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power_n over_o kindred_n &_o nation_n &_o tongue_n sig_n the_o largeness_n of_o antichrist_n jurisdiction_n that_o he_o shall_v stretch_v his_o throne_n far_o and_o wide_a even_o into_o all_o the_o world_n as_o verse_n 3_o also_o the_o universality_n of_o his_o tyranny_n which_o shall_v kill_v and_o destroy_v not_o a_o few_o people_n as_o all_o history_n and_o lamentable_a experience_n witness_v so_o as_o the_o title_n of_o catholic_n which_o he_o assume_v do_v well_o agree_v to_o he_o to_o wit_n a_o catholic_a tyrant_n and_o a_o man_n of_o catholic_a cruelty_n reu._n 13_o 7._o and_o power_n be_v give_v he_o over_o every_o kindred_n and_o tongue_n and_o nation_n power_n over_o water_n sig_n see_v power_n over_o fire_n howbeit_o some_o expound_v these_o word_n more_o mystical_o not_o unprobable_o this_o book_n be_v so_o mystical_a for_o power_n to_o turn_v the_o truth_n into_o lie_n and_o error_n as_o egyptian_a water_n be_v change_v into_o blood_n revel_v 11_o 6._o and_o have_v power_n 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