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proferâ—_n quilibet_fw-la damnatus_fw-la dicens_fw-la utinam_fw-la consumptus_fw-la essem_fw-la ne_fw-la oculus_fw-la i_o videret_fw-la job._n 10._o secundan_n verò_fw-la addit_fw-la dicens_fw-la repleta_fw-la enim_fw-la malis_fw-la anima_fw-la mea_fw-la psal._n 87._o et_fw-la omnes_fw-la alij_fw-la respondent_fw-la cum_fw-la eo_fw-la repleti_fw-la sumus_fw-la despectione_n psal._n 122._o tertiam_fw-la omnes_fw-la insimul_fw-la cantant_fw-la dicentes_fw-la miserabiles_fw-la facti_fw-la sumus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la hominibus_fw-la 1._o cor._n 15._o quartam_fw-la cantat_fw-la quilibet_fw-la eorum_fw-la dicens_fw-la fancy_n mea_fw-la intumuit_fw-la à _fw-la fletu_fw-la job._n 16._o item_n faciem_fw-la meam_fw-la operuit_fw-la caligo_n job._n 23._o quintam_fw-la addunt_fw-la omnes_fw-la simul_fw-la dicentes_fw-la sol_fw-la iustitiae_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ortus_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o in_o malitia_fw-la nostra_fw-la consumpti_fw-la sumus_fw-la sap._n 5._o sextam_fw-la cantant_fw-la 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20._o and_o as_o for_o those_o which_o play_v upon_o the_o lute_n and_o sing_v ribaldry_n and_o bawdy_a song_n in_o stead_n of_o say_v grace_n doubtless_o they_o much_o forget_v themselves_o see_v we_o be_v all_o bind_v to_o give_v god_n thanks_o for_o the_o benefit_n we_o receive_v at_o our_o repast_n from_o his_o liberal_a and_o bountiful_a hand_n and_o here_o i_o will_v show_v those_o that_o love_n to_o play_v upon_o the_o lute_n and_o other_o instrument_n upon_o what_o lute_n they_o ought_v to_o play_v mark_v then_o as_o a_o lute_n have_v seven_o string_n so_o it_o be_v hollow_a by_o the_o seven_o string_n be_v mean_v the_o seven_o petition_n of_o the_o pater_fw-la noster_fw-la with_o which_o we_o must_v give_v god_n thanks_o for_o the_o pater_fw-la noster_fw-la be_v the_o best_a form_n of_o prayer_n that_o ever_o be_v see_v for_o therein_o be_v contain_v whatsoever_o be_v necessary_a for_o us._n likewise_o the_o seven_o string_n signify_v these_o seven_o virtue_n prudence_n 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