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israel_n kodesh_n i_o say_v be_v add_v that_o no_o man_n may_v miss_v of_o who_o be_v mean_v thereby_o namely_o his_o holiness_n of_o rome_n for_o this_o be_v his_o know_a title_n nothing_o more_o celebrate_v and_o that_o it_o may_v be_v the_o title_n of_o a_o man_n notwithstanding_o it_o be_v the_o feminine_a gender_n and_o in_o the_o abstract_n cornelius_n à _fw-la lapide_fw-la very_o well_o make_v out_o upon_o dan._n 9_o 24._o where_o say_v he_o sanctitas_fw-la sanctitatum_fw-la the_o most_o holy_a be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o christ_n not_o of_o the_o temple_n and_o signify_v no_o more_o than_o sanctus_n sanctorum_fw-la or_o sanctissimus_fw-la sic_fw-la pontificem_fw-la say_v he_o vocamus_fw-la sua_fw-la sanctitas_fw-la that_o be_v sanctissimus_fw-la dominus_fw-la and_o gasper_n sanctius_n on_o the_o same_o place_n speak_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n what_o can_v be_v more_o easy_a or_o plain_a so_o manifest_a be_v it_o that_o no_o grammatical_a or_o critical_a violence_n be_v 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