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〈◊〉_d and_o bury_v it_o and_o the_o talmud_n say_v that_o hezekiah_n do_v two_o memorable_a thing_n first_o ganaz_n sepher_n rephuoth_v abscondit_fw-la librum_fw-la medicinarum_fw-la he_o hide_v the_o book_n of_o physic_n which_o solomon_n have_v write_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o second_o cathath_n nahhash_n hannehhushoth_v shegnashe_a much_fw-mi comminuit_fw-la aeneum_fw-la serpentem_fw-la quem_fw-la fecerat_fw-la moses_n he_o break_v the_o brazen_a serpent_n which_o moses_n make_v solomon_n speak_v three_o thousand_o proverbes_n 1_o king_n 4.32_o yet_o of_o all_o these_o proverbes_n scarce_o eight_o hundred_o be_v put_v in_o the_o canon_n some_o of_o these_o proverbes_n the_o servant_n of_o hezekiah_n king_n of_o juda_n copy_v out_o prov._n 25.1_o and_o as_o they_o see_v the_o king_n their_o master_n bury_v s_z book_n which_o he_o know_v be_v hurtful_a to_o the_o church_n perish_v salomoni_fw-la proverb_n and_o song_n which_o be_v not_o profitable_a to_o the_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gemelli_fw-la so_o heb._n 7.2_o melchisedeck_v the_o king_n of_o salem_n first_o by_o interpretation_n king_n of_o righteousness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gemi_fw-la we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o after_o that_o king_n of_o peace_n the_o word_n melchesedick_n which_o be_v one_o word_n for_o the_o understanding_n of_o the_o graecise_a jew_n he_o divide_v it_o in_o two_o and_o show_v in_o greek_a greek_a act._n 1â—_n 8_o elimas_n by_o interpretation_n magus_n this_o word_n magus_n be_v degenerate_a in_o a_o greek_a word_n therefore_o this_o book_n be_v write_v in_o greek_a that_o salem_n signify_v peace_n and_o zedek_n justitia_fw-la righteousness_n as_o if_o he_o will_v say_v frugifer_fw-la qui_fw-la fert_fw-la fructum_fw-la cornifer_fw-la qui_fw-la fert_fw-la cornua_fw-la here_o because_o the_o interpretation_n be_v in_o greek_a we_o may_v know_v that_o this_o epistle_n have_v be_v write_v original_o in_o greek_a the_o
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do_v little_o better_o with_o they_o than_o esope_n do_v with_o a_o inscription_n write_v in_o a_o pillar_n of_o marble_n in_o which_o be_v write_v these_o seven_o letter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d esope_n first_o read_v they_o thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id_fw-la est_fw-la abscedens_fw-la gradus_fw-la quatuor_fw-la fodiens_fw-la inuenies_fw-la thesaurum_fw-la auri_fw-la but_o xanthus_n his_o master_n find_v as_o he_o have_v speak_v a_o great_a treasure_n of_o gold_n and_o give_v nothing_o to_o esope_n for_o his_o conjecture_n keep_v all_o to_o himself_o therefore_o esope_n read_v they_o another_o way_n thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la tollitis_fw-la dum_fw-la abitis_fw-la dividite_fw-la quem_fw-la invenistis_fw-la thesaurum_fw-la auri_fw-la but_o when_o esope_n get_v nothing_o in_o a_o rage_n he_o read_v it_o thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id_fw-la est_fw-la red_a regi_fw-la dionysio_fw-la quem_fw-la invenisti_fw-la thesaurum_fw-la auri_fw-la the_o jew_n hold_v that_o there_o be_v a_o literal_a sense_n in_o every_o scripture_n and_o a_o mystical_a sense_n the_o literal_a sense_n they_o call_v dabhar_n keton_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rem_fw-la parvam_fw-la and_o the_o mystical_a sense_n they_o call_v it_o dabhar_n gadol_n rem_fw-la magnam_fw-la the_o literal_a sense_n they_o call_v it_o peshath_fw-mi sensum_fw-la nudum_fw-la and_o the_o mystical_a sense_n they_o call_v it_o darash_n and_o most_o of_o the_o schoolman_n hold_v that_o there_o be_v a_o double_a sense_n in_o the_o scripture_n latomus_fw-la the_o papist_n say_v theologiam_fw-la crassam_fw-la versari_fw-la circa_fw-la literalem_fw-la sensum_fw-la theologiam_fw-la subtiliorem_fw-la versari_fw-la circa_fw-la mysticum_fw-la &_o allegoricum_fw-la sensum_fw-la and_o they_o call_v the_o literal_a sense_n panperem_fw-la &_o grammaticum_fw-la and_o the_o allegorical_a divitem_fw-la &_o theologicum_fw-la the_o rich_a and_o theological_a sense_n but_o 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object_n but_o if_o there_o be_v little_a affinity_n betwixt_o the_o aramean_a language_n and_o the_o hebrew_n how_o be_v it_o that_o they_o say_v 2._o king_n 18.26_o speak_v to_o thy_o servant_n in_o the_o syrian_a language_n for_o we_o understand_v it_o answ_n learning_n the_o hebrew_n understand_v not_o the_o syrian_a language_n but_o by_o learning_n they_o may_v understand_v it_o for_o they_o be_v courtier_n and_o state_n man_n and_o so_o learn_v it_o as_o we_o learn_v now_o the_o italian_n and_o french_a language_n and_o abraham_n servant_n speak_v to_o nachor_n in_o the_o aramean_a language_n he_o be_v bear_v in_o damascus_n which_o be_v in_o cylo-syria_n and_o we_o may_v think_v that_o nachor_n and_o his_o house_n understand_v the_o hebrew_n tongue_n be_v of_o the_o posterity_n of_o heber_n and_o keep_v that_o tongue_n as_o abraham_n do_v who_o come_v out_o of_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n assyria_n or_o syria_n hebraice_n aram_n language_n the_o large_a extent_n of_o the_o 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