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concure_v to_o it_o resoned_a learned_a resoun_fw-fr reason_n reule_n rule_n rewine_n room_n rightwisnesse_n justice_n roos_n rose_n route_n multitude_n s._n saaf_a safe_a sad_n grave_n sadness_n gravity_n save_o the_o caase_n solve_v the_o question_n scant_o scarce_o schai_n shall_v schapide_v prepare_v sche_n she_o schewe_v show_n schipp_n ship_n schope_o intend_a or_o order_v schortli_fw-it short_o schotte_v slay_v schulde_v shall_v scole_n school_n see_v see_v seche_v seek_v seie_o say_v servage_a bondage_n settid_v resolve_v settiden_n place_v seyntis_n saint_n sigen_n do_v see_v sikir_n secure_a sikirli_fw-la secure_o sithen_n since_o slider_n uncertain_a soon_o son._n sooth_n truth_n sothe_o certain_a sotheli_fw-it certain_o sowdan_n sultan_n stabili_fw-la firm_o stirid_a stir_v suffraunce_n permission_n sugget_n subject_n sum_n some_o sum_z some_z sink_a in_o drawn_z in_o synny_n sin_n t._n take_v mark_n be_v show_v takun_v assume_v teche_n teach_v thanne_n then_o they_o they_o thenne_n thence_o theuke_n meditate_v thy_o thy_o thilk_o that_o or_o the_o say_v though_o those_o thorug_n through_o though_o that_o who_o tiâ—_n to_o unto_z togidere_fw-la together_o three_fw-mi three_z trenys_n lamentation_n tretid_v treat_v treuli_n treu_o trew_n true_a trouthis_fw-la truth_n trow_v believe_v tungis_n tongue_n twey_n two_o twy_n twice_o v._o uce_n use_n uerri_fw-la very_o ueyn_fw-mi vain_a uidewite_n widowhood_n unbigilefulnesse_n veracity_n undeptabili_fw-la undoubted_o undoutabili_fw-la undoubted_o unto_o time_n unâ—â—l_n unwist_n unknown_a urri_fw-la true_a w._n waast_a vain_a waisch_v wash_v we_o will_v well_o weigh_v way_n well_o prisid_v well_o esteem_v weren_a be_v werkis_n work_n be_v war._n weve_v complain_v whanne_n when_o whicchecraft_n witchcraft_n whilis_fw-la whilst_o 100_o wintre_n 100_o year_n wi_v know_v without_o forth_o external_a withynne_v forth_o internal_a witti_n learned_a wittis_n undirstanding_n wittyngis_fw-la testimony_n wolden_a will_v wole_n will._n worch_v work_a worschipid_a worship_v worschipid_a esteem_v wyf_n wife_n y._n y_fw-fr i._n ydel_n idle_a you_o you_o year_n year_n yhe_o yea_o yitt_o yet_o ynoug_n enough_o ysidir_n isidore_n yvel_o evil_a finis_fw-la finis_fw-la tract_n in_o joan._n 96_o 97._o 97._o lib._n strom._n passim_fw-la passim_fw-la de_fw-fr prescript_n haeres_fw-la haeres_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 2._o lib._n 2._o cap._n 3._o quia_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la s._n scripture_n inveniri_fw-la veritas_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la nesciunt_fw-la traditionem_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la per_fw-la literas_fw-la traditam_fw-la illam_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la vivam_fw-la vocem_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apologetic_n in_o fine_a prologi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d post_v medium_n medium_n dissuasive_a from_o popery_n par._n 2._o lib._n 1._o sect._n 2._o 2._o sed_fw-la tum_fw-la s._n doctrina_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la auctoritatibus_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la utitur_fw-la quasi_fw-la extrantis_fw-la argumentis_fw-la &_o probabilibus_fw-la auctoritatibus_fw-la autem_fw-la canonicae_fw-la scripturae_fw-la utitur_fw-la propriè_fw-la ex_fw-la necessitate_v argumentâ—ndo_fw-la auctoritatibus_fw-la autem_fw-la allorum_fw-la doctorum_fw-la ecclâ—siae_fw-la quasi_fw-la arguendo_fw-la ex_fw-la propriâ—s_fw-la sed_fw-la probabilibus_fw-la inniiitur_fw-la enim_fw-la fides_fw-la nostra_fw-la revelationi_fw-la apostolis_n &_o prophetis_fw-la factae_fw-la quì_n canonicos_fw-la libros_fw-la scripserunt_fw-la â—_o non_fw-it autem_fw-la revelationi_fw-la si_fw-la qua_fw-la fuit_fw-la aliis_fw-la doctoribus_fw-la facta_fw-la