The second formula
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Esta fórmula era melhor, e tinha a vantagem de me fortalecer o coração contra a investidura eclesiástica. Juramos pela segunda fórmula, e ficamos tão felizes que todo receio de perigo desapareceu. Éramos religiosos, tínhamos o céu por testemunha. Eu nem já temia o seminário.
This formula was better, and had the advantage of strengthening my heart against the ecclesiastical investiture. We swore by the second formula, and we became so happy that all fear of danger disappeared. We were religious, we had the sky as witness. I no longer feared the seminary.
The narrator and his companion swear a second formula, feeling strengthened and fearless.
The narrator and his companion feel emboldened by their second oath, believing it protects them from the ecclesiastical investiture and dispels their fears.
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