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amare_fw-la pudicitiam_fw-la se_fw-la simulant_fw-la ut_fw-la manichaeus_n martion_n arrius_n tatianus_n &_o inflauratores_fw-la veteris_fw-la haereseos_fw-la venenato_fw-la ore_fw-la mella_fw-la promittunt_fw-la caeterùm_fw-la iuxta_fw-la apostolum_n quae_fw-la secretò_fw-la agunt_fw-la turpe_fw-la est_fw-la dicere_fw-la minut._n fal._n octau_n they_o in_o pretence_n and_o so_o much_o more_o noble_a be_v this_o in_o we_o for_o that_o in_o we_o it_o be_v gloriantur_fw-la be_v be_v inuiolati_fw-la corporis_fw-la virginitate_fw-la fruuntuur_fw-la potius_fw-la quà m_fw-la gloriantur_fw-la free_a in_o they_o virg._n they_o they_o talis_fw-la castitas_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la spontanea_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la magnam_fw-la retributionem_fw-la bran._n carthus_n o_o mysteria_fw-la o_fw-la mores_fw-la ubi_fw-la necessitas_fw-la imponitur_fw-la castitati_fw-la authoritas_fw-la datur_fw-la libidiâ—i_fw-la itaque_fw-la nec_fw-la casta_fw-la est_fw-la qua_fw-la metu_fw-la cogitur_fw-la nec_fw-la etc._n etc._n illa_fw-la pudica_fw-la qua_fw-la these_o tenetur_fw-la ambros_n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr virg._n force_v infida_fw-la custos_fw-la castitatis_fw-la necessitas_fw-la as_o that_o
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