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mortem_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la ipsaque_fw-la mors_fw-la nihil_fw-la mors_fw-la individua_fw-la est_fw-la noxia_fw-la corpori_fw-la nec_fw-la patience_n animae_fw-la toti_n morimur_fw-la nullaque_fw-la pars_fw-la manet_fw-la nostri_fw-la in_o rabbelais_n rabbelais_n pineda_n in_o his_o monarchica_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la quote_v one_o thousand_o and_o forty_o author_n author_n in_o his_o oracle_n to_o augustus_n augustus_n thereby_o be_v mean_v our_o good_a angel_n appoint_v we_o from_o our_o nativity_n nativity_n who_o will_v his_o friend_n not_o to_o bury_v he_o but_o hang_v he_o up_o with_o a_o staff_n in_o his_o hand_n to_o fright_v away_o the_o crow_n in_o those_o day_n there_o shall_v come_v liar_n and_o false_a prophet_n prophet_n urbem_fw-la romam_fw-la in_o principio_fw-la reges_fw-la habuere_fw-la habuere_fw-la pro_fw-la archia_fw-la poeta_fw-la poeta_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la i_o non_fw-la inficior_fw-la mediocriter_fw-la esse_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o his_o medicus_n medicateus_n medicateus_n that_o he_o be_v a_o german_a appear_v by_o his_o note_n pag._n 35._o where_o he_o have_v these_o word_n duleissima_fw-la nostra_fw-la germania_n etc._n etc._n etc._n in_o praefat_fw-la annotat_fw-la annotat_fw-la except_v two_o or_o three_o particular_n in_o which_o reference_n be_v make_v to_o some_o book_n that_o come_v over_o since_o that_o time_n print_v gun_n gun_n tho._n aquin_n in_o come_v in_o boet_n de_fw-fr consolat_a prope_fw-la â—inam_fw-la this_o story_n i_o have_v but_o upon_o relation_n yet_o of_o a_o very_a good_a hand_n