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it_o thou_o shall_v be_v good_a that_o repentance_n be_v in_o vain_a soliloquijs_fw-la idem_fw-la in_o soliloquijs_fw-la which_o afterward_o a_o fault_n pollute_v lamentation_n profit_v nothing_o if_o sin_n be_v double_v it_o avail_v nothing_o to_o crave_v pardon_n of_o evil_n and_o anew_o to_o commit_v evil_n he_o that_o knock_v his_o breast_n serm_fw-la idem_fw-la in_o quodam_fw-la serm_fw-la and_o correct_v not_o himself_o strengthen_v his_o sin_n and_o do_v not_o take_v they_o away_o nazianzenus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sÃcubi_n chalcógraphus_fw-la titubârit_fw-la lector_n amice_fw-la dam_fw-la veniam_fw-la lapso_fw-la sic_fw-la petis_fw-la ipse_fw-la tibi_fw-la finis_fw-la
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