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6._o it_o sex_n sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la odit_fw-la dominus_fw-la &_o septimum_fw-la detestatur_fw-la anima_fw-la ejus_fw-la oculos_fw-la sublime_n etc._n etc._n et_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la seminat_fw-la inter_fw-la fratres_fw-la discordias_fw-la prov._n 6._o there_o be_v six_o thing_n say_v he_o which_o god_n hate_v and_o there_o be_v a_o seven_o which_o he_o detest_v that_o be_v he_o who_o sow_v discord_n among_o his_o brethren_n and_o ecclesiasticus_fw-la say_v 9_o susurro_fw-la &_o bilinguis_fw-la maledictus_fw-la multos_fw-la enim_fw-la turbavit_fw-la pacem_fw-la habentes_fw-la eccl._n 28._o v._o 13._o vir_fw-la peccator_fw-la turbavit_fw-la amicos_fw-la &_o in_o medio_fw-la pacem_fw-la habentium_fw-la immittet_fw-la inimicitiam_fw-la ibid._n v._o 9_o that_o the_o sour_a of_o discord_n be_v curse_v because_o he_o trouble_v those_o who_o be_v in_o peace_n and_o it_o be_v only_o the_o part_n of_o a_o wicked_a man_n to_o disturb_v his_o friend_n and_o raise_v division_n in_o mind_n 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