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most_o mighty_a most_o high_a most_o holy_a and_o sovereign_a god_n holy_a father_n and_o just_a lord_n king_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n we_o thank_v thou_o for_o the_o love_n of_o thyself_o because_o that_o by_o thy_o will_n and_o by_o thy_o only_a son_n with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n thou_o have_v create_v all_o thing_n corporal_a and_o incorporal_a then_o do_v frame_v we_o according_a to_o thy_o image_n and_o place_v we_o in_o the_o terrestrial_a paradise_n whence_o through_o our_o fault_n we_o be_v fall_v we_o also_o thank_v thou_o for_o that_o as_o thou_o have_v create_v we_o for_o thy_o son_n so_o for_o the_o infinite_a love_n which_o thou_o do_v bear_v unto_o we_o thou_o have_v procure_v he_o to_o be_v bear_v in_o this_o world_n true_a god_n and_o true_a man_n of_o the_o womb_n of_o the_o ever_o glorious_a virgin_n mary_n and_o will_v that_o his_o life_n shall_v be_v unto_o we_o a_o example_n of_o poverty_n humility_n and_o penitence_n and_o that_o his_o precious_a blood_n his_o 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