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their_o non-proficiencie_n in_o that_o they_o do_v not_o amend_v as_o for_o their_o deficiency_n in_o that_o they_o wax_v daily_o worse_o and_o worse_o let_v we_o now_o come_v to_o barelete_n nunquam_fw-la say_v he_o fol._n 261._o col_fw-fr 1._o mundus_fw-la fuit_fw-la tam_fw-la malus_fw-la ut_fw-la nunc_fw-la neque_fw-la tam_fw-la separatus_fw-la à _fw-la dei_fw-la amore_fw-la &_o proximi_fw-la ut_fw-la nunc_fw-la est_fw-la thus_o we_o see_v how_o all_o three_o though_o live_v in_o several_a country_n jump_v and_o accord_n in_o one_o in_o take_v up_o the_o same_o complaint_n against_o the_o wickedness_n of_o their_o time_n as_o far_o surpass_v all_o the_o outrage_n and_o enormity_n of_o former_a age_n let_v we_o in_o the_o next_o place_n consider_v how_o they_o upbray_v christian_n with_o the_o same_o vice_n affirm_v that_o turk_n and_o other_o infidel_n lead_v not_o so_o loose_a a_o life_n by_o many_o degree_n maillard_n have_v report_v how_o at_o tours_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n lewis_n the_o eight_o the_o jew_n reprove_v christian_n for_o say_v that_o christ_n die_v for_o they_o and_o yet_o blaspheme_v and_o curse_v he_o have_v these_o word_n audeo_fw-la dicere_fw-la quòd_fw-la plures_fw-la insolentiae_fw-la fiunt_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la christianorum_fw-la quam_fw-la judaeorum_n and_o fol._n 147._o col_fw-fr 2._o he_o say_v he_o have_v converse_v with_o 〈◊〉_d moor_n and_o find_v they_o far_o honest_a man_n than_o the_o christian_n then_o live_v in_o france_n friar_n michael_n menot_n say_v no_o less_o sunt_fw-la judaei_n in_o auinione_n &_o sunt_fw-la pagani_n in_fw-la patria_fw-la sua_fw-la sed_fw-la firmiter_fw-la credo_fw-la quòd_fw-la secluso_fw-la lumine_fw-la fidei_fw-la perfectiùs_fw-la moraliusque_fw-la viwnt_fw-la quam_fw-la hodie_fw-la plures_fw-la christiani_n nec_fw-la tantae_fw-la miseriae_fw-la fiunt_fw-la inter_fw-la eos_fw-la sicut_fw-la inter_fw-la nos_fw-la nescio_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la vobis_fw-la seruiat_fw-la nomen_fw-la christianitatis_fw-la &_o fides_fw-la christi_fw-la quam_fw-la recepistis_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la let_v we_o now_o hear_v what_o barelete_n tell_v his_o italian_n fol._n 24._o col_fw-fr 1._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr plus_fw-la erubescentia_fw-la
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