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grow_v less_o credulous_a of_o their_o priest_n and_o so_o the_o oracle_n become_v to_o be_v silent_a cum_fw-la jam_fw-la say_v he_o apollo_n versus_fw-la facere_fw-la desiisset_fw-la cujus_fw-la tunc_fw-la cautum_fw-la illud_fw-la &_o ambiguum_fw-la defecit_fw-la oraculum_fw-la cum_fw-la &_o politiores_fw-la homines_fw-la &_o minùs_fw-la creduli_fw-la esse_fw-la coeperunt_fw-la sir_n h._n blount_n in_o his_o levantine_n voyage_n say_v he_o see_v the_o statue_n of_o memnon_n so_o famous_a of_o old_a he_o say_v it_o be_v hollow_a at_o top_n and_o that_o he_o be_v tell_v by_o the_o egyptian_n and_o jew_n there_o with_o he_o that_o they_o have_v see_v some_o enter_v there_o and_o come_v out_o at_o the_o pyramid_n two_o bow_n shoot_v off_o then_o say_v he_o i_o soon_o believe_v the_o oracle_n and_o believe_v all_o the_o rest_n to_o have_v be_v such_o which_o indeed_o be_v much_o easy_a to_o imagine_v than_o that_o it_o be_v perform_v by_o any_o of_o the_o three_o way_n before_o mention_v 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corpora_fw-la foedaret_fw-la regem_fw-la ochirum_fw-la he_o mean_v pharaoh_n adito_fw-la hammonis_fw-la oraculo_fw-la remediam_fw-la petentem_fw-la purgare_fw-la regnum_fw-la &_o id_fw-la genus_fw-la hominum_fw-la alias_o in_o terras_fw-la avertere_fw-la jussum_fw-la et_fw-la paulo_fw-la inferius_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsos_fw-la scabies_fw-la quondam_a turpaverat_fw-la sect._n 30_o pag._n 65_o i_o have_v ever_o believe_v and_o do_v now_o know_v that_o there_o be_v witch_n what_o sort_n of_o witch_n they_o be_v that_o the_o author_n know_v to_o be_v such_o i_o can_v tell_v for_o those_o which_o he_o mention_n in_o the_o next_o section_n which_o proceed_v upon_o the_o principle_n of_o nature_n none_o have_v deny_v that_o such_o there_o be_v against_o such_o it_o be_v that_o the_o lex_fw-la julia_n de_fw-la veneficiis_fw-la be_v make_v that_o be_v those_z qui_fw-la noxio_fw-la poculo_fw-la ant_n impuris_fw-la medicaminibus_fw-la aliquem_fw-la fuerint_fw-la infectati_fw-la al._n ab_fw-la 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