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defect_n psalm_n 32.3_o 5._o whilst_o i_o keep_v silence_n thy_o hand_n be_v heavy_a on_o i_o i_o say_v i_o will_v confess_v and_o thou_o forgave_v i_o o_o ter_z beatum_fw-la cvi_fw-la bone_fw-la arbyter_n non_fw-la imputavit_fw-la lubrica_fw-la devia_fw-la errata_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la nec_fw-la reperit_fw-la dolum_fw-la caeco_fw-la in_o recessu_fw-la pectoris_fw-la faciens_fw-la erasm_n in_o vita_fw-la hieron_n &_o de_fw-fr ipso_fw-la hieron_n verba_fw-la faciens_fw-la fit_a nescio_fw-la quo_fw-la pacto_fw-la ut_fw-la efficacius_fw-la nos_fw-la eorum_fw-la exempla_fw-la permoveant_fw-la quibus_fw-la ex_fw-la vitiosa_fw-la vita_fw-la contigit_fw-la ad_fw-la pietatem_fw-la resipiscere_fw-la 108._o resipiscere_fw-la reg._n juris_fw-la in_o tit._n digest_v reg._n 108._o fere_n in_o omnibus_fw-la paenalibus_fw-la judiciis_fw-la &_o aetati_fw-la &_o imprudentiae_fw-la succurritur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chap._n xi_o fuga_fw-la vacui_fw-la or_o some_o additional_n seqq._n phys_n 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