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that_o the_o earth_n be_v drain_v indeed_o ovid_n and_o other_o mythologist_n make_v deucalion_n flood_n to_o have_v be_v universal_a and_o it_o be_v clear_a by_o the_o description_n ovid_n give_v of_o it_o that_o he_o mean_v the_o general_a deluge_n in_o the_o day_n of_o noah_n and_o that_o by_o deucalion_n the_o ancient_n together_o with_o ovid_n understand_v noah_n kircher_n in_o his_o 6._o arca_n noae_n do_v well_o make_v out_o first_o for_o that_o the_o poet_n apollonius_n make_v he_o the_o son_n of_o prometheus_n in_o his_o three_o book_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o prometheus_n the_o son_n of_o japetus_n beget_v the_o renown_a deucalion_n 2._o berosus_n affirm_v noah_n to_o have_v be_v a_o scythian_a and_o lucian_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr dea_fw-la syria_n tell_v we_o that_o many_o make_v deucalion_n to_o have_v be_v so_o too_o 3._o the_o scripture_n testify_v that_o man_n be_v general_o very_o corrupt_a and_o wicked_a in_o the_o day_n of_o noah_n and_o andro_n teius_n a_o very_a ancient_a writer_n testify_v that_o in_o deucalion_n time_n there_o be_v a_o great_a abundance_n of_o wicked_a man_n which_o make_v it_o necessary_a for_o god_n to_o destroy_v mankind_n 4._o the_o scripture_n say_v that_o noah_n be_v a_o just_a man_n and_o perfect_a in_o his_o generation_n and_o ovid_n say_v of_o deucalion_n that_o non_fw-la illo_fw-la mâ—lior_fw-la quisquam_fw-la nec_fw-la amantior_fw-la aequi_fw-la vir_fw-la fuit_fw-la aut_fw-la illâ_fw-la pyrrhâ_fw-la uxore_fw-la ejus_fw-la reverentior_fw-la ulla_fw-la deorum_fw-la and_o a_o little_a after_o innocuos_fw-la ambos_fw-la cultores_fw-la numinis_fw-la ambos_fw-la 5._o apollonius_n say_v of_o deucalion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o first_o rule_v over_o men._n which_o may_v very_o well_o be_v attribute_v to_o noah_n the_o father_n and_o restorer_n of_o
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