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the_o maid_n be_v comeed_o the_o iron_n age_n be_v spend_v a_o new_a bear_v babe_n god_n dear_a son_n from_o high_a heaven_n be_v send_v magnus_fw-la ab_fw-la integro_fw-la seclorum_fw-la nascitur_fw-la ordo_fw-la 4_o jam_fw-la redit_fw-la &_o virgo_fw-la redeunt_fw-la saturnia_fw-la regna_fw-la jam_fw-la nova_fw-la progeny_n caelum_fw-la dimittitur_fw-la alâ—â—_n chara_n dei_fw-la soboles_fw-la and_o what_o benefit_n shall_v he_o bring_v to_o mankind_n he_o shall_v save_v his_o people_n from_o their_o sin_n hoc_fw-la deuce_fw-la si_fw-la qua_fw-la manent_fw-la sceleris_fw-la vestigia_fw-la nostri_fw-la jrrita_fw-la perpetuà _fw-la solvent_a formidine_fw-la terras_fw-la and_o as_o it_o follow_v a_o little_a after_o the_o serpent_n shall_v be_v kill_v and_o the_o of_o poison_n dead_a our_o lady_n rose_n from_o syrian_a land_n through_o all_o the_o world_n shall_v spread_v occidet_fw-la &_o serpens_fw-la &_o fallax_fw-la herba_fw-la veneni_fw-la occidet_fw-la assyrium_fw-la vulgo_fw-la 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