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statim_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o paradiso_n pro_fw-la meritis_fw-la bonis_fw-la collecatur_fw-la aut_fw-la certè_fw-la pro_fw-la peccatis_fw-la in_o inferni_fw-la tartara_fw-la praecipitatur_fw-la nec_fw-la est_fw-la ullê°_n ulli_fw-la mediê°_n locus_fw-la ut_fw-la possit_fw-la esse_fw-la nisi_fw-la cum_fw-la diabolo_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la christo_fw-la chap._n 1._o know_v that_o when_o the_o soul_n be_v separate_v from_o the_o body_n it_o be_v in_o a_o instant_a place_v in_o paradise_n for_o its_o good_a work_n or_o cast_v into_o the_o pit_n of_o hell_n for_o its_o sin_n a_o place_n which_o have_v seem_v to_o our_o adversary_n so_o strong_a that_o in_o their_o last_o edition_n print_v at_o paris_n they_o have_v put_v these_o word_n in_o the_o margin_n vbi_fw-la nunc_fw-la purgatorium_fw-la what_o be_v now_o become_v of_o purgatory_n and_o as_o touch_v that_o point_n that_o there_o be_v but_o two_o place_n these_o be_v his_o word_n in_o his_o book_n of_o sin_n and_o 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