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shall_v not_o want_v experiment_n and_o great_a
michovius_n who_o have_v express_o write_v of_o those_o part_n plain_o affirm_v there_o be_v neither_o gold_n nor_o griffin_n in_o that_o country_n nor_o any_o such_o animal_n extant_a for_o so_o do_v he_o conclude_v ego_fw-la vero_fw-la contra_fw-la veteres_fw-la authores_fw-la gryph_n nec_fw-la in_o illa_fw-la septentrionis_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o alâ—is_fw-la or_o bis_fw-la partibus_fw-la inveniri_fw-la affirmarim_n last_o concern_v the_o hieroglyphicall_a authority_n although_o it_o near_o approach_v the_o truth_n it_o do_v not_o infer_v its_o existency_n the_o conceit_n of_o the_o griffin_n proper_o take_v be_v but_o a_o symbolical_a fancy_n in_o so_o intolerable_a a_o shape_n include_v allowable_a morality_n so_o do_v it_o well_o make_v out_o the_o property_n of_o a_o guardian_n or_o any_o person_n entrust_v the_o â—ares_n imply_v attention_n the_o wing_n celerity_n of_o execution_n the_o lion-like_o shape_n courage_n and_o audacity_n the_o hook_a bill_n reservance_n and_o tenacity_n it_o be_v also_o a_o emblem_n of_o valour_n and_o magnanimity_n as_o be_v compound_v of_o the_o eagle_n and_o lion_n the_o noble_a animal_n in_o their_o kind_n and_o so_o be_v it_o applyable_a unto_o prince_n precedent_n general_n and_o all_o heroic_a commander_n and_o so_o be_v it_o also_o bear_v in_o the_o coat_n arm_n of_o many_o noble_a family_n of_o europe_n chap._n xii_o of_o the_o phoenix_n that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o phoenix_n in_o the_o world_n which_o after_o many_o hundred_o year_n burn_v itself_o and_o from_o the_o ash_n thereof_o arise_v up_o another_o be_v a_o conceit_n not_o new_a or_o altogether_o popular_a but_o of_o great_a antiquity_n not_o only_o deliver_v by_o humane_a author_n but_o frequent_o express_v by_o holy_a writer_n by_o cyrill_n epiphanius_n and_o other_o by_o ambrose_n in_o his_o hâ—xameron_n and_o tertul._n in_o his_o poem_n de_fw-fr judicio_fw-la dâ—mini_fw-la but_o more_o agreeable_o unto_o the_o present_a sense_n in_o his_o excellent_a 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