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qui_fw-la commorantur_fw-la in_o vino_fw-la &_o student_fw-la calicibus_fw-la epotandis_fw-la to_o who_o be_v woe_n to_o who_o be_v sorrow_n to_o who_o be_v strife_n to_o who_o be_v murmur_v to_o who_o be_v wound_n without_o cause_n and_o to_o who_o be_v the_o redness_n and_o glare_a of_o the_o eye_n even_o to_o they_o that_o tarry_v long_o at_o the_o wine_n and_o to_o they_o to_o go_v and_o seek_v mix_v wine_n ebrietas_fw-la est_fw-la blandus_fw-la daemon_n dulce_fw-la veneâ—um_fw-la suave_v peccatum_fw-la quam_fw-la qui_fw-la habet_fw-la seipsum_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la drunkenness_n paeniten_fw-ge be_v a_o flatter_a devil_n a_o pleasant_a poison_n a_o sweet_a sin_n which_o who_o so_o use_v know_v not_o how_o to_o use_v and_o guide_v himself_o ebriosus_fw-la quum_fw-la ab_fw-la sorbet_fw-la vinum_fw-la ab_fw-la sorbetur_fw-la à _fw-la vino_fw-la abominabitur_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la despicitur_fw-la ab_fw-la angelis_n deridetur_fw-la ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la destituitur_fw-la à 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