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scotus_n in_o scent_n do_v 15._o decret_a secunda_fw-la parte_fw-la c._n usa_fw-la 23._o q._n 3._o et_fw-la seneca_n passimâ—_n qui_fw-la succurrere_fw-la perituro_fw-la potest_fw-la cum_fw-la non_fw-la succurrâ—t_fw-la occidit_fw-la and_o cicero_n say_v nâ—l_fw-la habet_fw-la fortuna_fw-la majus_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la possit_fw-la nec_fw-la nâ—turametius_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la velit_fw-la seruare_fw-la pro._n xxiv_o 11_o 12._o qui_fw-la non_fw-la repellit_fw-la injuriam_fw-la à _fw-la socio_fw-la cùm_fw-la potest_fw-la tam_fw-la est_fw-la in_o vitio_fw-la quam_fw-la qui_fw-la facit_fw-la he_o that_o hinder_v not_o a_o injury_n or_o a_o wrong_n that_o be_v do_v his_o fellow_n when_o it_o lie_v in_o his_o power_n to_o do_v it_o be_v as_o much_o in_o fault_n as_o he_o that_o do_v the_o injury_n and_o solomon_n say_v if_o thou_o faint_v in_o the_o day_n of_o adversity_n thy_o strength_n be_v small_a and_o if_o thou_o forbear_v to_o deliver_v they_o that_o be_v draw_v unto_o death_n 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