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quid_fw-la nos_fw-la iubeat_fw-la adorare_fw-la alio_fw-la loco_fw-la scriptura_fw-la dicit_fw-la 66_o coelum_fw-la mihi_fw-la sedes_fw-la est_fw-la terra_fw-la autem_fw-la scabellum_fw-la pedum_fw-la meorum_fw-la ergo_fw-la terram_fw-la iubet_fw-la nos_fw-la adorare_fw-la quia_fw-la dixit_fw-la alio_fw-la loco_fw-la q_o sit_fw-la scabellum_fw-la pedum_fw-la dei_fw-la et_fw-la quomodo_fw-la aborabimus_fw-la terram_fw-la cum_fw-la dicat_fw-la apertè_fw-la scriptura_fw-la 4._o dominum_fw-la deum_fw-la tuum_fw-la adorabis_fw-la &_o hîc_fw-la dicit_fw-la adorate_fw-la scabellum_fw-la pedum_fw-la eius_fw-la exponens_fw-la autem_fw-la mihi_fw-la quid_fw-la sit_fw-la scabellum_fw-la pedum_fw-la eius_fw-la dicit_fw-la terra_fw-la autem_fw-la scabellum_fw-la pedum_fw-la meorum_fw-la anceps_fw-la factus_fw-la sum_fw-la timeo_fw-la adorare_fw-la tertam_fw-la ne_fw-la damnet_fw-la i_o qui_fw-la fecit_fw-la coelum_fw-la &_o terram_fw-la rursum_fw-la timeo_fw-la non_fw-la adorare_fw-la 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