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dei_fw-la p._n 100_o so_o raynolds_n in_o his_o refutation_n pag._n 303._o against_o isaac_n valla_n andradius_fw-la monta_fw-la etc._n etc._n haeretici_fw-la huius_fw-la temporis_fw-la odio_fw-la vulgatae_fw-la editionis_fw-la nimium_fw-la tribuunt_fw-la editiâ—i_fw-la hebraicae_fw-la etc._n etc._n omne_fw-la exaâ—â—nari_fw-la uâ—lunt_fw-la ad_fw-la hebraeum_n textum_fw-la quem_fw-la non_fw-la semel_fw-la purissimum_fw-la fontem_fw-la appellant_n bell._n l._n 2._o de_fw-fr verb._n c._n 2._o epiphan_n contr_n anomaeos_fw-la haeres_fw-la 76._o omnia_fw-la sunt_fw-la clara_fw-la &_o lucida_fw-la etc._n etc._n basil_n in_o ascet_fw-la oâ—_n regul_n breviores_fw-la quae_fw-la ambiguè_fw-fr &_o obscurê_fw-la videntur_fw-la dici_fw-la in_o quibusdam_fw-la locis_fw-la sacrae_fw-la script_n &_o reg_fw-la 267._o aug._n ep._n 3._o non_fw-la tenta_fw-la in_o scripture_n difficultate_fw-la perveniter_fw-la ad_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la necessaria_fw-la sunt_fw-la saluti_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug._n 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