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up_o 〈◊〉_d excidingh_n a_o pretty_a tale_n dâ—ophanes_n tell_v the_o fortune_n of_o other_o but_o his_o own_o he_o can_v not_o tell_v a_o pleasant_a tale_n kisus_fw-la the_o god_n if_o sport_n the_o invective_n 〈◊〉_d against_o apuleius_n the_o answer_n of_o apuleius_n this_o maid_n be_v think_v to_o be_v venus_n hymeneu_fw-fr the_o god_n of_o marriage_n wâ—men_n can_v doâ—_n most_o when_o they_o be_v in_o bed_n such_o task_n use_v gossip_n when_o they_o meet_v together_o so_o use_v young_a wife_n to_o do_v the_o child_n take_v the_o shape_n of_o the_o father_n the_o envious_a person_n pineâ—h_v as_o other_o felicity_n the_o absent_a of_o lover_n be_v great_a punishmet_n as_o every_o virtue_n be_v reward_v so_o every_o vice_n be_v punissh_v juno_n be_v daughter_n of_o saturn_n and_o opis_n sister_n and_o wife_n of_o jupiter_n ceres_n other_o wife_n call_v isis_n wife_n of_o osâ—ris_n 〈◊〉_d of_o egipte_n â–ª_o she_o 〈◊〉_d suppose_v to_o be_v the_o goddess_n of_o harvest_n the_o use_n 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