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lord_n know_v i_o lie_v not_o with_o many_o grevous_a sin_n which_o i_o hope_v be_v wash_v away_o sanguine_a christi_fw-la nostri_fw-la i_o neither_o can_v nor_o will_v be_v consult_v withal_o but_o as_o a_o sypher_n in_o agrime_n how_o be_v it_o to_o tell_v you_o how_o and_o what_o i_o mind_n take_v this_o for_o a_o sum_n i_o pray_v god_n in_o no_o case_n i_o may_v seek_v myself_o and_o in_o deed_n i_o thank_v god_n therefore_o i_o purpose_v it_o not_o quod_fw-la reliquum_fw-la est_fw-la domino_fw-la deo_fw-la meo_fw-la committo_fw-la &_o spero_fw-la in_o illum_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la faciet_fw-la iuxta_fw-la hoc_fw-la jacta_fw-la in_o dominum_fw-la curam_fw-la etc._n etc._n omnis_fw-la cura_fw-la vestra_fw-la coniecta_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o illum_fw-la etc._n etc._n revela_fw-la domino_fw-la
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