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no_o reason_n but_o without_o reason_n to_o doubt_v of_o or_o contradict_v a_o thing_n universal_o receive_v be_v foolish_a by_o what_o other_o reason_n i_o pray_v do_v it_o appear_v at_o this_o day_n that_o the_o work_n of_o livy_n tacitus_n curtius_n virgil_n be_v those_o which_o be_v ascribe_v to_o they_o but_o by_o the_o consent_n of_o all_o the_o learned_a of_o which_o there_o be_v no_o cause_n to_o doubt_v and_o if_o any_o one_o doubt_n he_o may_v deserve_o be_v count_v a_o fool_n neither_o yet_o be_v it_o ever_o inquire_v into_o the_o book_n of_o those_o author_n with_o so_o great_a industry_n as_o into_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n because_o that_o in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o profane_a author_n man_n be_v little_o concern_v but_o in_o this_o book_n they_o believe_v their_o eternal_a felicity_n be_v place_v wherefore_o also_o it_o be_v to_o be_v reckon_v that_o we_o have_v sufficient_o prove_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n since_o we_o have_v prove_v they_o can_v be_v doubt_v of_o without_o folly_n if_o any_o desire_n more_o concern_v this_o subject_a let_v he_o read_v s._n de_fw-fr authoritate_fw-la s._n scripturae_fw-la hugo_n grotius_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o christian_a religion_n episcopius_n institut_fw-la theolog._n de_fw-fr messia_n &_o de_fw-fr libris_fw-la novi_fw-la testamenti_fw-la but_o he_o that_o be_v not_o satisfy_v with_o these_o let_v he_o read_v philip_n more_o of_o the_o truth_n of_o christian_a religion_n raimundus_n sebundus_fw-la ludovicus_n vives_z savaenarola_n and_o many_o other_o who_o have_v more_o then_o sufficient_o polish_v this_o subject_a as_o well_o with_o philosophical_a subtlety_n as_o great_a learning_n and_o eloquence_n finis_fw-la book_n new_o print_v for_o and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v by_o william_n crook_n at_o the_o three_o bibles_n on_o fleet-bridge_n 1665._o calliope_n cabinet_n open_v wherein_o gentleman_n may_v be_v inform_v how_o to_o adorn_v themselves_o for_o funeral_n feast_v and_o other_o heroic_a meeting_n also_o here_o gentleman_n may_v know_v their_o place_n and_o worth_n in_o honour_n with_o all_o the_o degree_n of_o honour_n etc._n etc._n by_o james_n salter_n 1665._o sixty_o nine_o enigmatical_a courtier_n all_o exact_o draw_v to_o the_o life_n from_o several_a person_n humour_n and_o disposition_n pleasant_a and_o full_a of_o delight_n by_o r._n f._n esq_n the_o complete_a vineyard_n or_o the_o best_a way_n for_o plant_v of_o vine_n in_o england_n wherein_o be_v set_v forth_o the_o whole_a circumstance_n necessary_a for_o plant_v a_o vineyard_n by_o william_n hughes_n 1665._o sir_n thomas_n herbert_n travel_n with_o many_o addition_n new_o print_v again_o 1665._o hugonis_fw-la grotii_fw-la baptizatorum_fw-la puerorum_fw-la institutio_fw-la alternis_fw-la interrogationibus_fw-la &_o responsionibus_fw-la cui_fw-la accesserunt_fw-la graeca_n ejusdem_fw-la metaphrasis_fw-la a_o christop_n wase_n reg._n col._n cant._n et_fw-la anglicana_n versio_fw-la a_o fran._n goldsmith_n armig._n etc._n etc._n item_n catalogus_fw-la omnium_fw-la operum_fw-la hugonis_fw-la grotii_fw-la ad_fw-la calcem_fw-la adjectus_fw-la est_fw-la 1665._o the_o royal_a stem_n be_v a_o account_n of_o all_o the_o most_o considerable_a passage_n by_o land_n and_o sea_n since_o william_n the_o conqueror_n to_o this_o very_a time_n with_o a_o picture_n of_o king_n charles_n the_o second_o all_o in_o a_o broad_a sheet_n fit_a for_o study_n or_o closet_n now_o at_o the_o press_n solamen_fw-la aegrorum_fw-la sive_fw-la ternarias_fw-la medicamentorum_fw-la chymicorum_fw-la ad_fw-la omnes_fw-la ferimorbos_fw-la curandum_fw-la maxim_n deplorato_fw-la &_o grandes_fw-fr felicissime_fw-la inuenta_fw-la remedia_fw-la authore_fw-la everardo_n maynwaringo_n phil._n &_o med._n doctore_fw-la 80._o
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