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luc._n haec_fw-la est_fw-la
invidentium_fw-la natura_fw-la ut_fw-la malinâ—_n propria_fw-la mala_fw-la pati_fw-la quam_fw-la aliena_fw-la bona_fw-la intueri_fw-la mend_v in_o 1_o sam._n 5._o quanto_fw-la ille_fw-la qui_fw-la invidetur_fw-la successu_fw-la meliore_fw-la profecerit_fw-la tanto_fw-la inuidus_fw-la in_o majus_fw-la incendium_fw-la livoris_fw-la ignibus_fw-la inardescit_fw-la cypr._n lib._n de_fw-fr zel._n &_o liv._o non_fw-la illos_fw-la malos_fw-la faciendo_fw-la sed_fw-la istis_fw-la bona_fw-la quibus_fw-la mali_fw-la facillimè_fw-la possunt_fw-la invidere_fw-la largiendo_fw-la incitesse_n dicitur_fw-la ad_fw-la odium_fw-la august_n in_o loc_n and_o dream_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v high_o than_o they_o in_o his_o worldly_a condition_n the_o israelite_n likewise_o be_v envy_v because_o they_o increase_v more_o than_o egyptian_n david_n by_o saul_n because_o the_o woman_n ascribe_v more_o thousand_o to_o he_o then_o to_o saul_n moses_n by_o miriam_n and_o aaron_n because_o by_o god_n advance_v 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