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all_o know_v what_o be_v the_o abatement_n they_o demand_v to_o bring_v they_o off_o with_o conscience_n to_o let_v you_o see_v your_o confidence_n i_o tell_v you_o they_o demand_v none_o at_o all_o but_o the_o question_n be_v solemn_o put_v to_o they_o and_o that_o as_o i_o be_o tell_v in_o his_o majesty_n presence_n whether_o they_o know_v of_o any_o thing_n in_o the_o liturgy_n with_o which_o they_o can_v not_o comply_v without_o sin_n they_o all_o declare_v their_o own_o satisfaction_n but_o only_o desire_v some_o abatement_n for_o the_o ease_n of_o weak_a brethren_n or_o rather_o as_o you_o tell_v we_o blunt_o to_o bring_v themselves_o off_o with_o some_o little_a reputation_n ans._n o_o patient_a god_n alas_o for_o stranger_n and_o the_o generation_n to_o come_v that_o must_v read_v such_o history_n alas_o for_o the_o soul_n and_o church_n that_o have_v such_o guide_n alas_o that_o he_o who_o character_n be_v to_o be_v the_o old_a liar_n and_o murderer_n can_v do_v so_o much_o 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sunt_fw-la secundum_fw-la spiritum_fw-la he_o sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la pro_fw-la temporalibus_fw-la tantum_fw-la commodis_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la convolant_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la secularium_fw-la formam_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la vivunt_fw-la ambiunt_fw-la capiunt_fw-la rapiunt_fw-la praeesse_fw-la gaudent_fw-la non_fw-la prodesse_fw-la subditos_fw-la opprimunt_fw-la &_o spoliant_fw-la praelationis_fw-la honore_fw-la gloriantur_fw-la pompis_fw-la fastu_fw-la luxu_fw-la laetantur_fw-la qui_fw-la questum_fw-la pietatem_fw-la aestimant_fw-la qui_fw-la volentes_fw-la sancte_fw-la just_a cast_v innocenter_n spiritualiter_fw-la vivere_fw-la cum_fw-la cachinnis_fw-la irrident_fw-la hypocritas_fw-la appellant_n crucifixosque_fw-la comestores_fw-la talibus_fw-la hodie_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la plena_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la vix_fw-la singulis_fw-la capitulis_fw-la aut_fw-la collegiis_fw-la alios_fw-la invenire_fw-la contingat_fw-la p._n 122._o qui_fw-la nihil_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la 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