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cic._n de_fw-la senâ—ct_n tunâ—â—repidaâ—â—â—_z cum_fw-la prâ—pè_fw-la a_fw-la vobis_fw-la credimus_fw-la â—sse_fw-la morteâ—_z à _fw-la quo_fw-la propè_fw-la non_fw-la 〈◊〉_d parata_fw-la omnibus_fw-la loâ—is_fw-la 〈◊〉_d sen_n epâ—st_a 30._o tres_fw-la sunt_fw-la nunâ—ii_fw-la â—â—rtis_fw-la câ—suâ—_z infirmitâ—s_fw-la se_fw-la â—â—ctus_fw-la casus_fw-la nuntiat_fw-la mortem_fw-la lateâ—tem_n infirmitâ—s_fw-la apâ—â—â—â—tem_n senoctus_fw-la pâ—aescutâ—m_fw-la hugo_fw-la de_fw-la s._n vict._n de_fw-fr claust_n an._n nihil_fw-la habet_fw-la quâ—d_fw-la spereâ—_z quem_fw-la senectus_fw-la ducit_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la sen._n ep._n 30_o quemadniodum_fw-la sâ—nectus_fw-la adolescentiam_fw-la sâ—quitur_fw-la ita_fw-la mors_fw-la senectutem_fw-la iâ—_z ibid_n pedâ—teâ—â—â—m_fw-la morior_fw-la dixit_fw-la alexis_n â—enâ—x_n lent_fw-la incedens_fw-la châ—ron_v i_o momordit_fw-la dixit_fw-la daemonax_n senâ—x_n pro_fw-la cane_n innuens_fw-la sâ—nectutem_fw-la morti_fw-la vicinam_fw-la erasm._n apoth._n l_o 6._o and_o 8._o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o crat._n antiph_n juvenibus_fw-la incerâ—us_fw-la huius_fw-la vitae_fw-la terminus_fw-la instaâ—_z senibus_fw-la vero_fw-la cunctis_fw-la maturior_fw-la ex_fw-la hac_fw-la luce_fw-la â—xitus_fw-la breviter_fw-la concordat_fw-la cypr._n
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