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else_o than_o a_o mockery_n of_o the_o duty_n of_o which_o card._n bona_n in_o the_o 21_o chapter_n of_o his_o first_o book_n of_o liturgy_n complain_v as_o loud_a as_o he_o dare_v ita_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la say_v the_o cardinal_n ut_fw-la non_fw-la prorsus_fw-la veneranda_fw-la vetustas_fw-la interterit_fw-la dum_fw-la ordo_fw-la à _fw-la sanctis_fw-la patribus_fw-la praesciptus_fw-la saltem_fw-la in_o publica_fw-la officiorum_fw-la recitatione_n retinetur_fw-la quamvis_fw-la legitimus_fw-la horarum_fw-la punctus_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la attendatur_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la horae_fw-la nonae_fw-la officium_fw-la tertia_fw-la vel_fw-la quarta_fw-la post_fw-la meridiem_fw-la in_o vigiliis_fw-la psallimus_fw-la neque_fw-la vesperas_fw-la in_o quadragesima_fw-la circa_fw-la solis_fw-la occasum_fw-la sed_fw-la una_fw-la vel_fw-la duabus_fw-la horis_fw-la ante_fw-la meridiem_fw-la quae_fw-la anticipatio_fw-la ut_fw-la doctissimus_fw-la francelinus_n scribit_fw-la cap._n 34._o quaedam_fw-la est_fw-la nostri_fw-la temporis_fw-la calamitas_fw-la ne_fw-la dicam_fw-la abusus_fw-la caepit_fw-la hac_fw-la horaâ—um_fw-la pra_fw-la ventio_fw-la post_fw-la saeculum_fw-la duodecimum_fw-la introduci_fw-la cum_fw-la pristina_fw-la severitas_fw-la paulatim_fw-la relaxata_fw-la mollim_fw-la disciplina_fw-la successit_fw-la de_fw-la quâ_fw-la satius_fw-la est_fw-la tacere_fw-la quam_fw-la loqui_fw-la and_o so_o that_o they_o may_v observe_v the_o ancient_a rule_n of_o not_o eat_v upon_o a_o fast_a day_n till_o after_o vesper_n they_o have_v turn_v the_o morning_n into_o evening_n and_o say_v the_o vespersâ—ten_o â—ten_z a_o clock_n that_o they_o may_v go_v to_o dinner_n at_o eleven_o a_o hour_n appoint_v and_o at_o night_n they_o that_o shall_v stand_v in_o need_n of_o it_o and_o have_v a_o appetite_n to_o drink_v for_o their_o healths-sake_n may_v eat_v a_o light_a collation_n according_a to_o the_o permission_n of_o the_o church_n but_o if_o they_o shall_v exceed_v 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