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And she called her free handmaid, and came down into her house; and she took away from herself the hair-shirt, and unclothed herself from the clothing of her widowhood.

And she washed her body, and anointed her[self] with (the) best myrrh, and she shedded [or she pleated] the hair of her head, and setted a mitre on her head, and she clothed her(self) with the clothes of her gladness, and clothed her feet with sandals; and she took the ornaments of (or for) (her) arms, and lilies, and earrings, and [finger] rings, and she adorned herself with all her adornments or ornaments.

To whom also the Lord gave brightness or fairness, for all this ornament hanged not of lechery, but of virtue; and therefore the Lord made large this fairness on her, (so) that by uncomparable fairness, or fairness that might not be comparisoned, she appeared seemly to the eyes of all men. [To whom also the Lord gave brightness, for all this composition not of lust, but of virtue hung or hanged; and therefore the Lord made more this fairness into her, that she appeared to the eyes of all men with fairness uncomparable.]

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