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to_o say_v that_o lubricitie_n change_v the_o man_n into_o brute_n beast_n it_o shall_v be_v easy_a to_o gather_v the_o mishap_n which_o a_o dissolute_a and_o wanton_a woman_n draw_v after_o she_o which_o be_v take_v from_o the_o latin_a word_n mulier_fw-la which_o represent_v unto_o we_o so_o many_o evil_n as_o that_o contain_v letter_n which_o be_v six_o to_o wite_v m._n u._n l._n i._o e._n r._n a_o evil_a woman_n be_v the_o evil_a of_o eull_n the_o vanity_n of_o vanity_n the_o lechery_n of_o letchery_n the_o choler_n of_o be_v the_o fury_n of_o fury_n and_o the_o ruin_n of_o realm_n another_o good_a father_n have_v discourse_v all_o these_o epithet_n according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o the_o alphabet_n but_o what_o be_v that_o the_o italian_a poet_n speak_v when_o thus_o against_o that_o sex_n he_o inveigh_v credo_fw-la che_fw-it t'habbiae_fw-la la_fw-it natura_fw-la e_fw-la dio_fw-mi produtto_fw-mi o_fw-mi scelerato_fw-la sesso_fw-la all_o mondo_fw-la per_fw-la una_fw-la soma_fw-la per_fw-la un_fw-fr grave_n fio_fw-it del_fw-it huom_fw-fr '_o che_fw-it senza_fw-it te_fw-la saria_fw-la giocondo_fw-la comm_n '_o have_v produtto_fw-mi anco_fw-la il_fw-it serpenterio_fw-la eil_fw-fr lupo_fw-la è_fw-la l_o orso_fw-la è_fw-it fa_fw-it l'aer_fw-mi fecond_n edi_fw-la mosche_fw-la è_fw-it di_fw-it vespe_fw-fr è_fw-it di_fw-it tafani_fw-la el'oglio_n è_fw-it avena_fw-la fanascer_n troth_n i_o grani_fw-la perche_n fatto_fw-it non_fw-it ha_o l'alma_fw-la natura_fw-la vhe_fw-it senza_fw-it te_fw-mi potesse_n nascer_n '_o l'home_n comme_fw-fr s'inesta_fw-la per_fw-la humana_fw-la cura_fw-la l'vn_n sopra_fw-la l'altro_fw-la il_fw-it pero_fw-la il_fw-it sorlo_o il_fw-fr pomo_fw-la ma_fw-fr quella_fw-it non_fw-it può_fw-la far_o '_o sempre_fw-it a_o misura_fw-la anzi_n s'io_fw-it vo_z guardar_n come_fw-mi io_fw-it la_fw-it nomo_fw-la ueggio_n che_fw-it non_fw-it può_fw-la far_o '_o cosa_fw-mi perfetta_fw-it poi_n che_fw-it natura_fw-la femina_fw-la vine_n detta_fw-it non_fw-fr siate_n pero_fw-la tumide_a o_o fastose_n donne_fw-fr per_fw-mi dir_fw-mi che_fw-mi l'hom_n siam_fw-it vostro_fw-la figlio_fw-it vhe_fw-it de_fw-fr le_fw-fr spin_v anchor_n nascon_n lerose_n e_z d'vna_fw-la fedida_fw-la herba_fw-la nasce_fw-la il_fw-it giglio_fw-it importune_v superb_fw-la è_fw-la dispettose_fw-la frâ—â—e_fw-fr damour_fw-fr di_fw-it fede_fw-it è_fw-it di_fw-it consiglio_fw-it temerarie_a crudeli_fw-la inique_fw-la ingrate_fw-it par_fw-fr pestilentia_fw-la eterna_fw-la all_o mondo_fw-la nate_fw-fr etc._n etc._n i_o have_v rather_o some_o other_o shall_v take_v the_o pain_n to_o translate_v these_o vearse_n into_o our_o mother_n tongue_n than_o myself_o for_o now_o a_o day_n the_o world_n swarm_v with_o such_o a_o number_n of_o privy_a aristarchi_n that_o think_v no_o meat_n can_v be_v good_a that_o be_v not_o sod_a in_o their_o own_o broth_n nor_o proverb_n well_o apply_v that_o have_v not_o past_o their_o pen_n wherefore_o i_o will_v spare_v that_o pain_n and_o pass_v over_o the_o care_n thereof_o to_o some_o of_o those_o which_o be_v so_o curious_a to_o bestow_v their_o cunning_n yet_o