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l._n 40._o â—_o for_o if_o p._n 11._o l._n 25._o r._n apostolum_n christi_fw-la &_o non_fw-la sicut_fw-la antichristum_n p._n 12._o l._n 〈◊〉_d r._n mulieres_fw-la ibid._n l._n 38._o r._n filii_fw-la ibid._n l._n 39_o r._n subactas_fw-la p._n 13._o l._n 21._o r._n 〈◊〉_d ibid._n l._n 28._o r._n posteros_fw-la p._n 14._o l._n 35._o r._n affinity_n ibid._n l._n 41._o r._n inde_fw-la p._n 15._o l._n 3._o r._n dixit_fw-la quid_fw-la mihi_fw-la tibi_fw-la est_fw-la ibid._n l._n 4._o r._n quod_fw-la non_fw-la putaret_fw-la aliquis_fw-la magis_fw-la eximiam_fw-la ibid._n l._n 5._o r._n veluti_fw-la ibid._n l._n 7._o r._n admirati_fw-la delibantur_fw-la p._n 16._o l._n 7._o r._n i_o pray_v p._n 17._o l._n 7._o r._n aliquem_fw-la p._n 19_o l._n 13._o r._n cuique_fw-la ib._n l._n 16._o r._n nymphis_n ib._n l._n 21._o r._n nympha_fw-la p._n 21._o l._n 8._o r._n have_v be_v far_o ib._n l._n 26._o r._n now_o your_o divine_n ib._n l._n 42._o r._n alitèr_fw-la p._n 22._o l._n 33._o r._n 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