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In the mean time, — dii talem terris avertite pestem, [6301] as the proverb is, from heresy, jealousy and frenzy, good Lord deliver us.
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Nec mirum si reliquos morbos qui ex contagione nascuntur consideremus, pestem, pruritum, scabiem, &c.
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Domine judex, converte oculos in hanc pestem, mulierum corruptissiman.
The White Devil 2007
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Domine judex, converte oculos in hanc pestem, mulierum corruptissiman.
The White Devil 2007
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Cruentam humani generis pestem, et perniciem divinitatis nota insigniunt.
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Religio neglecta maximam pestem in civitatem infert, omnium scelerum fenestram aperit.
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Graecis hanc pestem relinquite quae dubium non est, quin brevi omnem iis vigorem ereptura Martiosque spiritus exhaustura sit; Ut ad arma tractanda plane inhabiles futuri sint.
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Licet bene sciant hae gentes, hunc, sicut ejus modi alii morbum per contactum contractum esse illis tamen pestem cujus indies spectantur tantae tamque terribiles offensiones, vitare minime curae est.
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Sicut tuom vis unicum gnatum tuae superesse vitae sospitem et superstitem, ita ted obtestor per senectutem tuam perque illam, quam tu metuis, uxorem tuam, si quid med erga hodie falsum dixeris, 20 ut tibi superstes uxor aetatem siet atque illa viva vivos ut pestem oppetas.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Rome, which contains the Venice litanies referred to above, introduces them with the following words: "Oraciones devote contra imminentes tribulaciones et contra pestem".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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