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vers_fw-la 7._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d believe_v any_o thing_n though_o more_o than_o reason_n but_o charity_n must_v not_o be_v 22._o be_v as_o walter_n mapes_n sometime_o archdeacon_n of_o oxenford_n relate_v the_o gross_a simony_n of_o the_o pope_n for_o confirm_v the_o election_n of_o reginald_n bastard_n son_n to_o loceline_v bishop_n of_o sarum_n into_o the_o see_v of_o bath_n conclude_v the_o narration_n thus_o sit_fw-la lamen_fw-la domina_fw-la materque_fw-la nostra_fw-la roma_fw-la baculus_fw-la in_o aquâ_fw-la fractus_fw-la &_o absit_fw-la credere_fw-la quae_fw-la videmus_fw-la mahap_n de_fw-fr nugis_fw-la curialium_fw-la distinct_a 1._o cap._n 22._o servile_a to_o believe_v anything_o against_o reason_n shall_v any_o charity_n bind_v i_o to_o think_v the_o crow_n be_v white_a or_o the_o blacke-moore_n beautiful_a nor_o yet_o three_o that_o all_o sinister_a suspicion_n be_v utter_o unlawful_a even_o there_o where_o there_o want_v evidence_n either_o of_o fact_n or_o 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