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sed_fw-la veterum_fw-la referta_fw-la testimoniis_fw-la soliti_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d well_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d appellare_fw-la ut_fw-la clemens_n alexandrinus_n etc._n etc._n those_o book_n and_o commentary_n say_v martianus_n victorinus_n man_n call_v stromata_n 65._o
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against_o both_o the_o religion_n and_o name_n of_o christian_n he_o be_v at_o length_n in_o france_n make_v tutor_n unto_o crispus_n script_n the_o son_n of_o constantine_n the_o great_a and_o his_o great_a friend_n who_o commit_v he_o for_o his_o breed_n unto_o the_o câ—re_n of_o lactantius_n a_o evident_a argument_n both_o of_o his_o fame_n and_o faithfulness_n §_o 2._o he_o be_v a_o man_n of_o great_a learning_n 9_o 〈◊〉_d erudition_n clarus_fw-la abundanter_fw-la 〈◊〉_d inquiâ—_fw-la trithemius_n a_o very_a grave_a author_n say_v hospinian_n one_o notable_o skill_a 〈◊〉_d the_o art_n of_o rhetoric_n and_o in_o all_o philosophy_n have_v diligent_o peruse_v the_o write_n of_o all_o sort_n of_o humane_a author_n 10._o as_o his_o book_n do_v sufficient_o testify_v in_o which_o he_o omit_v almost_o â—one_n of_o any_o science_n or_o profession_n who_o testimony_n he_o make_v not_o use_v of_o and_o so_o excel_v in_o eloquence_n of_o speech_n medull_n that_o therein_o he_o be_v judge_v to_o 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deserantur_fw-la procedant_fw-la in_o medium_n pontifices_fw-la seu_fw-la minores_fw-la seu_fw-la maximi_fw-la
flemines_fw-la augur_n item_n reges_fw-la sacrificuli_fw-la quique_fw-la sunt_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la &_o antistites_fw-la religionum_fw-la convocent_fw-la nos_fw-la ad_fw-la concionem_fw-la cohortentur_fw-la nos_fw-la ad_fw-la suscipiendos_fw-la cultus_fw-la deorum_fw-la persuadeant_fw-la multos_fw-la esse_fw-la quorum_fw-la numine_fw-la ac_fw-la providentiâ_fw-la regantur_fw-la â—â—nia_fw-la ostendant_fw-la origines_fw-la &_o initia_fw-la sacrorum_fw-la ac_fw-la deorum_fw-la quomodo_fw-la sint_fw-la mortalibus_fw-la tradita_fw-la qui_fw-la son_n quae_fw-la ratio_fw-la sit_fw-la explicent_fw-la proferant_fw-la quae_fw-la â—â—rces_n in_o cultu_fw-la quae_fw-la poena_fw-la in_o contempta_fw-la maneat_fw-la quare_fw-la ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la se_fw-la coli_fw-la velint_fw-la quid_fw-la illis_fw-la si_fw-la beati_fw-la sunt_fw-la humana_fw-la pietas_fw-la conferat_fw-la quae_fw-la â—mnia_fw-la non_fw-la asseveratione_n propriâ_fw-la nec_fw-la enim_fw-la â—â—let_fw-la quicquam_fw-la 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