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find_v many_o which_o in_o their_o adjuration_n call_v upon_o devil_n create_v multi_fw-la sanè_fw-la reperiuntur_fw-la qui_fw-la daemon_n istos_fw-la adjurationibus_fw-la sais_fw-fr advocant_fw-la &_o necromantiâs_fw-la operâ_fw-la mira_fw-la admodum_fw-la multa_fw-la patrant_fw-la quin_n &_o libris_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la cabalistarum_fw-la quales_fw-la sunt_fw-la perske_n ehaloth_n raziel_n &_o aliorum_fw-la recensentur_fw-la corum_fw-la nomina_fw-la exorcismi_fw-la &_o incantationes_fw-la prob._n 22._o the_o create_v and_o by_o the_o help_n of_o necromancy_n do_v great_a thing_n and_o that_o in_o some_o book_n of_o the_o cabalist_n as_o in_o perske_n ehaloth_n raziel_n and_o other_o their_o name_n exorcism_n and_o incantation_n be_v repeat_v but_o more_o particular_o he_o say_v of_o the_o kabala_n exodum_fw-la sublimia_fw-la per_fw-la ea_fw-la mysteria_fw-la inveniuntur_fw-la in_o exodum_fw-la that_o by_o it_o sublime_a mystery_n be_v find_v out_o beside_o they_o make_v the_o 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sunt_fw-la daemonum_n fuere_fw-la praestigiae_fw-la &_o magicarum_fw-la artium_fw-la ludi_fw-la potestis_fw-la aliquem_fw-la nobis_fw-la designare_fw-la monstrare_fw-la ex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la illis_fw-la magis_fw-la qui_fw-la unquam_fw-la fuere_fw-la per_fw-la saecula_fw-la consimile_n aliquid_fw-la christo_fw-la millesima_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la qui_fw-la fecerit_fw-la qui_fw-fr sine_fw-la vi_fw-la carminum_fw-la sine_fw-la herbarum_fw-la &_o graminum_fw-la succis_fw-la sine_fw-la ulla_fw-la aliqua_fw-la observatione_fw-la sollicita_fw-la sacrorum_fw-la libaminum_fw-la temporum_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la urgemus_fw-la &_o quaerimus_fw-la quae_fw-la seize_v spondeant_fw-la facere_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la generibus_fw-la actuum_fw-la soleat_fw-la omnis_fw-la illorum_fw-la doctrina_fw-la &_o experientia_fw-la contineri_fw-la advers._fw-la gentes_fw-la lib._n 1._o p._n 25._o and_o the_o sport_n of_o magic_a art_n can_v you_o design_v to_o we_o any_o one_o or_o show_v we_o out_o of_o all_o those_o magician_n who_o ever_o be_v who_o do_v in_o the_o thousand_o part_n do_v any_o thing_n like_o christ_n who_o without_o any_o force_n of_o verse_n without_o any_o juice_n of_o herb_n and_o grass_n without_o any_o sollicitory_a observation_n of_o sacred_a rite_n offering_n time_n do_v these_o thing_n we_o neither_o urge_v nor_o seek_v what_o they_o promise_v to_o do_v or_o in_o what_o kind_n of_o act_n all_o their_o learning_n and_o experience_n use_v to_o be_v contain_v and_o a_o little_a after_o he_o conclude_v but_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o christ_n do_v all_o these_o thing_n without_o any_o help_n of_o outward_a thing_n ibid._n atqui_fw-la constitit_fw-la christum_fw-la sine_fw-la ullis_fw-la adminiculis_fw-la rerum_fw-la sine_fw-la ullius_fw-la ratus_fw-la observatione_fw-la vel_fw-la lege_fw-la omne_fw-la illa_fw-la nominis_fw-la svi_fw-la possibilitate_fw-la fecisse_fw-la ibid._n without_o the_o observation_n or_o rule_n of_o any_o rite_n and_o only_o do_v it_o by_o the_o omnipotency_n of_o his_o name_n i_o will_v shut_v up_o all_o this_o with_o that_o excellent_a say_n of_o this_o forementioned_a authour_n arnobius_n in_o another_o place_n which_o be_v a_o far_a confirmation_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o our_o saviour_n miracle_n neither_o be_v there_o any_o thing_n say_v he_o do_v by_o he_o miraculous_o 30._o neque_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la gestum_fw-la per_fw-la admirationem_fw-la stupentibus_fw-la cunotis_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la omne_fw-la donaverit_fw-la faciendum_fw-la parvulis_fw-la illis_fw-la &_o rusticis_fw-la &_o corum_fw-la subjecerit_fw-la potestati_fw-la advers._fw-la gentes_fw-la lib._n 1._o pag._n 30._o to_o the_o admiration_n of_o all_o all_o which_o he_o do_v not_o give_v to_o be_v do_v to_o these_o little_a and_o rustic_a person_n and_o subject_v to_o their_o power_n which_o direct_o bring_v i_o to_o the_o prove_v my_o three_o position_n 3._o the_o miraculous_a power_n he_o give_v his_o apostle_n of_o 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prophetical_a readins_n and_o other_o by_o the_o imposition_n of_o hand_n cure_v those_o that_o be_v sick_a of_o any_o infirmity_n and_o restore_v they_o perfect_o whole_a and_o even_o now_o as_o we_o have_v say_v both_o the_o dead_a have_v rise_v and_o many_o year_n have_v remain_v with_o we_o but_o what_o i_o can_v repeat_v the_o number_n of_o those_o grace_n which_o the_o church_n throughout_o the_o whole_a world_n receive_v from_o god_n do_v every_o day_n perform_v by_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n christ_n who_o be_v crucify_v under_o pontius_n pilate_n for_o the_o benefit_n of_o all_o nation_n neither_o deceive_v any_o of_o they_o nor_o take_v away_o their_o money_n for_o do_v of_o it_o thus_o iraeneus_n origen_n follow_v next_o who_o be_v iraeneus_n his_o contemporary_a and_o be_v bear_v but_o 20_o year_n after_o he_o i_o shall_v produce_v his_o testimony_n only_o out_o of_o his_o book_n against_o celsus_n and_o that_o which_o offer_v itself_o in_o the_o first_o place_n to_o be_v consider_v by_o we_o be_v his_o reply_n to_o celsus_n objection_n who_o demand_v what_o great_a and_o eminent_a work_n do_v our_o saviour_n ever_o do_v unto_o which_o this_o father_n give_v this_o answer_n if_o thou_o will_v not_o believe_v those_o wonderful_a thing_n which_o the_o evangelist_n testify_v jesus_n do_v 1658._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n 2._o pag._n 80._o edit_fw-la cant._n 1658._o and_o which_o happen_v at_o his_o suffering_n yet_o believe_v what_o thou_o see_v now_o for_o it_o be_v the_o magnificent_a work_n of_o jesus_n to_o heal_v even_o to_o this_o day_n in_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n who_o god_n please_v in_o his_o three_o book_n show_v the_o difference_n between_o the_o religion_n of_o the_o heathen_n and_o that_o of_o christian_n the_o great_a disproportion_n between_o their_o god_n and_o our_o jesus_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o magician_n do_v not_o register_v his_o name_n among_o the_o god_n be_v compel_v to_o do_v so_o by_o the_o decree_n of_o some_o king_n or_o emperor_n but_o that_o the_o maker_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n by_o the_o wonderful_a efficacy_n of_o his_o doctrine_n do_v appoint_v he_o to_o be_v worship_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o his_o believer_n and_o to_o be_v dread_v by_o devil_n and_o all_o other_o invisible_a power_n who_o say_v he_o even_o now_o appear_v dread_v the_o name_n of_o jesus_n as_o of_o some_o great_a 133._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n 3._o pag._n 133._o or_o receive_v this_o as_o a_o piece_n of_o worship_n even_o from_o the_o law_n of_o their_o ruler_n for_o if_o this_o efficacy_n be_v not_o give_v from_o god_n the_o devil_n at_o the_o name_n only_o of_o his_o name_n will_v not_o willing_o depart_v from_o those_o body_n they_o have_v so_o long_o possess_v in_o his_o seven_o book_n he_o answer_v celsus_n his_o objection_n against_o the_o prophet_n why_o they_o be_v as_o ambiguous_a as_o any_o of_o the_o most_o mysterious_a oracle_n shall_v only_o be_v believe_v divine_a when_o the_o oracle_n pythia_n dodonaea_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v disperse_v throughout_o all_o the_o world_n shall_v be_v esteem_v of_o no_o worth_n to_o this_o he_o thus_o answer_v though_o say_v he_o i_o may_v from_o the_o authority_n of_o aristotle_n and_o other_o peripatetic_n produce_v many_o thing_n abrogate_a from_o the_o belief_n of_o the_o pythian_a oracle_n yet_o he_o lay_v that_o aside_o and_o only_o desire_v celsus_n to_o consider_v how_o unfit_a it_o become_v a_o holy_a spirit_n to_o utter_v oracle_n through_o that_o place_n which_o be_v not_o become_v a_o wise_a man_n to_o see_v 333._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n 7._o pag._n 333._o and_o how_o unlike_a pythia_n herself_o in_o she_o deliver_v oracle_n be_v to_o one_o possess_v with_o a_o holy_a spirit_n who_o know_v not_o what_o she_o either_o do_v or_o say_v when_o she_o deliver_v they_o when_o say_v he_o the_o prophet_n be_v enlighten_v by_o the_o holy_a spirit_n and_o their_o mind_n by_o its_o operation_n make_v more_o perspicuous_a and_o the_o effect_n of_o it_o appear_v in_o their_o life_n then_o he_o proceed_v to_o tell_v we_o how_o contrary_a the_o pythian_a oracle_n be_v to_o the_o prophet_n who_o by_o their_o ambiguity_n and_o obscurity_n instead_o of_o enlighten_v the_o mind_n of_o their_o hearer_n blind_v they_o more_o his_o word_n be_v these_o if_o pythia_n be_v carry_v beyond_o herself_o when_o she_o prophesi_v ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n what_o be_v that_o spirit_n to_o be_v esteem_v who_o pour_v upon_o the_o mind_n and_o reason_n nothing_o but_o darkness_n and_o how_o great_a be_v that_o kind_n of_o devil_n who_o not_o a_o few_o christian_n chase_v away_o from_o those_o that_o suffer_v by_o they_o without_o any_o circle_n or_o other_o act_n of_o magician_n or_o witch_n but_o only_o by_o prayer_n and_o simple_a adjuration_n and_o those_o thing_n the_o most_o ignorant_a man_n can_v bring_v to_o pass_v for_o oftentimes_o very_a idiot_n do_v they_o etc._n etc._n i_o may_v add_v another_o place_n out_o of_o this_o father_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n but_o have_v more_o author_n to_o cite_v these_o shall_v suffice_v tertullian_n the_o three_o writer_n among_o the_o latin_n and_o of_o the_o same_o age_n with_o origen_n be_v bear_v but_o a_o little_a above_o twenty_o year_n after_o he_o be_v next_o in_o order_n to_o be_v produce_v and_o his_o first_o testimony_n be_v not_o a_o bare_a assertion_n but_o a_o challenge_n which_o he_o send_v the_o roman_a senator_n in_o that_o most_o excellent_a apology_n of_o he_o to_o try_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o miraculous_a power_n in_o the_o church_n his_o word_n be_v these_o let_v any_o one_o be_v bring_v before_o your_o tribunal_n who_o be_v apparent_o possess_v with_o a_o devil_n 23._o edatur_fw-la hic_fw-la aliquis_fw-la sub_fw-la tribunalibus_fw-la vestris_fw-la quem_fw-la daemone_n agi_fw-la constet_fw-la jussus_fw-la a_o quolibet_fw-la quolibet_fw-la christiano_n loqui_fw-la spiritus_fw-la ille_fw-la tam_fw-la se_fw-la daemonem_fw-la confitebitur_fw-la de_fw-la vero_fw-la quam_fw-la alibi_fw-la deum_fw-la de_fw-la falso_fw-la ae_n què_fw-fr producatur_fw-la aliquis_fw-la ex_fw-la iis_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la pati_fw-la existimantur_fw-la qui_fw-la aris_fw-la inhalante_n numen_fw-la de_fw-la nidore_fw-la concipiunt_fw-la qui_fw-la ructando_fw-la conantur_fw-la qui_fw-la anhelando_fw-la profantur_fw-la ista_fw-la ipsa_fw-la virgo_fw-la caelestis_fw-la pluviarum_fw-la pollicitatrix_fw-la iste_fw-la ipfe_n ae_n sculapius_fw-la medicinarum_fw-la demonstrator_n alia_fw-la die_fw-la morituris_fw-la socordiae_fw-la &_o thanatio_n &_o asclepiodoro_n aquavitae_fw-la sumministrator_n nisite_a daemon_n confessi_fw-la fuerint_fw-la christiano_n mentiri_fw-la non_fw-la audentes_fw-la ibidem_fw-la illius_fw-la christiani_n procacissimi_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la fundite_fw-la apol._n cap._n 23._o that_o spirit_n be_v command_v by_o any_o christian_a shall_v confess_v of_o truth_n himself_o to_o be_v a_o devil_n as_o otherwhere_o false_o he_o have_v a_o god_n let_v also_o any_o of_o they_o be_v produce_v who_o be_v suppose_v to_o suffer_v by_o god_n who_o breathe_v on_o the_o altar_n fancy_v a_o deity_n from_o the_o smell_n who_o strive_v by_o belch_a who_o speak_v by_o pant_v let_v that_o holy_a virgin_n the_o promiser_n of_o rain_n be_v produce_v that_o aesculapius_n the_o teacher_n of_o medicine_n the_o restorer_n of_o life_n to_o socordius_n and_o thanatius_n and_o asclepiodorus_n who_o be_v about_o to_o die_v the_o other_o day_n unless_o they_o confess_v themselves_o to_o be_v devil_n not_o dare_v to_o lie_v to_o any_o christian_a shed_v the_o blood_n of_o that_o shameless_a christian_a there_o in_o his_o book_n to_o scapula_n the_o procurator_n of_o africa_n speak_v against_o those_o bloody_a oblation_n the_o heathen_n god_n delight_v in_o he_o tell_v they_o that_o god_n do_v hate_v that_o food_n of_o devil_n and_o the_o devil_n say_v he_o we_o do_v not_o only_o reject_v but_o overcome_v 2._o daemon_n autem_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la respuimus_fw-la verum_fw-la &_o revincimus_fw-la &_o cotidie_fw-la traducimus_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr hominibus_fw-la expellimus_fw-la ficut_fw-la pluribus_fw-la notum_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la scapulam_fw-la c._n 2._o and_o traduce_v daily_a and_o expel_v from_o man_n as_o it_o be_v know_v to_o many_o and_o in_o the_o four_o chapter_n of_o the_o same_o book_n he_o repeat_v several_a miraculous_a cure_n do_v by_o christian_n 4._o quanti_fw-la honesti_fw-la viri_fw-la de_fw-la vulgaribus_fw-la enim_fw-la non_fw-la dicimus_fw-la aut_fw-la à _fw-la daemoniis_fw-la aut_fw-la naletudinibus_fw-la remediati_fw-la sunt_fw-la ipse_fw-la enim_fw-la severus_n pater_fw-la antonini_n christianorum_fw-la memor_fw-la fuit_fw-la no_o &_o proculum_fw-la christianum_fw-la qui_fw-la torpation_n cognominebatur_fw-la euhodiae_fw-la procuratorem_fw-la qui_fw-la eum_fw-la per_fw-la oleum_fw-la aliquando_fw-la curaverat_fw-la requisivit_fw-la et_fw-la in_o palatio_fw-la svo_fw-la habuit_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la ejus_fw-la quem_fw-la et_fw-la antoninus_n optime_fw-la noverat_fw-la lacte_fw-la christiano_n educatus_fw-la ibid._n c._n 4._o how_o many_o honourable_a
person_n for_o we_o speak_v not_o of_o the_o mean_a sort_n have_v be_v remedy_v either_o from_o devil_n or_o disease_n severus_n himself_o the_o father_n of_o antoninus_n be_v mindful_a of_o the_o christian_n for_o he_o seek_v out_o proculus_n a_o christian_n procurator_n of_o euhodia_n who_o be_v surnamed_n corpation_n and_o who_o have_v former_o recover_v he_o by_o oil_n and_o have_v he_o in_o his_o palace_n till_o his_o death_n who_o antoninus_n well_o know_v be_v himself_o bring_v up_o by_o christian_a milk_n in_o cap._n 57_o of_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la we_o have_v yet_o a_o further_a testimony_n to_o this_o purpose_n where_o assert_v how_o much_o mischief_n how_o many_o immature_n and_o cruel_a death_n the_o devil_n have_v cause_v by_o take_v upon_o they_o the_o shape_n of_o dead_a person_n he_o prove_v that_o thsy_n do_v sometime_o take_v upon_o they_o such_o shape_n in_o these_o word_n we_o evident_o prove_v this_o deceit_n of_o the_o wicked_a spirit_n that_o lurk_v under_o the_o shape_n of_o the_o dead_a 57_o hanc_fw-la quoquè_fw-fr fallaciam_fw-la spiritus_fw-la nequam_fw-la sub_fw-la personis_fw-la defunctorum_fw-la delitescentis_fw-la nifi_n fallor_fw-la etiam_fw-la rebus_fw-la probamus_fw-la quum_fw-la in_o exorcismis_fw-la interdum_fw-la aliquem_fw-la se_fw-la ex_fw-la parentibus_fw-la hominem_fw-la suis_fw-la affirmant_fw-la interdum_fw-la gladiatorium_fw-la aut_fw-la bestiarium_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o alibi_fw-la deum_fw-la nihil_fw-la magis_fw-la ourans_fw-la excludere_fw-la quà m_fw-la hoc_fw-la ipsum_fw-la quod_fw-la praedicamus_fw-la nè_fw-la facilè_fw-la credamus_fw-la animas_fw-la universas_fw-la ad_fw-la inferos_fw-la redigi_fw-la et_fw-la tamen_fw-la ille_fw-la daemon_n postquam_fw-la circumstantes_fw-la circumvenire_fw-la tentavit_fw-la instantiâ_fw-la divinae_fw-la gratiae_fw-la victus_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o vero_fw-la est_fw-la invitus_fw-la confitetur_fw-la de_fw-fr anima_fw-la cap._n 57_o when_o sometime_o in_o exorcism_n they_o affirm_v that_o they_o be_v a_o man_n in_o the_o number_n of_o their_o parent_n sometime_o that_o they_o be_v gladiator_n or_o beast-keeper_n as_o at_o other_o time_n that_o they_o be_v god_n endeavour_v to_o shut_v out_o nothing_o so_o much_o as_o what_o we_o preach_v that_o we_o may_v not_o easy_o believe_v that_o all_o soul_n be_v carry_v to_o that_o separate_a state_n of_o the_o dead_a and_o yet_o this_o devil_n after_o that_o he_o have_v attempt_v to_o circumvent_v the_o stander_n about_o he_o be_v overcome_v by_o the_o force_n of_o divine_a grace_n unwilling_o do_v confess_v that_o that_o be_v true_a i_o shall_v say_v no_o more_o out_o of_o this_o father_n do_v not_o the_o elegancy_n of_o the_o word_n and_o the_o excellency_n of_o the_o sense_n persuade_v i_o to_o what_o be_v already_o say_v to_o add_v this_o excellent_a advice_n which_o he_o give_v christian_n under_o persecution_n not_o to_o fly_v but_o to_o stand_v to_o it_o mark_v his_o word_n that_o soldier_n be_v the_o gallant_a that_o be_v lose_v in_o fight_n 10._o pulchrior_fw-la est_fw-la mile_n in_o praelic_n amissus_fw-la quà m_fw-la in_o fuga_fw-la salvus_fw-la time_n hominem_fw-la christiane_n quem_fw-la timeri_fw-la oportet_fw-la ab_fw-la angelis_n siquidem_fw-la angelos_n judicaturus_fw-la es_fw-la quem_fw-la timeri_fw-la oportet_fw-la à _fw-la daemoniis_fw-la siquidem_fw-la &_o in_fw-la daemonas_fw-la accepisti_fw-la potestatem_fw-la quem_fw-la timeri_fw-la ab_fw-la universo_fw-it mundo_fw-la siquidem_fw-la &_o in_fw-la te_fw-la mundus_fw-la judicatur_fw-la de_fw-fr fuga_fw-la in_o persecutione_n cap._n 10._o then_o that_o be_v save_v in_o flight_n do_v thou_o fear_v man_n o_o christian_n who_o thyself_o ought_v to_o be_v fear_v by_o angel_n because_o thou_o be_v about_o to_o judge_v they_o who_o ought_v to_o be_v fear_v by_o the_o devil_n because_o over_o they_o thou_o have_v receive_v power_n who_o ought_v to_o be_v fear_v of_o the_o whole_a world_n because_o the_o whole_a world_n in_o thou_o be_v judge_v thus_o much_o for_o tertullian_n the_o next_o in_o age_n that_o i_o shall_v make_v use_n of_o be_v minutius_n felix_n and_o he_o we_o have_v in_o his_o octavius_n not_o affirm_v only_o this_o miraculous_a power_n to_o have_v be_v in_o the_o church_n but_o appeal_n to_o their_o knowledge_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o it_o all_o these_o thing_n say_v he_o the_o great_a part_n of_o you_o know_v that_o the_o very_a devil_n do_v confess_v of_o themselves_o 31._o haec_fw-la omne_fw-la sciunt_fw-la pleraque_fw-la pars_fw-la vestrum_fw-la ipsos_fw-la daemonas_fw-la de_fw-la semetipsis_fw-la confiteri_fw-la quoties_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la tormentis_fw-la verborum_fw-la &_o orationis_fw-la incendiis_fw-la de_fw-la corporibus_fw-la exiguntur_fw-la ipse_fw-la saturnus_n &_o serapis_n &_o jupiter_n &_o quicquid_fw-la daemonum_n colitis_fw-la victi_fw-la dolore_fw-la quid_fw-la sunt_fw-la eloquuntur_fw-la nec_fw-la utique_fw-la in_o turpitudinem_fw-la svi_fw-la nonnullis_fw-la praesertim_fw-la vestrum_fw-la assistentibus_fw-la mentiuntur_fw-la ipsis_fw-la testibus_fw-la esse_fw-la choose_fw-la daemonas_fw-la de_fw-la se_fw-la verum_fw-la confitentibus_fw-la credit_n adjurati_fw-la enim_fw-la per_fw-la deum_fw-la verum_fw-la &_o solum_fw-la inviti_fw-la miseris_fw-la corporibus_fw-la inhorrescunt_fw-la vel_fw-la exiliunt_fw-la statim_fw-la vel_fw-la evanescunt_fw-la gradatim_fw-la prout_fw-la fides_fw-la patientis_fw-la adjuvat_fw-la of_o it_o gratia_fw-la curantis_fw-la aspirat_fw-la edit_fw-la luge_n bat._n cum_fw-la notis_fw-la pag._n 31._o as_o often_o as_o by_o we_o they_o be_v drive_v from_o body_n by_o the_o torment_n of_o word_n and_o heat_n of_o prayer_n saturn_n himself_o and_o serapis_n and_o jupiter_n and_o what_o other_o devil_n you_o worship_v be_v overcome_v with_o torture_n speak_v out_o what_o they_o be_v neither_o though_o it_o be_v to_o their_o disgrace_n do_v they_o lie_v although_o some_o of_o you_o be_v there_o 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