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in_o and_o through_o his_o son_n christ_n lesus_fw-la for_o ever_o and_o ever_o amen_n vae_fw-la etiam_fw-la laudabili_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la si_fw-la remota_fw-la misericordia_fw-la discutias_fw-la eam_fw-la 19_o aug._n conf._n lib._n 9_o c._n 19_o aug._n quisguis_fw-la tibi_fw-la enumerat_fw-la vera_fw-la merita_fw-la sva_fw-la 13._o aug_n ibid._n cap._n 13._o quid_fw-la tibi_fw-la enumerat_fw-la nisi_fw-la muneratua_n finis_fw-la imprimatur_fw-la joh_n hansley_n jan._n 16._o 1640._o