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body_n than_o can_v it_o not_o be_v bread_n whereof_o they_o gather_v by_o their_o reason_v that_o there_o be_v christ_n body_n real_o present_a and_o no_o bread_n answer_n now_o forasmuch_o as_o all_o their_o proof_n hang_v only_o upon_o these_o word_n this_o be_v my_o body_n the_o true_a sense_n and_o meaning_n of_o these_o word_n must_v be_v examine_v but_o say_v they_o what_o need_n they_o any_o examination_n what_o word_n can_v be_v more_o plain_a than_o to_o say_v this_o be_v my_o body_n truth_n it_o be_v in_o deed_n that_o the_o word_n be_v as_o plain_a as_o may_v be_v speak_v body_n but_o that_o the_o sense_n be_v not_o so_o plain_a it_o
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