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voc_fw-la gent._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 3._o semina_fw-la charisonatum_fw-la plantaeque_fw-la virtutnus_fw-la non_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la agrecordis_fw-la humani_fw-la totum_fw-la hoc_fw-la pariter_fw-la quod_fw-la futurae_fw-la sunt_fw-la nascuntur_fw-la nec_fw-la facilè_fw-la reperitur_fw-la in_o exordio_fw-la maturitas_fw-la &_o in_o inchoatione_fw-la perfectio_fw-la exerit_fw-la quidem_fw-la frequenter_a potens_fw-la &_o misericors_fw-la deus_fw-la mir_fw-fr abiles_fw-la istes_fw-la suae_fw-la operationis_fw-la effectus_fw-la &_o quibusdam_fw-la mentibus_fw-la non_fw-la expectatâ_fw-la profectuum_fw-la morâ_fw-la totum_fw-la simul_fw-la quicquid_fw-la collaturus_fw-la est_fw-la invehit_fw-la the_o seed_n of_o grace_n say_v st._n ambrose_n and_o plant_n of_o virtue_n do_v not_o in_o every_o field_n of_o man_n heart_n spring_v up_o at_o the_o first_o all_o that_o which_o they_o shall_v after_o be_v neither_o be_v ripeness_n easy_o find_v in_o the_o beginning_n and_o perfection_n at_o 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