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first_o then_o in_o the_o sermon_n of_o menot_n fol._n 169._o col_fw-fr 3._o towards_o the_o end_n somewhat_o before_o these_o word_n finis_fw-la evangeliorum_fw-la quadragesimalium_fw-la we_o read_v as_o follow_v audiui_fw-la ab_fw-la ore_fw-la magistri_fw-la huet_n in_o conventa_fw-la parisiensi_fw-la praedicantis_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la alius_fw-la se_fw-la obtulisset_fw-la virgo_fw-la maria_fw-la tanto_fw-la zelo_fw-la amabat_fw-la redemptionem_fw-la generis_fw-la humani_fw-la quod_fw-la proprijs_fw-la manibus_fw-la filium_fw-la crucifixisset_fw-la as_o for_o barelete_n mark_v what_o he_o say_v of_o the_o bless_a virgin_n fol._n 115._o col_fw-fr 2._o quia_fw-la tempore_fw-la passionis_fw-la quamuis_fw-la svi_fw-la dolores_fw-la essent_fw-la intensi_fw-la videndo_fw-la filium_fw-la affligi_fw-la tamen_fw-la volebat_fw-la filium_fw-la mori_fw-la pro_fw-la humanae_fw-la generationis_fw-la salute_n et_fw-la ut_fw-la dicit_fw-la archiepiscopus_fw-la si_fw-la alius_fw-la 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virgo_fw-la non_fw-la dubitetis_fw-la quòd_fw-la hodie_fw-la omninò_fw-la mittet_fw-la nec_fw-la aâ—â—_n mittere_fw-la debuit_fw-la et_fw-la ratio_fw-la quando_fw-la deus_fw-la traxit_fw-la populum_fw-la de_fw-la captivitate_fw-la aegypti_n quinquagesima_fw-la die_fw-la descendit_fw-la in_o forma_fw-la ignis_fw-la in_o monte_fw-fr sinai_n dando_fw-la legem_fw-la fuit_fw-la figura_fw-la quod_fw-la quinquagesima_fw-la die_fw-la resurrectionis_fw-la suae_fw-la nos_fw-la liberaret_fw-la &_o vivificaret_fw-la unde_fw-la ponamus_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o oratione_fw-la petrus_n cum_fw-la alijs_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la unam_fw-la partem_fw-la posuit_fw-la lazarus_n cum_fw-la lxxij_o ad_fw-la aliam_fw-la &_o magdalena_n cum_fw-la alijs_fw-la mulieribus_fw-la ad_fw-la aliam_fw-la &_o virgo_fw-la maria_fw-la in_o medio_fw-la in_o coelesti_fw-la palatio_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la dissentio_fw-la inter_fw-la patrem_fw-la &_o spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la o_o pater_fw-la inquit_fw-la filius_fw-la 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