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though_o he_o never_o learn_v christ_n as_o we_o yet_o he_o can_v not_o but_o exceed_o deplore_v the_o lamentable_a destruction_n of_o lion_n in_o france_n consume_v in_o one_o night_n stick_v &_o stone_n by_o fire_n una_fw-la tantum_fw-la nox_fw-la interfuit_fw-la inter_fw-la civitatem_fw-la maximam_fw-la et_fw-la nullam_fw-la at_o night_n that_o city_n be_v none_o which_o in_o the_o morning_n be_v non-such_a quis_fw-la taliafando_fw-la temper_n et_fw-la à _fw-la lachymis_fw-la what_o man_n be_v so_o bankrupt_a of_o good_a nature_n senseless_a of_o misery_n but_o be_v ready_a to_o do_v good_a to_o those_o of_o god_n house_n which_o have_v suffer_v insupportable_a loss_n by_o wind_n and_o water_n and_o fire_n who_o very_a mercy_n as_o 10._o solomon_n say_v of_o the_o wicked_a be_v cruelty_n as_o the_o 22._o schoolman_n say_v that_o there_o be_v ignorantia_fw-la vincibilis_fw-la and_o invincibilis_fw-la a_o ignorance_n which_o a_o man_n be_v able_a to_o conquer_v and_o a_o ignorance_n 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