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paulinus_n bishop_n of_o nola_n in_o camqania_n 379._o for_o the_o year_n 379._o a_o man_n famous_a for_o poetry_n and_o eloquence_n piety_n and_o munificence_n a_o good_a acquaintance_n of_o augustine_n and_o hierom_n betwixt_o who_o and_o he_o there_o pass_v sundry_a epistle_n a_o great_a favourite_n and_o familiar_a of_o ambrose_n who_o life_n he_o write_v as_o also_o of_o sulpitius_n severus_n to_o who_o he_o write_v 14._o epistle_n as_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o twelve_o epistle_n to_o the_o same_o sulpitius_n severus_n have_v these_o two_o verse_n whhich_v for_o your_o sake_n i_o must_v be_v fain_o to_o tranflate_v into_o english_a thence_o from_o the_o sacred_a font_n the_o priest_n do_v lead_v it_o the_o infant_n white_a in_o body_n heart_n and_o habit_n epiphanius_n 376._o for_o the_o year_n 376._o in_o his_o first_o book_n haer._n 8._o the_o figure_n be_v in_o the_o law_n the_o truth_n in_o the_o gospel_n circumcision_n which_o serve_v for_o a_o time_n give_v place_n to_o 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