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summatibus_fw-la proximus_fw-la post_fw-la constantii_n obitum_fw-la in_o rerum_fw-la conversione_n velut_fw-la imperatoris_fw-la cognatus_fw-la altius_fw-la anhelabat_fw-la admixtus_fw-la consortio_fw-la comitum_fw-la comitum_fw-la vide_fw-la theodos._n cod._n vi_fw-la tit._n x._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vocant_fw-la graeci_fw-la fuit_fw-la ergo_fw-la haec_fw-la notariorum_fw-la schola_fw-la magnae_fw-la dignitatiâ—_n vnde_fw-la &_o militia_n nobilis_fw-la dicitur_fw-la l._n ult_fw-la hoc_fw-la do_fw-mi &_o praeclarum_fw-la collegium_fw-la l._n ult_n de_fw-fr senatoribus_fw-la supr_n in_o consistorio_fw-la principis_fw-la acta_fw-la &_o secreta_fw-la notabant_fw-la forà s_o efferebant_fw-la imperialia_fw-la responsa_fw-la missi_fw-la etiam_fw-la ab_fw-la imperatoribus_fw-la caesarum_fw-la actibus_fw-la explorandis_fw-la etc._n etc._n consul_n jac._n gothofredi_n comment_fw-fr in_o l._n 1._o huius_fw-la tituli_fw-la notariorum_fw-la primicerios_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la vicariis_fw-la anteponi_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la proconsulibus_fw-la aequari_fw-la sancimus_fw-la ut_fw-la nihil_fw-la nisi_fw-la tempus_fw-la intersit_fw-la eodem_fw-la honore_fw-la sequens_fw-la primicerium_fw-la perfruatur_fw-la alios_fw-la porro_fw-la notarios_fw-la &_o tribunos_fw-la vicariis_fw-la jubemus_fw-la aequari_fw-la &_o si_fw-la priores_fw-la id_fw-la vocari_fw-la coeperint_fw-la anteferri_fw-la l._n 2._o &_o 3_o 3_o primicerius_fw-la &_o secundicerius_fw-la notariorum_fw-la à _fw-la marcellino_n vocantur_fw-la summate_v habiti_fw-la enim_fw-la erant_fw-la inter_fw-la summas_fw-la dignitates_fw-la vide_fw-la cod._n x._o tit._n x._o l._n 21._o 21._o lib._n 25._o c_o 8._o lib._n 26_o c._n 6._o jovianus_n primus_fw-la inter_fw-la notarios_fw-la omnes_fw-la juliano_n perempto_fw-la ipse_fw-la à _fw-la paucis_fw-la quoque_fw-la nominatus_fw-la ut_fw-la imperio_fw-la dignus_fw-la nec_fw-la post_fw-la creatum_fw-la jovianum_fw-la egit_fw-la modeste_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n jos._n scaliger_n in_o animadv_n in_o euseb_n chron._n p._n 257._o a._n a._n naz._n orat._n 3._o p._n 94._o sozom._n l._n 5._o c._n 7._o 7._o parum_fw-la sincerè_fw-la haec_fw-la &_o adulatoriè_fw-la dicta_fw-la constat_fw-la enim_fw-la valenoem_n mirum_fw-la in_o modum_fw-la perculsum_fw-la &_o consternatum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la petavius_n ad_fw-la themistium_fw-la par._n 1618._o p._n 591._o post_fw-la victoriam_fw-la in_o tyranni_fw-la fautores_fw-la atrocissimè_fw-la saevitum_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la eruditus_fw-la adulator_n themistius_n ejusdem_fw-la clementiam_fw-la in_o sontes_fw-la &_o noxios_fw-la humanitatem_fw-la extoâ—â—it_fw-la hâc_fw-la oratione_fw-la p._n 590._o dicta_fw-la hâ—c_fw-la ad_fw-la principis_fw-la adulationem_fw-la &_o ambiâ—iosè_fw-la ficta_fw-la quam_fw-la atrociter_fw-la enim_fw-la viâ—toriam_fw-la persecuâ—us_fw-la sit_fw-la valens_n docet_fw-la ammian_n l._n 26._o &_o zosim_n &c_n &c_n p._n 600._o haec_fw-la habet_fw-la zosimus_n l._n 4._o p._n 739._o in_o 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