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 1    II|    speak not one word, and have liefer to die than to defame and
 2    II|     fled secretly away, and had liefer be in exile, than to break
 3    II|   children, he then said: I had liefer be the swine or hog of Herod
 4    II|      than of the world, and had liefer die to the world than to
 5   III| continual fastings, for she had liefer have them good, suffering
 6   III| answered S. Gregory that he had liefer to have sickness all his
 7   III|         worship them or have ye liefer that I hunt them out of
 8   III|        consent of Josephus, had liefer die than be subject or put
 9   III|       his fellow whether he had liefer live or die, and commanded
10   III|       she answered that she had liefer for the faith of Jesu Christ
11    IV|        that for his love ye had liefer die than live, and what
12    IV|   answered for them all: We had liefer die with our Lord chastely
13    IV|    would be his knight, and had liefer be his knight than duke
14     V|       to her desire, for he had liefer be idle in rest than to
15     V|   bitter to himself. For he had liefer have died than not to understand
16     V|     said to himself that he had liefer die than that he should
17     V|     vicar sufficed him, and had liefer that than to be made bishop,
18     V|        to the judge that he had liefer slay himself than touch
19     V|       and was all whole.~He had liefer hear blame of himself than
20     V|      answered in despite: I had liefer see two of you flayed with
21    VI|     would accord to it, but had liefer to be needy among the poor
22    VI|   religion. And she said: I had liefer that thou shouldest lose
23    VI|     nothing in this world to me liefer than my brother, whom I
24   VII|         to sacrifice, but I had liefer that she were overcome by