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and_o not_o in_o another_o place_n or_o world_n alter_v they_o be_v dead_a 75._o neque_fw-la gubernator_fw-la postquam_fw-la nauâ—_n meâ—sa_fw-la est_fw-la neque_fw-la medice_fw-la postquam_fw-la aegrotus_fw-la obijt_fw-la quicquam_fw-la trâ—dessâ—_n potest_fw-la neither_o can_v the_o governor_n after_o the_o ship_n be_v suake_v nor_o the_o physician_n after_o the_o sick_a be_v dead_a 105._o avail_n hic_fw-la misereri_fw-la potest_fw-la poenitentis_fw-la quia_fw-la ibi_fw-la judex_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la misericâ—rs_fw-la here_o he_o may_v have_v pity_n on_o they_o that_o repent_v in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v he_o be_v a_o judge_n not_o a_o pardoner_n come_v foolish_a virgin_n 25._o and_o persuade_v the_o catholic_n by_o that_o which_o befall_v unto_o yourselves_o that_o all_o preparation_n after_o death_n be_v idle_a and_o unprofitable_a in_o the_o mean_a time_n we_o will_v search_v if_o you_o please_v what_o allowance_n the_o scripture_n give_v to_o fire_n for_o purge_v of_o 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