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&_o gaudium_fw-la salutis_fw-la aeternae_fw-la &_o perpetua_fw-la laetitia_fw-la &_o possessio_fw-la paradisi_fw-la
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white_a through_o the_o holy_a conversation_n of_o the_o brethren_n but_o now_o in_o purple_a in_o a_o scarlet_a robe_n make_v glorious_a in_o the_o blood_n of_o 255._o of_o erat_fw-la ante_fw-la in_o operibus_fw-la fratrum_fw-la candida_fw-la nunc_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la in_o martyrum_fw-la cruore_fw-la purpurea_fw-la floribus_fw-la ejus_fw-la nec_fw-la lilia_fw-la nec_fw-la rosae_fw-la desunt_fw-la certent_fw-la nunc_fw-la singuli_fw-la ad_fw-la utriusque_fw-la honoris_fw-la amplissimam_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la ut_fw-la accipiant_fw-la corona_n vel_fw-la de_fw-la opere_fw-la candidas_fw-la vel_fw-la de_fw-fr passione_n purpureas_fw-la cypr._n epist_n 9_o pag._n mihi_fw-la 27._o dicatis_fw-la deâ—_n hominibus_fw-la &_o fidem_fw-la svam_fw-la religiosà _fw-la virtute_fw-la testa_fw-la tibus_fw-la ornamenta_fw-la sunt_fw-la ista_fw-la non_fw-la vincula_fw-la nec_fw-la christianorum_fw-la pedes_fw-la ad_fw-la infamiam_fw-la copulant_fw-la sed_fw-la clarificant_fw-la ad_fw-la 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