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Note 55: Dinant, p. 23: "Dicit autem ARISTOTELES feminam quodammodo esse marem imperfectum et eius menstruum sanguinem esse indigestum sperma; similem superfluitatem esse sperma viri et menstruum sanguinem mulieris excepto quod superfluitas hec maior in femina est et colorem retinet sanguineum propter defectum caloris digerentis." back
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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Tartarorum finibus, et si vult aliquas retinere, sibi retinet, alias verò dat suis homimbus.
The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004
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Si ipse vult sibi retinere aliquas retinet: alias dat suis hominibus, sicut videtur ei expedire.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Tartarorum finibus, et si vult aliquas retinere, sibi retinet, alias ver� dat suis homimbus.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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[Footnote: Dum fessa mente, retinet silentii inpatientiam.]
The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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_Nos tamen adhuc et utilitas amicorum, et ratio ætatis, moratur ac retinet.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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"Clotho velum retinet, Lachesis net, et atropos occit."
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Martis sanguineas quae cohibet manus, quae dat belligeris foedera gentibus et cornu retinet diuite copiam, 10 donetur tenera mitior hostia. et tu, qui facibus legitimis ades, noctem discutiens auspice dextera huc incede gradu marcidus ebrio, praecingens roseo tempora uinculo.
Hymeneal 1912
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Fortuna innocuos cladibus afficit. iustos illa uiros pauperie grauat, indignos eadem diuitiis beat. haec aufert iuuenes ac retinet senes, iniusto arbitrio tempora diuidens.
Fortune 1912
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Est enim quod ordinem retinet seruatque naturam; quod uero ab hac deficit, esse etiam quod in sua natura situm est derelinquit.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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