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〈◊〉_d lâ—â—ibus_fw-la crudelâ—â—as_fw-la in_o baâ—ath_n 〈◊〉_d tâ—ntaâ—â—â—â—â—cit_fw-la uâ—de_fw-la nuâ—â—â—â—â—â—am_fw-la egâ—t_fw-la â—iviâ—â—tuâ—_n s._n aug._n in_o ser._n auarus_fw-la veluti_fw-la inf_n rnâ—s_fw-la omne_fw-la devorant_fw-la villet_n nullum_fw-la hominem_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la omne_fw-la solus_fw-la possideret_fw-la s._n aug._n de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la dom._n inuidia_fw-la â—st_fw-la silia_fw-la superbiae_fw-la sed_fw-la ista_fw-la mater_fw-la superbia_fw-la nâ—scit_fw-la esse_fw-la sterilis_fw-la ubi_fw-la fuerit_fw-la continuo_fw-la parit_fw-la suffoca_fw-la matren_n &_o non_fw-la erit_fw-la silia_fw-la 2._o sam._n 20.9_o s._n greg._n lib._n 8._o moral_n quid_fw-la est_fw-la vita_fw-la hypocrita_fw-la nisi_fw-la quaedam_fw-la visio_fw-la phantasmatis_fw-la qua_fw-la hic_fw-la ostendit_fw-la in_o imagine_v quod_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la in_o veritate_fw-la some_o be_v like_a lion_n in_o their_o abominable_a cruelty_n eat_v up_o the_o earth_n with_o oppâ—ssion_n 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