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god_n it_o 76._o good_a sir_n 851._o 78._o 85._o donasti_fw-la 88_o donatist_n chook_v 92._o choke_a construct_v 118._o consumat_fw-la de_fw-fr 119._o fide_fw-la 51._o 123._o 1._o hom_n 1._o ibid._n 9_o disco_fw-la 132._o dioscorus_a and_o 138._o to_o be_v put_v out_o mouse_n 144._o 155._o ipse_fw-la cap_n 99_o 158._o 9_o flock_n 164._o flock_n alhi_n ibid._n alchemist_n toss_v and_o 172._o to_o stand_v courto_fw-it 171._o court_n lest_o 172._o lose_v ditous_a 173._o ditious_a other_o 180_o other_o dipro_fw-it ibid._n dispr_fw-la boh_o ibid._n both_o these_o ibid._n the._n innocentin_n 16._o tius_fw-la just_o 189._o just_o nous_fw-fr ibid._n house_n or_o 214._o of_o one_fw-mi any_o 226._o any_o one_o no_o 250._o yea_o yea_o ibid._n no._n by_o the_o 241._o both_o pope_n the_o 273._o the_o pope_n both_o in_o 284._o in_o both_o in_o 287._o l._n 2._o to_o be_v put_v out_o ferneut_n ibid._n fervent_a suto_fw-la 288._o into_o biet_n his_o ibid._n buy_v this_o word_n 300._o world_n seetes_z 301._o sect_n have_v 307._o hanc_fw-la qui_fw-la 328._o to_o be_v put_v out_o qua_fw-la ibid._n quae_fw-la do_v 336._o do_v do_v 342._o do_v not_o church_n a_o 350._o a_o church_n whole_o 367._o hot_a ofo_fw-la 308._o of_o that_fw-mi 320._o orat_fw-la cem_fw-la 225._o catum_fw-la ibidem_fw-la in_o his_o successor_n tobe_v put_v out_o