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all_o the_o god_n owe_v their_o be_v be_v the_o one_o supreme_a deity_n our_o question_n be_v which_o venus_n ovid_n speak_v of_o in_o that_o verse_n you_o say_v it_o be_v the_o divine_a or_o the_o true_a god_n i_o say_v it_o be_v the_o vulgar_a and_o thus_o i_o prove_v it_o that_o venus_n who_o make_v males_n fight_n with_o one_o another_o and_o sport_n with_o the_o female_n of_o their_o kind_a for_o who_o young_a man_n break_v their_o sleeps_z to_o give_v serenade_n to_o their_o misses_n who_o by_o adultery_n with_o anchises_n bring_v forth_o aeneas_n who_o contend_v with_o pallas_n and_o juno_n for_o a_o golden_a apple_n and_o submit_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o paris_n who_o fight_v in_o defence_n of_o troy_n and_o be_v wound_v she_o i_o say_v be_v the_o vulgar_a venus_n and_o not_o the_o true_a god_n which_o i_o suppose_v need_v no_o proof_n but_o of_o this_o venus_n ovid_n speak_v for_o he_o say_v quid_fw-la genus_fw-la omne_fw-la create_v volucrum_fw-la nisi_fw-la blanda_fw-la 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