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the_o righteous_a by_o performance_n of_o righteousness_n let_v we_o cease_v from_o sin_n and_o do_v that_o which_o be_v good_a let_v we_o seek_v peace_n and_o ensue_v it_o let_v we_o plangere_fw-la plangenda_fw-la bewail_v our_o sin_n that_o ought_v to_o be_v lament_v gravia_fw-la peccata_fw-la gravia_fw-la desiderant_fw-la lamenta_fw-la say_v isodore_n great_a sin_n require_v great_a lamentation_n sweet_a meat_n must_v have_v sour_a sauce_n rejoice_v in_o sin_n must_v have_v mourning_n for_o sin_n let_v we_o therefore_o be_v tam_fw-la proni_fw-la ad_fw-la lamenta_fw-la sicut_fw-la fuimus_fw-la ad_fw-la peccata_fw-la as_o prone_a to_o lamentation_n as_o we_o have_v be_v to_o transgression_n as_o ready_a to_o lament_v they_o as_o we_o have_v be_v to_o commit_v they_o let_v we_o sweep_v every_o corner_n of_o our_o heart_n clean_o with_o the_o broom_n of_o penance_n and_o let_v we_o water_v they_o with_o the_o salt_n tear_n of_o earnest_a contrition_n so_o that_o we_o may_v be_v sit_v 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