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obediat_fw-la tibi_fw-la &_o tu_fw-la non_fw-la obedis_fw-la domino_fw-la tuo_fw-la nun_n ab_fw-la ipsa_fw-la damnaris_fw-la if_o thy_o flesh_n be_v subject_a unto_o thou_o and_o thou_o will_v not_o be_v subject_a unto_o god_n shall_v thou_o not_o be_v condemn_v of_o thy_o flesh_n ibid._n ibid._n agnesce_fw-la ergo_fw-la superiorem_fw-la ut_fw-la tibi_fw-la recte_fw-la cedat_fw-la inferior_a acknowledge_v thou_o therefore_o thy_o superior_a the_o thou_o may_v have_v thy_o duty_n of_o thy_o inferior_a jeiunium_fw-la autem_fw-la quaerit_fw-la deum_fw-la per_fw-la frequentes_fw-la orationes_fw-la ibid._n aug._n serm._n 2_o oâ—de_n tempore_fw-la ibid._n but_o fast_v seek_v god_n by_o continual_a prayer_n oratio_fw-la est_fw-la refectio_fw-la ieiuniorum_fw-la &_o ieiunium_fw-la dulcificat_fw-la sicut_fw-la enim_fw-la sine_fw-la potunon_fw-la est_fw-la plenaria_fw-la refectio_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o teiunium_fw-la sine_fw-la oratione_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la animam_fw-la
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