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jam_fw-la eorum_fw-la praebendas_fw-la alii_fw-la possident_fw-la he_o say_v not_o only_o qui_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la ante_fw-la te_fw-la but_o he_o say_v quos_fw-la bene_fw-la novisti_fw-la dum_fw-la adhuc_fw-la viverent_fw-la &_o in_o studiis_fw-la florerent_fw-la he_o often_o make_v use_n of_o these_o way_n of_o speak_v b._n 3._o c._n 43._o n._n 2._o veniet_fw-la tempus_fw-la quando_fw-la apparebit_fw-la magister_fw-la magistrorum_fw-la christus_fw-la he_o do_v not_o say_v abbas_n abbatum_fw-la b._n 1._o c._n 3._o n._n 2._o taceant_fw-la omnes_fw-la doctores_fw-la he_o speak_v of_o the_o dispute_n of_o the_o school_n ibid._n quid_fw-la curae_fw-la nobis_fw-la de_fw-la generibus_fw-la &_o speciebus_fw-la ibid._n n._n 3._o quid_fw-la prodest_fw-la tibi_fw-la alta_fw-la de_fw-la trinitate_fw-la disputare_fw-la he_o speak_v like_o a_o man_n who_o business_n it_o be_v to_o read_v and_o hear_v ibid._n n._n 2._o taedet_fw-la i_o saepe_fw-la multa_fw-la legere_fw-la &_o audire_fw-la he_o show_v 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