i._o ah_o tert._n de_fw-mi coron_n cap._n 3._o ad_fw-la omnem_fw-la progressum_fw-la atque_fw-la promotum_fw-la ad_fw-la omnem_fw-la aditum_fw-la atque_fw-la exitum_fw-la ad_fw-la calceatum_fw-la ad_fw-la lavacra_fw-la ad_fw-la mensas_fw-la ad_fw-la lumina_fw-la ad_fw-la cubilia_fw-la ad_fw-la sedilia_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la nos_fw-la conversatio_fw-la exercet_fw-la frontem_fw-la crucis_fw-la signaculo_fw-la terimus_fw-la g_o 2_o ibid._n die_v dominico_n jejuniâ—m_fw-la nefas_fw-la ducimus_fw-la vel_fw-la de_fw-la geniculis_fw-la adorare_fw-la eadem_fw-la immunitate_fw-la à _fw-la aye_o paschae_fw-la in_o pentecosten_n usque_fw-la gaudemus_fw-la ay_o ibid._n calicis_fw-la aut_fw-la panis_n etiam_fw-la nostri_fw-la aliquid_fw-la decuti_fw-la in_o terram_fw-la anxiè_fw-la patimur_fw-la n_z tert._n de_fw-mi orat._n cap._n 12._o quòd_fw-la assignatâ_fw-la oratione_fw-la assidendi_fw-la mos_fw-la est_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la rationem_fw-la non_fw-la video_fw-la nisi_fw-la si_fw-la hermas_n 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