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carcerem_fw-la conjectus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la jam_fw-la tunc_fw-la appareret_fw-la quid_fw-la esset_fw-la futurum_fw-la iis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la qui_fw-la justitiam_fw-la veram_fw-la defendere_fw-la deoque_fw-la singulari_fw-la servire_fw-la coepissent_fw-la i_o have_v often_o pity_v the_o miserable_a bishop_n that_o suffer_v in_o the_o cause_n of_o antipode_n the_o suffering_n be_v that_o he_o lose_v his_o bishopric_n for_o deny_v the_o antipode_n vid._n
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