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which_o nature_n herself_o inspire_v you_o with_o &_o which_o god_n have_v so_o strict_o command_v you_o be_v not_o to_o have_v the_o fear_v of_o god._n there_o be_v no_o menace_n with_o which_o he_o have_v not_o threaten_v those_o child_n who_o be_v want_v to_o their_o duty_n 19_o duty_n qui_fw-la affligit_fw-la patrem_fw-la &_o sugit_fw-la matrem_fw-la ignominiosus_fw-la erit_fw-la &_o infoelix_fw-la prov._n 19_o he_o say_v that_o he_o who_o afflict_v his_o father_n and_o fly_v from_o the_o discreet_a admonition_n of_o his_o mother_n will_v become_v infamous_a and_o miserable_a 20._o miserable_a qui_fw-la maledicit_fw-la patri_fw-la &_o matri_fw-la extinguetur_fw-la lucerna_fw-la ejus_fw-la in_o mediis_fw-la tenebris_fw-la prov._n 20._o he_o who_o curse_v his_o father_n or_o mother_n shall_v perish_v his_o light_n that_o be_v his_o life_n shall_v be_v extinct_a in_o darkness_n that_o be_v death_n 36._o death_n oculum_fw-la qui_fw-la subsannat_fw-la patrem_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la 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