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ascend_v the_o temple_n where_o sacrifice_n first_o do_v to_o god_n the_o prophecy_n of_o daniel_n be_v bring_v forth_o the_o high_a priest_n turn_v to_o that_o place_n which_o foretell_v of_o a_o mighty_a prince_n of_o graecia_n that_o be_v to_o conquer_v the_o persian_n which_o the_o circumstance_n well_o agree_v the_o king_n ready_o apply_v unto_o himself_o and_o so_o depart_v very_o well_o please_v and_o full_a of_o hope_n leave_v the_o people_n to_o their_o ancient_a peace_n 11._o antiquitat_fw-la lib._n 11._o so_o their_o historian_n josephus_n and_o the_o book_n taanith_n cap._n 9_o but_o it_o be_v add_v moreover_o by_o abraham_n the_o levite_n in_o his_o cabala_n that_o the_o high_a priest_n by_o way_n of_o acknowledgement_n make_v faith_n to_o the_o king_n that_o all_o the_o child_n which_o shall_v be_v bear_v that_o year_n to_o the_o holy_a tribe_n shall_v be_v call_v by_o his_o name_n and_o moreover_o that_o from_o the_o same_o time_n they_o will_v henceforth_o compute_v 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〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o same_o author_n please_v himself_o in_o the_o verity_n of_o this_o persuasion_n repeat'_v the_o same_o again_o in_o his_o evangelical_n preparative_a where_o he_o bear_v witness_n to_o himself_o and_o to_o what_o he_o have_v say_v elsewhere_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basiliensis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ità _fw-la epiphanius_n lib_n 1._o pagina_fw-la 10._o edit_fw-la basiliensis_fw-la the_o reader_n may_v be_v please_v to_o note_v his_o confidence_n in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o his_o great_a industry_n herein_o in_o those_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n george_n cedren_n and_o epiphanius_n no_o way_n mistrust_v such_o elaborate_a canon_n histor_n cedâ—enus_n in_o compendio_fw-la histor_n take_v it_o for_o grant_v propose_v and_o approve_v the_o authority_n of_o this_o great_a chronologer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wonder_v we_o then_o what_o shall_v moov_v great_a 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