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〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n pausan_n in_o phocicis_n pag._n 327._o in_o which_o one_o of_o they_o name_n herself_o sometime_o herophile_n sometime_o the_o wife_n sometime_o sister_n sometime_o daughter_n of_o apollo_n possible_o these_o hymn_n be_v the_o same_o with_o those_o call_v eumolpia_n write_v by_o one_o musaeus_n as_o you_o have_v it_o pag._n 320._o of_o the_o same_o author_n sometime_o you_o will_v find_v daphne_n call_v the_o precedent_n of_o the_o oracle_n sometime_o phemonoe_n sometime_o of_o a_o tradition_n of_o a_o temple_n build_v by_o vulcan_n and_o all_o this_o confess_o before_o the_o trojan_a war_n but_o no_o time_n when_o which_o certain_o be_v because_o by_o reason_n of_o its_o antiquity_n they_o can_v not_o and_o i_o confess_v in_o the_o relation_n of_o pausanias_n there_o be_v a_o little_a uncertainty_n and_o obscurity_n but_o i_o think_v i_o may_v with_o as_o much_o probability_n upon_o what_o you_o have_v hear_v affirm_v some_o of_o his_o sort_n of_o diviner_n be_v 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n in_o parenesi_fw-la ad_fw-la gent._n p._n 30._o edit_fw-la rob._n step._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d you_o may_v easy_o learn_v in_o part_n the_o right_a way_n of_o worship_v god_n from_o the_o ancient_a sibylla_n this_o sibyl_n they_o say_v come_v out_o of_o babylon_n be_v the_o daughter_n of_o berosus_n that_o write_v the_o chaldean_a history_n etc._n etc._n and_o soon_o after_o have_v these_o word_n in_o the_o same_o page_n of_o this_o sibyl_n plato_n among_o many_o other_o writer_n of_o his_o time_n that_o mention_n she_o speak_v of_o in_o phaedro_n nay_o who_o himself_o afterward_o call_v the_o most_o ancient_a sibyl_n i_o reply_v to_o this_o testimony_n though_o the_o word_n be_v indeed_o so_o in_o the_o father_n yet_o it_o carry_v
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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o he_o have_v taste_v of_o death_n go_v thither_o first_o for_o which_o reason_n all_o man_n that_o be_v bear_v of_o the_o earth_n be_v say_v to_o go_v down_o to_o the_o house_n of_o hades_n what_o can_v be_v imagine_v more_o contrary_a than_o this_o to_o the_o affirmation_n of_o david_n blundel_n he_o tell_v you_o adam_n take_v his_o name_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o the_o book_n warrant_v that_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v its_o derivation_n from_o adam_n not_o adam_n from_o it_o of_o this_o opinion_n likewise_o be_v mr._n sanford_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr descensu_fw-la christi_fw-la ad_fw-la inferos_fw-la publish_v and_o perfect_v after_o his_o death_n by_o robert_n parker_n he_o tell_v you_o pag._n 8._o luce_fw-fr clarius_fw-la est_fw-la adamah_n primum_fw-la in_o hadam_n deinde_fw-la in_o 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