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c._n 7._o p._n 103._o l._n 14._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n exit_fw-la joan._n antiocheno_n excerpt_v per_fw-la h._n vale_n ed._n 1634._o p._n 845._o p._n 105._o l._n 10._o lege_fw-la c._n 1_o p._n 137._o ibid._n c._n 1._o p._n 155._o p._n 108._o l._n 1._o gelas_n cyz_n p._n 148._o l._n 11_o socrat._v l._n 3._o p._n 167._o l._n 3._o pro_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lege_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 188._o l._n 21._o largiter_fw-la p._n 189._o l._n 2._o hominem_fw-la p._n 210._o l._n 8._o pro_fw-la lex_fw-la lege_fw-la rex_fw-la p._n 256._o l._n 14._o antequam_fw-la the_o introduction_n the_o apostasy_n of_o julian_n the_o emperor_n do_v not_o perhaps_o make_v a_o great_a noise_n in_o the_o city_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n than_o the_o short_a account_n of_o his_o life_n call_v julian_n the_o apostate_n do_v in_o the_o city_n of_o london_n at_o its_o first_o publication_n it_o start_v from_o the_o press_n as_o racer_n usual_o do_v from_o the_o
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