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cast_v they_o into_o hell_n and_o therefore_o what_o will_v it_o advantage_v the_o liar_n though_o he_o can_v so_o cunning_o coin_n his_o lie_n that_o they_o will_v for_o a_o time_n go_v currant_n among_o man_n if_o his_o lord_n and_o sovereign_n discover_v his_o falsity_n and_o treason_n what_o if_o he_o can_v tell_v his_o tale_n so_o smooth_o that_o the_o stander_n by_o will_v acquit_v he_o as_o innocent_a when_o as_o the_o judge_n himself_o see_v his_o guilt_n and_o sin_n so_o augustine_n thou_o 26_o mentiri_fw-la deo_fw-la potes_fw-la fallere_fw-la non_fw-la potes_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o euang._n johannis_n tract_n 26_o may_v lie_v unto_o god_n but_o thou_o can_v not_o deceive_v he_o for_o he_o know_v what_o thou_o do_v he_o see_v thou_o inward_o inward_o he_o behold_v examine_v and_o judge_v thou_o inward_o he_o either_o damn_v or_o crow_v thou_o three_o let_v we_o consider_v that_o truth_n rather_o than_o end_n §._o 3._o the_o three_o mean_n be_v to_o consider_v that_o truth_n 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qui_fw-la veritatem_fw-la quam_fw-la nescit_fw-la affirmat_fw-la &_o mentitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n bern._n in_o cant._n serm._n 17_o say_v he_o that_o tell_v a_o lie_n doubt_o and_o lie_v not_o and_o there_o be_v that_o affirm_v the_o truth_n which_o he_o know_v not_o and_o lie_v for_o he_o indeed_o say_v not_o that_o to_o be_v which_o be_v not_o but_o yet_o affirm_v that_o he_o believe_v that_o which_o in_o truth_n he_o believe_v and_o he_o say_v truth_n although_o that_o be_v not_o true_a which_o he_o believe_v but_o the_o other_o when_o he_o say_v that_o he_o be_v 1._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr judicandus_fw-la mendax_fw-la qui_fw-la dicit_fw-la falsum_fw-la quod_fw-la putat_fw-la verum_fw-la quiaquantum_fw-la in_o se_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la fallit_fw-la sed_fw-la fallitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n anselm_n in_o 2_o cor._n 1._o certain_a of_o that_o whereof_o he_o be_v not_o certain_a speakee_v not_o the_o truth_n although_o that_o be_v true_a which_o he_o affirm_v so_o saint_n anselme_n he_o 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