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obscurum_fw-la &_o minus_fw-la gloriosum_fw-la putabat_fw-la sin_v publicitùs_fw-la &_o apertè_fw-la in_o conspectu_fw-la omnium_fw-la absque_fw-la pudore_fw-la flegitiosus_fw-la esset_fw-la id_fw-la dâ—mùm_fw-la principe_fw-la &_o imperatore_n dignum_fw-la putabat_fw-la nicephorus_n his_o story_n who_o hold_v it_o a_o disparagement_n to_o himself_o to_o commit_v wickedness_n in_o secret_a and_o cover_v his_o filthiness_n with_o the_o dark_a shadow_n of_o the_o night_n for_o that_o it_o become_v not_o sovereign_a majesty_n to_o fear_v any_o thing_n he_o think_v he_o can_v not_o show_v himself_o a_o prince_n unless_o without_o fear_n or_o shame_n he_o commit_v outrage_n in_o the_o face_n of_o the_o sun_n such_o be_v those_o jew_n who_o the_o prophet_n jeremy_n brand_v in_o the_o forehead_n with_o the_o mark_n of_o a_o strumpet_n that_o can_v blush_v 8.12_o blush_v jer_n 8.12_o be_v they_o ashamed_a when_o they_o commit_v abomination_n nay_o ashamed_a nay_o jer._n