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〈◊〉_d and_o here_o again_o in_o relation_n to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v no_o authority_n to_o countenance_v my_o version_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o expedens_fw-la i_o lay_v hold_v of_o a_o different_a read_n in_o the_o king_n ms_n send_v i_o by_o my_o collator_n where_o he_o assure_v i_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dr._n bentley_n put_v on_o his_o critical_a spectacle_n and_o find_v that_o though_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o it_o be_v original_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v be_v erase_v by_o a_o modern_a hand_n as_o appear_v by_o a_o void_a space_n and_o upon_o this_o he_o triumph_v over_o my_o skill_n in_o peruse_v the_o ms_n when_o he_o know_v it_o be_v fifty_o mile_n off_o of_o i_o all_o the_o time_n of_o the_o edition_n what_o void_a space_n now_o appear_v in_o that_o ms_n how_o many_o erasing_n there_o be_v or_o by_o what_o hand_n it_o matter_n not_o much_o to_o dispute_v or_o inquire_v i_o own_o i_o overlook_v the_o false_a accent_n of_o these_o word_n which_o he_o charge_v i_o with_o but_o to_o set_v down_o my_o translation_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ob_fw-la ea_fw-la and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n to_o say_v i_o make_v it_o a_o interrogative_n be_v according_a to_o dr._n bentley_n way_n of_o represent_v thing_n he_o shall_v either_o have_v be_v less_o severe_a with_o i_o pison_n on_o the_o account_n of_o my_o mistake_n of_o this_o kind_n or_o have_v take_v more_o care_n to_o prevent_v his_o own_o some_o of_o which_o since_o he_o condescend_v to_o these_o trifle_n i_o shall_v so_o far_o comply_v with_o he_o as_o to_o give_v the_o reader_n a_o account_n of_o p._n 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 18._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 35._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 45._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 48._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 61._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 70._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 94._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 129._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 138._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 139._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 146._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o reader_n will_v think_v the_o controversy_n run_v low_a when_o we_o begin_v thus_o to_o dispute_v about_o accent_n and_o encliticks_n and_o indeed_o i_o think_v so_o too_o but_o how_o can_v i_o help_v it_o my_o excuse_n must_v be_v that_o i_o be_v oblige_v to_o engage_v the_o dr._n in_o what_o way_n he_o like_v best_a and_o have_v not_o the_o choice_n of_o my_o own_o weapon_n and_o now_o be_v not_o these_o which_o i_o have_v go_v through_o mighty_a blemish_n to_o my_o edition_n and_o fit_a to_o be_v insist_v on_o by_o the_o dr_n in_o order_n to_o humble_v i_o and_o my_o teacher_n he_o take_v care_n to_o tell_v i_o that_o he_o can_v produce_v more_o instance_n of_o this_o kind_n i_o question_v not_o but_o he_o may_v but_o if_o he_o can_v find_v out_o no_o more_o considerable_a mistake_v than_o these_o i_o think_v he_o may_v leave_v off_o criticise_v upon_o this_o 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