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fish_n skin_n and_o his_o retire_n towards_o the_o red-sea_n the_o passage_n of_o philo_n which_o scaliger_n endeavour_v to_o refute_v be_v this_o patris_fw-la regnum_fw-la coelus_fw-la possidens_fw-la terram_fw-la sororem_fw-la in_o matrimonium_fw-la duxit_fw-la 7._o euseb_n de_fw-fr prap._n evang_v l._n 1._o c._n 7._o quae_fw-la sibi_fw-la quatuor_fw-la filios_fw-la peperit_fw-la jlum_fw-la quem_fw-la et_fw-la saturnum_n dicunt_fw-la boetilum_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dagona_n qui_fw-fr et_fw-fr frumentarius_n appellatur_fw-la ac_fw-la postremò_fw-la atlanta_n but_o to_o return_v to_o my_o defence_n of_o the_o jew_n for_o i_o shall_v not_o have_v trouble_v myself_o in_o the_o justification_n of_o the_o syrian_n but_o only_o to_o let_v the_o world_n see_v what_o liberty_n man_n take_v to_o themselves_o wrongful_o to_o accuse_v the_o eastern_a people_n not_o that_o i_o undertake_v to_o clear_v they_o whole_o from_o error_n i_o shall_v in_o so_o do_v show_v myself_o much_o more_o 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