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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basil_n call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o word_n use_v by_o the_o way_n thing_n common_o talk_v of_o by_o passenger_n in_o the_o way_n as_o general_o believe_v or_o because_o they_o be_v write_v upon_o pillar_n in_o the_o highway_n that_o traveller_n read_v they_o may_v have_v occasion_n of_o meditation_n and_o discourse_n for_o their_o instruction_n and_o correction_n athen._n synop_n l._n 14._o the_o latin_a word_n proverbium_fw-la or_o proverb_n be_v proverbo_n that_o which_o be_v worthy_a to_o stand_v for_o a_o word_n 2._o the_o word_n may_v import_v a_o similitude_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v sometime_o to_o liken_v one_o thing_n to_o another_o ezek._n 16.44_o behold_v every_o one_o that_o use_v proverb_n shall_v use_v this_o proverb_n against_o thou_o say_v as_o be_v the_o mother_n so_o be_v the_o daughter_n and_o that_o 1._o because_o a_o multitude_n of_o 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in_o his_o own_o word_n sometime_o in_o his_o father_n david_n as_o chap._n 4.4_o etc._n etc._n and_o sometime_o in_o agurs_n as_o chap._n 30._o and_o sometime_o in_o his_o mother_n as_o chap._n 31._o that_o so_o he_o may_v affect_v man_n the_o more_o with_o this_o variety_n and_o show_v whence_o he_o have_v his_o first_o knowledge_n and_o what_o pain_n both_o his_o parent_n take_v with_o he_o a_o fit_a precedent_n for_o other_o parent_n for_o the_o six_o head_n the_o division_n of_o the_o book_n there_o be_v in_o it_o 1_o solomon_n preface_n to_o his_o proverb_n in_o the_o three_o first_o chapter_n 2_o david_n catechism_n for_o his_o son_n solomon_n with_o a_o short_a preface_n of_o solomon_n to_o it_o from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o four_o chapter_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o nine_o 3_o solomon_n own_o proverb_n not_o only_o utter_v but_o write_v by_o himself_o as_o appear_v by_o the_o title_n of_o the_o ten_o chapter_n which_o reach_v to_o the_o end_n of_o chap._n 24._o 4_o such_o 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