_o upright_a mind_n who_o be_v not_o upright_o of_o body_n and_o therefore_o he_o cause_v to_o be_v write_v over_o his_o school_n that_o no_o disproportion_a fellow_n shall_v enter_v there_o for_o he_o will_v not_o give_v countenance_n to_o any_o deform_a countenance_n which_o sentence_n of_o he_o 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