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and_o touch_v they_o with_o your_o bead_n what_o have_v you_o canonize_v the_o ox_n and_o the_o ass_n saint_n &_o do_v you_o say_v in_o your_o litany_n sancte_fw-la bos_fw-la &_o sancte_fw-la asine_n orate_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la saint_n ox_n and_o saint_n ass_n pray_v for_o we_o why_o do_v you_o worship_v the_o thirty_o penny_n which_o judas_n take_v to_o betray_v his_o master_n christ_n what_o do_v you_o count_v the_o thirty_o penny_n holy_a relic_n for_o that_o judas_n have_v they_o or_o for_o that_o they_o come_v from_o the_o chief_a priest_n what_o do_v you_o make_v judas_n the_o traitor_n a_o saint_n or_o the_o chief_a priest_n of_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharise_n holy_a man_n the_o relic_n of_o saint_n be_v worship_v as_o bone_n etc._n etc._n they_o fall_v down_o likewise_o on_o their_o knee_n before_o they_o they_o cry_v unto_o they_o they_o touch_v the_o box_n with_o their_o bead_n they_o see_v not_o the_o bone_n be_v wrap_v in_o silk_n and_o put_v in_o a_o box_n or_o in_o 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