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but_o he_o say_v again_o in_o another_o place_n 16._o in_o levit._n lib._n 16._o oportet_fw-la commetiri_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la pro_fw-la virium_fw-la qualitate_fw-la &_o huiusmodi_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la capere_fw-la sermonem_fw-la de_fw-la castitate_fw-la concedere_fw-la nuptias_fw-la we_o must_v measure_v the_o doctrine_n according_a to_o man_n strength_n and_o grant_v marriage_n to_o such_o as_o can_v receive_v that_o doctrine_n of_o continency_n the_o dialogue_n sectio_fw-la xxii_o epiphanius_n quae_fw-la enim_fw-la ad_fw-la sacerdotium_fw-la tradita_fw-la sunt_fw-la propter_fw-la eminentiam_fw-la celebrationis_fw-la sactorum_fw-la ea_fw-la ad_fw-la omnes_fw-la aequaliter_fw-la ferri_fw-la putaverunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n those_o tradition_n which_o be_v deliver_v peculiar_o for_o the_o clergy_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o himself_o their_o none_o more_o supereminent_a than_o the_o apostle_n who_o be_v marry_v man_n so_o be_v peter_n himself_o supreminencie_n in_o 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