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with_o the_o body_n of_o great_a prince_n wherein_o it_o appear_v whereunto_o saint_n ambrose_n pretend_v for_o least_o we_o not_o think_v that_o he_o have_v be_v of_o a_o other_o mind_n and_o opinion_n than_o the_o other_o doctor_n which_o have_v write_v both_o in_o his_o time_n &_o before_o he_o and_o to_o this_o end_n that_o you_o shall_v the_o better_o know_v that_o i_o speak_v not_o so_o without_o reason_n give_v ear_n and_o marlie_n what_o other_o doctor_n say_v which_o be_v contain_v in_o the_o decree_n themselves_o and_o adjoin_v immediate_o after_o that_o which_o yond_o declare_v of_o saint_n ambrose_n the_o which_o will_v serve_v we_o for_o the_o declaration_n of_o the_o same_o and_o consormation_n of_o nsy_n worbe_n first_o you_o have_v saint_n gyprian_a who_o christian_n declare_v unto_o the_o christian_n that_o they_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v sorrowful_a and_o sad_a neither_o for_o their_o death_n nor_o yet_o for_o that_o of_o other_o say_v be_v it_o not_o a_o strange_a 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