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buxtorf_n who_o have_v with_o all_o imaginable_a diligence_n peruse_v the_o several_a part_n of_o the_o masora_n deny_v that_o this_o part_n of_o it_o be_v ever_o make_v public_a by_o who_o authority_n morinus_n be_v sway_v affirm_v that_o that_o work_n be_v never_o undertake_v by_o the_o masorite_n which_o seem_v the_o more_o probable_a in_o regard_n the_o enumeration_n of_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o hebrew_n text_n which_o be_v already_o publish_v be_v very_o far_o from_o the_o truth_n but_o that_o there_o be_v a_o account_n take_v of_o they_o by_o the_o jew_n before_o the_o talmud_n be_v publish_v may_v be_v prove_v by_o those_o argument_n which_o be_v usual_o draw_v from_o the_o tractate_v kidduschin_n and_o the_o scribe_n where_o the_o letter_n vau_fw-fr in_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o gachon_n the_o belly_n levit._fw-la 11.43_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o middlemost_a letter_n of_o the_o law_n nor_o do_v i_o believe_v that_o part_n of_o the_o masore_v to_o have_v be_v neglect_v by_o the_o masorite_n for_o i_o observe_v it_o in_o turn_v over_o several_a manuscript_n bibles_n at_o the_o end_n of_o a_o exemplar_n write_v about_o some_o four_o hundred_o year_n ago_o where_o among_o many_o other_o thing_n collect_v out_o of_o the_o masora_n there_o be_v the_o same_o account_n of_o the_o letter_n which_o i_o shall_v set_v down_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n and_o word_n as_o it_o be_v there_o deliver_v that_o the_o critic_n may_v judge_v whether_o it_o be_v exact_a or_o no._n the_o section_n of_o the_o book_n of_o genesis_n call_v parshoth_v be_v reckon_v to_o be_v twelve_o the_o other_o section_n call_v sedarim_n 43._o verse_n 75_o 34._o vord_n 20713._o letter_n 78100._o and_o these_o word_n be_v in_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o book_n gnal_n charbekah_n tihijeh_n by_o thy_o sword_n thou_o shall_v live_v 27.40_o gen._n 27.40_o the_o parshoth_v of_o exodus_fw-la be_v number_v to_o be_v 11._o the_o
critic_n of_o tyberias_fw-la in_o vain_a turmoil_v and_o weary_a themselves_o in_o count_v how_o many_o time_n this_o or_o that_o word_n be_v full_a and_o how_o many_o time_n defective_a for_o example_n they_o diligent_o consider_v how_o many_o time_n the_o word_n otham_n be_v write_v at_o large_a in_o the_o text_n they_o observe_v that_o it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o law_n thirty_o nine_o time_n full_a or_o with_o the_o letter_n vau_fw-fr and_o thus_o they_o run_v through_o all_o the_o book_n of_o scripture_n but_o upon_o compare_v the_o manuscript_n together_o they_o can_v never_o once_o agree_v among_o themselves_o after_o what_o manner_n the_o say_a word_n be_v to_o be_v write_v moreover_o this_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v full_o thus_o write_v do_v not_o only_o signify_v they_o or_o those_o which_o be_v its_o true_a and_o genuine_a signification_n but_o sometime_o with_o they_o as_o if_o it_o be_v write_v ittham_n and_o be_v defective_a in_o the_o write_n so_o true_a 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hundred_o of_o this_o nature_n frequent_o to_o be_v meet_v with_o in_o the_o commentary_n of_o the_o jew_n by_o which_o the_o greek_a translation_n of_o the_o lxx_o interpreter_n and_o the_o latin_a of_o st._n i_o may_v be_v illustrate_v in_o many_o place_n neither_o be_v st._n jerome_n to_o be_v commend_v for_o this_o that_o he_o blame_v the_o greek_a interpreter_n for_o differ_v sometime_o from_o he_o in_o that_o sort_n of_o read_v for_o this_o reason_n he_o tax_v those_o who_o in_o the_o 14._o chap_a of_o isaiah_n for_o angel_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o hebrew_n exemplar_n translate_v king_n because_o that_o in_o their_o copy_n they_o find_v the_o word_n malkim_n without_o the_o letter_n aleph_fw-la not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o the_o letter_n aleph_fw-la as_o st._n i_o have_v it_o but_o the_o greek_a interpreter_n be_v not_o to_o be_v govern_v so_o much_o by_o the_o read_n of_o copy_n as_o by_o the_o sense_n which_o be_v most_o proper_a to_o the_o place_n especial_o when_o the_o manuscript_n and_o print_a edition_n do_v not_o agree_v about_o the_o insertion_n of_o the_o letter_n aleph_fw-la as_o in_o jeremy_n the_o seven_o v._n 18._o where_o the_o modern_a exemplar_n read_v limleke_v to_o the_o queen_n without_o a_o aleph_fw-la yet_o in_o a_o single_a manuscript_n it_o be_v write_v with_o a_o aleph_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o hence_o arise_v those_o masoretic_n observation_n of_o redundant_fw-la letter_n chap._n viii_o some_o example_n of_o differ_a write_n be_v produce_v from_o the_o manuscript_n which_o vary_v from_o the_o masoretic_n lection_n after_o that_o the_o hebrew_n language_n cease_v to_o be_v familiar_o speak_v among_o the_o jew_n and_o that_o the_o chaldee_n language_n become_v the_o speech_n of_o the_o country_n the_o writer_n make_v many_o alteration_n in_o their_o transcription_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o affinity_n of_o the_o language_n nor_o be_v they_o so_o curious_a of_o neat_a letter_n as_o they_o be_v before_o 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judge_n 1.1_o the_o word_n col_n be_v omit_v and_o the_o lection_n be_v thus_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n go_v forth_o but_o in_o the_o print_a edition_n col_n benei_n all_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n go_v forth_o but_o it_o be_v needless_a to_o repeat_v any_o more_o example_n of_o these_o variance_n which_o nevertheless_o st._n jerom_n write_v to_o sunias_n and_o fretelas_n very_o careful_o enumerate_v for_o the_o thing_n itself_o inform_v we_o that_o those_o sort_n of_o word_n may_v easy_o have_v be_v add_v or_o omit_v in_o the_o transcribe_v of_o the_o copy_n moreover_o in_o the_o spanish_a manuscript_n already_o recite_v towards_o the_o end_n of_o the_o 2d_o chap._n of_o the_o 1_o book_n of_o chronicle_n the_o lection_n be_v conformable_a to_o the_o greek_a interpreter_n and_o to_o what_o st._n jerom_n have_v read_v in_o his_o copy_n maacha_n calebs_n concubine_n bring_v forth_o seber_n and_o thirana_n the_o spanish_a copy_n read_v jaldah_n bring_v forth_o in_o the_o feminine_a 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the_o jew_n as_o be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o old_a yet_o be_v not_o there_o to_o be_v find_v such_o be_v the_o word_n jerusalem_n jerusalem_n who_o slay_v the_o prophet_n and_o ston_v they_o who_o be_v send_v unto_o thou_o etc._n etc._n the_o same_o story_n be_v relate_v of_o zecharia_n slay_v between_o the_o temple_n and_o the_o altar_n which_o because_o they_o do_v not_o appear_v in_o scripture_n he_o therefore_o suspect_v to_o have_v be_v take_v out_o by_o the_o rabbi_n wherefore_o say_v he_o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o which_o the_o seer_n and_o prince_n and_o elder_n of_o the_o people_n more_o desire_v then_o to_o blot_v out_o those_o passage_n which_o contain_v their_o misdeed_n among_o the_o people_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n that_o they_o who_o be_v not_o much_o unlike_o those_o elder_n in_o their_o practice_n shall_v steal_v and_o remove_v out_o of_o the_o scripture_n the_o true_a story_n of_o susanna_n against_o who_o the_o lascivious_a elder_n lay_v 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