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solvitis_fw-la meridie_fw-la jejunium_fw-la etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr jei._n c._n 2._o prudent_a 1._o cath._n hymn_n post_fw-la jejun_n v._o tert._n de_fw-fr jejun_fw-fr c._n 2._o 13._o hier._n ep_v 54._o ad_fw-la marcel_n aug._n c._n faust._n manich._n l._n 30._o c._n 5._o ad_fw-la casul_n ep._n 86._o epiph._n in_o expos._n fidei_fw-la cath._n n._n 23._o socr._n l._n 5._o c._n 22._o victor_n antioch_n in_o marc._n 2._o cassian_n coll._n 21._o c._n 30._o voss._n etym._n cic._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr n._n d._n fest_n v._o religios_fw-la aq._n 2._o 2._o q._n 92._o art_n 2._o q._n 98._o art_n 3._o suarez_n de_fw-fr rel._n tr_fw-la 3._o l._n 2._o c._n 1._o matt._n 12._o 10._o 12._o fresh_a suit_n p._n 101._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d men._n mic._n 6._o 8._o plutarch_n de_fw-fr super_v cic._n de_fw-fr legib_n l._n 2._o c._n 9_o porta_n mosis_fw-la p._n 201._o ver._n 18._o jam._n 3._o 15._o ver._n 17._o