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272 afflictions be as heavy as before! Moreover, if he were a bad man; it would, indeed, be torture to remember him who was good, while one so inferior had succeeded him. I am therefore determined to remain as I am."

My beloved, the king is God; the daughter the soul, betrothed to our Lord Jesus Christ.

was a certain king who had a singular partiality for little dogs that barked loudly; so much so, indeed, that they usually rested