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But now say to me, for what cause wentest thou away from them, and why it pleased thee to come to us. [Now forsooth say to me, for what cause thou wentest away from them, and it pleased to thee that thou hast come to us.]

And Judith said, Take thou the words of thine handmaid; for, if thou (pur)suest the words of thine handmaid, the Lord shall make a perfect thing with thee. [And Judith said, Take the words of thine handmaiden; for, if thou followest the words of thine handmaiden, a perfect thing the Lord shall do with thee.]

Forsooth Nebuchadnezzar, the king of earth, liveth, and his virtue or his power liveth, which is in thee to the chastising of all souls or all lives erring; for not only by thee men shall serve him, but also (the) beasts of the field shall obey to him by thee.

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