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their_o companion_n the_o manner_n function_n and_o employment_n of_o their_o former_a life_n before_o their_o entrance_n into_o the_o society_n and_o other_o such_o â—ike_a thing_n which_o may_v help_v to_o humility_n but_o in_o this_o kind_n there_o be_v great_a respect_n of_o person_n to_o be_v have_v and_o much_o consideration_n also_o of_o what_o every_o one_o condition_n and_o virtue_n can_v bear_v for_o unless_o this_o heed_n be_v take_v there_o may_v arise_v more_o harm_n then_o good_a thereof_o xaverius_n judge_v it_o likewise_o fit_a that_o novice_n shall_v be_v accustom_v to_o declare_v themselves_o to_o their_o instructor_n and_o to_o lay_v open_a unto_o they_o all_o their_o temptation_n inclination_n and_o passion_n as_o likewise_o their_o feeling_n of_o devotion_n their_o divine_a consolation_n and_o voluntary_a pennance_n that_o so_o they_o may_v infallible_o defeat_v all_o the_o machination_n of_o the_o enemy_n who_o most_o of_o all_o assault_v there_o where_o his_o 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