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  1 I    |       everyone say, Hail Mary. O truly gracious and venerable,
  2 I    |        gracious and venerable, O truly glorious and admirable salutation!
  3 I    |        her: "Full of grace." And truly full, and ever full, as
  4 II   |           so that the Lord could truly say to her: "Thou art all
  5 II   |        weak and wounded, and can truly say with Jeremias: "Woe
  6 II   |       very grievous. But I said, truly this is my own evil, and
  7 III  | virginity of His Mother." O most truly blessed, O most truly radiant
  8 III  |       most truly blessed, O most truly radiant Star, Mary, whose
  9 III  |        thou shalt experience how truly it is said: And the name
 10 III  |          Lady from among us men. Truly is Mary Queen of the Angels.
 11 III  |         Lady of angels, thou art truly proved to be so; if I call
 12 IV   |      were scandalized in Him.' " Truly is Christ a carpenter, but
 13 IV   |        glorified in a divine and truly marvelous manner. By her
 14 IV   |           Augustine well saith: "Truly do we proclaim Mary to be
 15 V    |       mixture, so that she could truly say with Ecclesiasticus: "
 16 V    |           20.) Mary, because she truly humbled herself, found true
 17 V    |        Syria" means watered, and truly the whole life of Mary was
 18 V    |          in blessings" (XL, 17.) Truly she was a paradise of God
 19 V    |       glory" ( Prov. XI, 16. ) O truly happy finder, Mary, who
 20 V    |     Blessed Virgin Mary, who was truly a seer in contemplation
 21 V    |          teachers and pastors? O truly great grace of Mary, by
 22 VI   |          words" (Judith XI, 19.) Truly there is not, nor ever was,
 23 VI   |        who is above all beloved? Truly, before and above all; for
 24 VI   |         diadem of the kingdom, a truly priceless diadem, so delightful,
 25 VII  |          said: "Gratia plena." O truly full, and fully full! Gabriel
 26 VII  |       this world in the flesh. O truly wonderful fullness of this
 27 VII  |        Jerome declares, saying: "Truly full, because on others
 28 VII  |         Of this plenitude we can truly say: "The earth is the Lord'
 29 VII  |          mind the Lord rested. O truly blessed and stable throne,
 30 VII  |          the author of grace." O truly happy house, full of so
 31 VII  |       Mary abode, that she might truly utter that word of Ecclesiasticus: "
 32 VII  |        full assembly of saints." Truly was the abode of Mary in
 33 VII  |       myrrh in her sufferings. O truly rich, and exceedingly rich
 34 VII  |       the Most High" (XLIII, 2.) Truly a wonderful work, for a
 35 VII  |       the Most High" (XLIII, 2.) Truly a wonderful work, for a
 36 VIII |          Him, so that thou canst truly say, "My power is in Jerusalem" (
 37 VIII |         militant upon earth. For truly both in Heaven and on earth
 38 VIII |        of Him, so that it can be truly said of thee: "Many daughters
 39 VIII |        moon perfect for ever and truly in eternity." Hence, we
 40 VIII |       for ever," but we can also truly say: "Thou, O Lady, endurest
 41 IX   |      most merciful with Him, and truly of thee can it be said: "
 42 X    |         whose daughter she is. O truly noble daughter of the most
 43 X    |        with manifold glory, that truly it can be said of thee: "
 44 X    |        by glory, so that she can truly say: "I am the mother of
 45 X    |         elated by the promise. O truly admirable humility ! Behold
 46 XI   |  beginning the day by its light. Truly, indeed, Mary, the aurora
 47 XI   |        radiance of sanctity that truly the day of salvation, the
 48 XII  |       lily! O heavenly flower! O truly heavenly flower! whom that
 49 XII  |   neither be wood nor rod happy! Truly a most happy flower, in
 50 XII  |        Mary, behold, the Lord is truly with thee, as the flower
 51 XIII |          riches (3 Kings, X, 1.) Truly Mary is a queen. St. Augustine
 52 XIII |          St. Augustine says: "We truly confess her to be the Queen
 53 XIII |         Virgin Mary, the Lord is truly with thee, as the sun is
 54 XIV  |      First, consider how Mary is truly blessed because of the fullness
 55 XIV  |         of the grace of manners. Truly is Mary blessed because
 56 XIV  |       Christ. St. Bernard says: "Truly thou art the Paradise of
 57 XIV  |          Mary, and therefore God truly hath blessed her forever.
 58 XIV  |         dear Mary, that thou art truly blessed because of thy fullness
 59 XIV  |           Secondly, consider how truly Mary is blessed because
 60 XIV  |         prophesies her blessing. Truly is Mary blessed by the Lord
 61 XIV  |     blessed the house of Mary. O truly blessed house, from whence
 62 XIV  |    blessed after bringing forth. Truly blessed art thou, who hast
 63 XIV  |   Therefore St. Bede well says: "Truly art thou blessed among women,
 64 XIV  |          all believers." O field truly blessed above all fields
 65 XIV  |   because of its fruit! O Mother truly blessed above all mothers
 66 XIV  |     blessed Son of thy womb, art truly blessed with a divine blessing,
 67 XIV  |          men.~Thirdly, think how truly Mary is blessed because
 68 XIV  |        sweet Mary, that thou art truly blessed because of thy manifold
 69 XIV  |           Fourthly, consider how truly Mary is blessed because
 70 XIV  |   glorious Mother of God, who is truly blessed because of the glory
 71 XIV  |      shall be blessed for ever." Truly forever, as it is said in
 72 XIV  |      sweet Virgin Mary, thou art truly blessed among women, and
 73 XV   |           St. Augustine says: "O truly blessed humility of Mary,
 74 XV   |        came upon the faithful. O truly blessed coal, producing
 75 XV   |        blessing of meekness. For truly her meekness was such that
 76 XV   |        giving, and therefore was truly blessed, according to that
 77 XV   |         gifts have come to thee. Truly a noble vein, a vein full
 78 XV   |         is the fountain of life; truly, therefore, is it blessed.
 79 XV   |        the Virgin Mary." This is truly meet and just. It is just
 80 XVI  |   heavens are above the earth. O truly wonderful and unheard-of
 81 XVI  |       and unheard-of nobility! O truly noble birth from the Virgin! "
 82 XVI  |         I have begotten thee." O truly wonderful and venerable
 83 XVI  |          the Virgin. But what is truly wonderful, and wonderfully
 84 XVI  |        in savor, therefore is it truly blessed, as St. Bernard
 85 XVI  |           therefore, O Mary, art truly the tree of salvation, who
 86 XVI  |          as St. Bernard says: "O truly celestial plant, more precious
 87 XVI  |           more holy than all ! O truly a tree of life, which alone
 88 XVII |         visitation by glory. And truly, the fruit of the most chaste
 89 XVII |       all, as St. Bernard says: "Truly blessed is the Fruit of
 90 XVII |           O Mary most happy, who truly, as the most virtuous one,
 91 XVIII|        of the world !" This Lamb truly takes away the sins of the
 92 XVIII|          her most sweet Fruit. O truly honeyflowing lips, as it
 93 XVIII|         of useful words, and the truly beautiful fruit of Mary'
 94 XVIII|        fruit" (Joel II, 22.) Oh, truly wonderful fruit, by which
 95 XVIII|          God, so that they could truly say: "My soul hath cleaved
 96 XVIII|       Mary, of whom the Psalmist truly says: "The just has borne
 97 XVIII|           By this fruit ye shall truly live, dearly beloved, and
 98 XVIII|          Prov. XVIII, 20.) He is truly a man who has such virility
 99 XVIII|   confess that the Lord Jesus is truly not only the fruit of the
100 XVIII|      power of the Holy Ghost." O truly blessed fullness of this
101 XVIII|        by what St. Jerome says: "Truly is she called a full field,
102 XVIII|         shall do shall prosper." Truly anyone who shall bear this
103 XVIII|        whom St. Bernard says: "O truly the tree of life, which
104 XVIII|         the fruit of Mary: it is truly the fruit of her womb, because
105 XVIII|       angelic mountain. O fruit, truly to be loved above all things,