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to_o their_o lustral_a water_n especial_o a_o power_n to_o purge_v away_o sin_n as_o incest_n theft_n murder_n etc._n etc._n to_o cure_v disease_n preserve_v chastity_n etc._n etc._n for_o the_o first_o see_v virgil_n aeneid_n lib._n 2._o tu_fw-la genitor_fw-la cape_n sacra_fw-la manu_fw-la patriosque_fw-la penates_fw-la i_o bello_fw-la e_fw-la tanto_fw-la digressum_fw-la &_o caede_fw-la recenti_fw-la attractare_fw-la nefas_fw-la donec_fw-la i_o flumine_fw-la vivo_fw-la abluero_fw-la and_o ovid_n speak_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n but_o more_o full_o fast._n lib._n 2._o omne_fw-la nefas_fw-la omnemque_fw-la mali_fw-la purgamina_fw-la causam_fw-la credebant_fw-la nostri_fw-la tollere_fw-la posse_fw-la senes_fw-la graecia_n principium_fw-la moris_fw-la dedit_fw-la illa_fw-la nocentes_fw-la impia_fw-la lustratos_fw-la ponere_fw-la facta_fw-la putat_fw-la and_o a_o little_a after_o deride_v this_o ridiculous_a though_o general_o receive_v opinion_n he_o say_v ah_o nimium_fw-la 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