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death_n than_o the_o day_n of_o one_o birth_n pro._n 7.1_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d naz._n or._n 23._o ille_fw-la and_o deum_fw-la honoratus_fw-la satis_fw-la ille_fw-la opulentus_fw-la satis_fw-la adveniet_fw-la cvi_fw-la adstabunt_fw-la continentia_fw-la misericordia_fw-la patientia_fw-la charitas_fw-la fides_fw-la &_o super_fw-la omne_fw-la christus_fw-la lactant._n l._n 5._o inst_z επιταφιον_fw-gr p._n m._n s._n augustius_fw-la solito_fw-la virtutum_fw-la exemplar_n sitibi_fw-la tuisque_fw-la imitandum_fw-la velis_fw-la mox_fw-la moriture_n lector_fw-la subtus_fw-la positas_fw-la ne_fw-la pigeat_fw-la contemplari_fw-la exwias_n radolphi_n brunrici_fw-la s.t.d._n ipswici_n peramaeni_fw-la icenorum_n oppidi_fw-la parentibus_fw-la honestis_fw-la tantoque_fw-la filiobeatis_n orti_fw-la infantulum_fw-la terrestri_fw-la orbum_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la teneriùs_fw-la fovit_fw-la pater_fw-la piaque_fw-la literaturâ_fw-la penè_fw-la ad_fw-la miraculum_fw-la imbutum_fw-la per_fw-la 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urbana_fw-la morum_fw-la sanctitate_fw-la non_fw-la jucundus_fw-la minus_fw-la quà m_fw-la utilis_fw-la supercilii_fw-la non_fw-la ficti_fw-la non_fw-la elati_fw-la non_fw-la efferi_fw-la humillima_n granditate_fw-la cuncta_fw-la gerens_fw-la credas_fw-la nec_fw-la conscio_fw-la tantas_fw-la cumulasse_n dote_v naturam_fw-la prodigam_fw-la benignamque_fw-la gratiam_fw-la adeo_fw-la omne_fw-la tulit_fw-la punctum_fw-la idque_fw-la levissima_fw-la inuidia_fw-la in_o concionibus_fw-la sacris_fw-la frequens_fw-la dominator_fw-la in_o disputationibus_fw-la scholasticis_fw-la semper_fw-la triumphator_fw-la barnabas_n idem_fw-la &_o boanerges_n tam_fw-la pugno_fw-la quà m_fw-la palma_fw-la nobilis_fw-la suavi_fw-la terror_fw-la &_o venerando_fw-la amore_fw-la ubique_fw-la pollens_fw-la beatâ_fw-la uberrimi_fw-la ingenii_fw-la facundiâ_fw-la honorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la votis_fw-la &_o expectationi_fw-la nunquam_fw-la non_fw-la satisfecit_fw-la quadratus_n undique_fw-la deo_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sibi_fw-la constans_fw-la a_fw-la mobili_fw-la &_o rotundâ_fw-la aevi_fw-la figurâ_fw-la penitus_fw-la abhorrens_fw-la scienter_fw-la sapienter_fw-la &_o semper_fw-la bone_fw-la reformarae_fw-la olim_fw-la in_o anglia_fw-it religionis_fw-la priseae_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la liturgiae_fw-la regiminis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la integrae_fw-la contra_fw-la veteratores_fw-la &_o novatores_fw-la omnes_fw-la aequanimus_fw-la at_o acerrimus_fw-la vindex_fw-la serò_fw-la nimis_fw-la pro_fw-la temporum_fw-la morbis_fw-la &_o remediis_fw-la episcopali_fw-la sublimitate_fw-la meritissimè_fw-la auctum_fw-la bellorum_fw-la et_fw-la schismatum_fw-la late_a flagrantium_fw-la incendia_fw-la optimum_fw-la antistitem_fw-la una_fw-la cum_fw-la coepiscopis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la viris_fw-la ut_fw-la plurimùm_fw-la innoxiis_fw-la &_o eximiis_fw-la totâ_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la rege_fw-la repub._n mox_fw-la deturbarunt_fw-la deturbatum_fw-la facultatibus_fw-la penè_fw-la omnibus_fw-la spoliârunt_fw-la jacturam_fw-la ingenti_fw-la ut_fw-la decuit_fw-la animo_fw-la tulit_fw-la de_fw-la sacrilegis_fw-la non_fw-la spoliis_fw-la sollicitus_fw-la queis_fw-la non_fw-la minus_fw-la career_n quà m_fw-la rectè_fw-la uti_fw-la didicerat_fw-la tandem_fw-la ipsa_fw-la obscuritate_fw-la illustrior_fw-la factus_fw-la generosae_fw-la templariorum_n societatis_fw-la amore_fw-la allectus_fw-la concionatoris_fw-la honorarii_fw-la munus_fw-la ibidem_fw-la suscepit_fw-la nec_fw-la diu_fw-la proh_o dolour_n sustinuit_fw-la quum_fw-la enim_fw-la testamentum_fw-la condiderat_fw-la quale_n primaevi_fw-la solebant_fw-la episcopi_fw-la gratiarum_n in_o deum_fw-la benignitatis_fw-la in_o amicos_fw-la charitatis_fw-la in_o omnes_fw-la copia_fw-la refertum_fw-la anno_fw-la aetatis_fw-la sexagesimo_fw-la septimo_fw-la iniqui_fw-la inquieti_fw-la ingrati_fw-la seculi_fw-la mores_fw-la jamque_fw-la merito_fw-la recrudescentis_fw-la belli_fw-la minas_fw-la laetus_n fefellit_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la meliorem_fw-la dominum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d christiana_n plenus_fw-la optata_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d beatus_fw-la libens_fw-la migravit_fw-la decemb._n 7._o 1659._o haec_fw-la verò_fw-la venerandi_fw-la praesulis_fw-la ramenta_fw-la aurea_fw-la amplissmique_fw-la viri_fw-la parva_fw-la compendia_fw-la l._n m._n c._n j._n g._n s._n t._n d._n magnalia_fw-la ejus_fw-la quae_fw-la nec_fw-la marmor_fw-la breve_fw-la nec_fw-la tabula_fw-la prolixa_fw-la nec_fw-la mens_fw-la mortalis_fw-la capiet_fw-la beatae_fw-la aeternitati_fw-la silentio_fw-la consecranda_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d επινικιον_fw-gr ite_z nunc_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vestros_fw-la recensete_n greges_fw-la multis_fw-la sectarum_fw-la maculis_fw-la variegata_fw-la pecora_fw-la si_fw-la quos_fw-la inter_fw-la vostros_fw-la gigantum_fw-la fraterculos_fw-la vilis_fw-la plebeculae_fw-la vilia_fw-la mancipia_fw-la pares_fw-la similesve_fw-la invenistis_fw-la heroas_fw-la primaevis_fw-la nuperisque_fw-la nostris_fw-la episcopis_fw-la usserium_n volo_fw-la mortonium_n potterum_fw-la davenantium_fw-la hallum_n prideaxium_n westfeildium_fw-la winneffum_n brunricum_fw-la alios_fw-la meliori_fw-la seculo_fw-la &_o fato_fw-la dignos_fw-la extra_n irae_fw-la invidiaeque_fw-la vestrae_fw-la aleam_fw-la nunc_fw-la positos_fw-la heu_fw-la tandem_fw-la pudibundi_fw-la vobiscum_fw-la recolite_fw-la aurea_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o ferrum_fw-la mutasti_fw-la secular_a quando_fw-la nec_fw-la merita_fw-la praemiis_fw-la deerant_fw-la nec_fw-la praemia_fw-la meritis_fw-la quantum_fw-la à _fw-la bellis_fw-la à _fw-la mendicitate_fw-la à _fw-la miseriis_fw-la a_fw-la rixis_fw-la ab_fw-la hodiernis_fw-la vulgi_fw-la ludibriis_fw-la tranquilla_fw-la &_o beata_fw-la ista_fw-la distabant_fw-la tempora_fw-la quae_fw-la molles_fw-la nimis_fw-la nec_fw-la far_o nec_fw-la frui_fw-la potuistis_fw-la icti_fw-la afflicti_fw-la prostrati_fw-la phryges_n tandem_fw-la sapite_fw-la deumque_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d authorem_fw-la moribus_fw-la catholicis_fw-la &_o antiquis_fw-la colite_fw-la ut_fw-la quantum_fw-la à _fw-la papae_fw-la tyrannide_fw-la &_o plebis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d differat_fw-la primaeva_fw-la &_o paterna_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la praelatura_fw-la sine_fw-la fuco_fw-la sciant_fw-la fruanturque_fw-la posteri_fw-la brunrici_fw-la memores_fw-la praesulis_fw-la angelici_fw-la finis_fw-la