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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o son_n of_o a_o lye_n massilienses_n maimon_n epistol_n ad_fw-la judaeos_fw-la massilienses_n maimon_n tell_v we_o of_o another_o who_o deceive_v the_o poor_a jew_n under_o a_o pretence_n that_o he_o be_v the_o forerunner_n of_o the_o messiah_n who_o have_v boast_v vain_o that_o he_o shall_v rise_v again_o after_o his_o death_n in_o token_n that_o he_o come_v from_o god_n be_v behead_v by_o a_o certain_a arabian_a king_n and_o so_o perish_v and_o leave_v the_o jew_n that_o give_v he_o credit_n in_o great_a calamity_n and_o distress_n it_o be_v a_o very_a easy_a thing_n to_o give_v in_o a_o account_n of_o the_o cheat_n and_o impostor_n who_o have_v arisen_a in_o the_o several_a age_n of_o the_o world_n 150._o euseb_n eccl._n hist_o l._n 4._o c._n 6._o hieron_n catal._n scrip._n eccl_n in_o agrippa_n origen_n contra_fw-la cell_n p._n 44._o vorstii_fw-la observat_fw-la ad_fw-la gantz_n p._n 292._o juchasin_n fol._n 38._o zemah_o david_n p._n 150._o 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