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that_o christian_n be_v far_o more_o dutiful_a and_o faithful_a to_o god_n then_o their_o persecutor_n be_v long_o illi_fw-la sunt_fw-la quam_fw-la vos_fw-la erga_fw-la deum_fw-la liberiores_fw-la atque_fw-la fidentiores_fw-la vos_fw-fr cultum_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la tenetis_fw-la quocirca_fw-la &_o illum_fw-la colentibus_fw-la aemulatione_fw-la invidetis_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la usque_fw-la persequimini_fw-la de_fw-fr rebus_fw-la eiusmodi_fw-la &_o alij_fw-la quidam_fw-la provinciarum_fw-la rectores_fw-la divinissimo_fw-la patri_fw-la meo_fw-la scripserunt_fw-la quibus_fw-la ille_fw-la rescripsit_fw-la nihil_fw-la molestiae_fw-la faciendum_fw-la esse_fw-la talibus_fw-la viris_fw-la nisi_fw-la quid_fw-la adversus_fw-la imporium_n romanum_fw-la moliti_fw-la esse_fw-la deprehenderentur_fw-la quin_n &_o ad_fw-la i_o multi_fw-la de_fw-fr eye_n literas_fw-la dederâât_fw-la quibus_fw-la de_fw-la patris_fw-la mei_fw-la quem_fw-la imitandum_fw-la mihi_fw-la esse_fw-la duxi_fw-la 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