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constent_fw-la 4._o juvenes_fw-la &_o rerum_fw-la imperiti_fw-la &_o in_fw-la libidinem_fw-la proclive_v ab_fw-la audienda_fw-la morum_fw-la philosophia_fw-la arcendi_fw-la 5._o quod_fw-la aliud_fw-la ab_fw-la aliis_fw-la bonis_fw-la &_o per_fw-la se_fw-la bonum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o causa_fw-la cur_n cetera_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la bona_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la summum_fw-la bonum_fw-la 6._o dei_fw-la agnitio_fw-la nihil_fw-la prodest_fw-la artifici_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la ut_fw-la arte_fw-la suabene_fw-la utatur_fw-la 7._o summum_fw-la bonum_fw-la vel_fw-la minimi_fw-la boni_fw-la accessione_n augeri_fw-la vel_fw-la reddi_fw-la potest_fw-la optabilius_fw-la 8._o paâ—per_n deformis_fw-la orbus_fw-la aut_fw-la infans_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la beatus_fw-la 9_o bonum_fw-la aeternum_fw-la bono_fw-mi unius_fw-la diei_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la magis_fw-la bonum_fw-la 10._o foelicitas_fw-la est_fw-la actio_fw-la animi_fw-la secundum_fw-la virtutem_fw-la 11._o potest_fw-la aliquis_fw-la study_v svo_fw-la felicitatem_fw-la comparare_fw-la 12._o homo_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la vita_fw-la &_o esse_fw-la &_o dici_fw-la potest_fw-la beatus_fw-la 13._o post_z have_v vitam_fw-la nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la vel_fw-la esse_fw-la vel_fw-la dici_fw-la beatus_fw-la nisi_fw-la propinquorum_fw-la vel_fw-la amicorum_fw-la ratione_fw-la 14._o naturâ_fw-la apti_fw-la ad_fw-la virtutem_fw-la eam_fw-la agendo_fw-la comparamus_fw-la 15._o virtus_fw-la est_fw-la habitus_fw-la electivus_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la mediocritate_fw-la positus_fw-la quam_fw-la ratio_fw-la prudentis_fw-la praescribit_fw-la 16._o libera_n est_fw-la nobis_fw-la voluntas_fw-la ad_fw-la bene_fw-la agendum_fw-la 17._o mundus_fw-la est_fw-la phyficè_fw-la aeternus_fw-la 18._o casus_n &_o fortuna_fw-la locum_fw-la habent_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la naturalibus_fw-la &_o humanis_fw-la 19_o res_fw-la viles_fw-la &_o inseriores_fw-la non_fw-la curate_n dei_fw-la providentia_fw-la 20._o animae_fw-la pars_fw-la una_fw-la vel_fw-la etiam_fw-la plures_fw-la sunt_fw-la mortales_fw-la 21._o et_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la hinc_fw-la pendent_fw-la vel_fw-la necessariò_fw-la sequuntur_fw-la and_o if_o any_o shall_v be_v find_v to_o do_v contrary_a to_o this_o act_n the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v proceed_v against_o he_o and_o also_o that_o no_o master_n or_o regent_n or_o any_o other_o assert_v or_o defend_v any_o