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covetousness_n of_o the_o uritue_n which_o oppose_v the_o second_o impurity_n call_v covetousness_n to_o wit_n poverty_n justice_n charity_n the_o seven_o and_o twenty_o section_n poverty_n of_o rich_a man_n there_o be_v three_o sort_n of_o poverty_n poverty_n of_o necessity_n poverty_n by_o profession_n poverty_n of_o poverty_n three_o sort_n of_o poverty_n affection_n poverty_n of_o necessity_n be_v that_o of_o the_o wretched_a a_o constrain_v needy_a and_o disastrous_a poverty_n poverty_n by_o profession_n be_v that_o of_o religious_a profess_v by_o their_o first_o vow_n which_o be_v meritorious_a and_o glorious_a poverty_n of_o affection_n be_v a_o expropriation_n from_o the_o inordinate_a love_n of_o terrene_a good_n we_o speak_v not_o here_o to_o you_o o_o noble_a man_n of_o the_o poverty_n of_o rogue_n which_o be_v infamous_a nor_o of_o that_o of_o the_o religious_a which_o to_o you_o will_v be_v insupportaable_a and_o to_o your_o condition_n unsuitable_a but_o of_o the_o 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ubi_fw-la perire_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la non_fw-fr sublime_a sapere_fw-la &_o nec_fw-la sperare_fw-la
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