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ceremony_n it_o be_v plain_a by_o the_o same_o ecclesiastical_a law_n that_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v respect_v and_o tolerate_v propter_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la utique_fw-la severitâ—ti_fw-la detrahitur_fw-la supersedendum_fw-la ergo_fw-la correctioni_fw-la ubi_fw-la pacis_fw-la perturbatio_fw-la timetur_fw-la item_n ut_fw-la scandalum_fw-la vitetur_fw-la lustos_fw-la homines_fw-la aliquando_fw-la simulare_fw-la oportet_fw-la ob_fw-la svam_fw-la &_o aliorum_fw-la salutem_fw-la ut_fw-la scilicet_fw-la graviora_fw-la vitentur_fw-la hoc_fw-la ergo_fw-la casu_fw-la faciet_fw-la quilibet_fw-la praelatus_fw-la pro_fw-la salute_n hominum_fw-la quod_fw-la iustè_fw-la potest_fw-la nec_fw-la ultra_fw-la existimet_fw-la se_fw-la habere_fw-la quod_fw-la faciat_fw-la ne_fw-la ad_fw-la instar_fw-la imperiti_fw-la medici_fw-la uno_fw-la collirio_fw-la omnium_fw-la oculos_fw-la curare_fw-la conetur_fw-la and_o unto_o this_o also_o agree_v that_o which_o be_v allege_v by_o panormitane_n â—grot_n in_o 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