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in_o olei_fw-la amygdalar_n dulc_a vel_fw-la zezamin_n â„¥_o uj._o &_o vini_fw-la generosi_fw-la totidem_fw-la in_o balneo_fw-la mariae_fw-la vel_fw-la bulliant_fw-la lento_fw-la igne_fw-la ad_fw-la consumption_n vini_fw-la coletur_fw-la &_o seruetur_fw-la usui_fw-la you_o may_v also_o use_v very_o safe_o this_o balm_n a_o balm_n for_o the_o convulsion_n â„ž_o axung_a anser_n gallin_n anat._v cunicul_n a_o â„¥_o i_o medul_n cruris_fw-la vitul_n â„¥_o i_o ss_z medul_a cerui_fw-la Ê’_n uj._o fol._n salu._n maioran_n ebuli_fw-la a_o m._n i_o flor_n chamaemel_fw-la melilot_n hyperic_n a_o p._n ij_o flor_n rosismar_n p._n i_o mastic_n myrrh_n irid._n florent_fw-la a_o Ê’_n ij_o olei_fw-la lilior_fw-la lumbric_n a_o â„¥_o ij_o macerentur_fw-la omne_fw-la in_o balneo_fw-la mariae_fw-la spatio_fw-la trium_fw-la dierum_fw-la deinde_fw-la lento_fw-la igne_fw-la fiat_fw-la decoctio_fw-la coletur_fw-la &_o seruetur_fw-la usui_fw-la the_o ancient_a practitioner_n do_v very_o much_o commend_v the_o 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