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adjiciendum_fw-la ob_fw-la illicitum_fw-la innovationis_fw-la state_n in_o illo_fw-la gradu_fw-la si_fw-la potestis_fw-la ecce_fw-la enim_fw-la convenio_fw-la vos_fw-la &_o praeter_fw-la pascha_fw-la jejunantes_fw-la citra_fw-la illos_fw-la dies_fw-la quibus_fw-la ablatus_fw-la est_fw-la sponsus_fw-la &_o stationum_fw-la semijejunia_fw-la interponentes_fw-la &_o mero_fw-la interdum_fw-la pane_fw-la &_o aquâ_fw-la victitante_n ut_fw-la cuique_fw-la visum_fw-la est_fw-la denique_fw-la respondetis_fw-la haec_fw-la ex_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la agenda_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la imperio_fw-la movistis_fw-la igitur_fw-la gradum_fw-la excedendo_fw-la traditionem_fw-la cùm_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la constituta_fw-la obitis_fw-la quale_n est_fw-la autem_fw-la ut_fw-la tuo_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la permittas_fw-la quod_fw-la imperio_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la das_fw-la and_o c._n 14._o si_fw-mi etc._n etc._n curio_n pascha_fw-la celebramus_fw-la annuo_fw-la circulo_fw-la in_o mense_fw-la 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