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as_o bellonius_fw-la and_o scholis_fw-la and_o bellon_n obser_n l._n 3._o c._n 30._o georgevitz_n l._n 2._o de_fw-fr ritib_n turcar._n cap._n de_fw-la scholis_fw-la other_o write_v the_o turk_n fall_v now_o again_o to_o those_o study_n afresh_o a_o four_o cause_n may_v well_o be_v assign_v the_o sensual_a liberty_n allow_v by_o it_o namely_o to_o have_v many_o wife_n and_o the_o like_a promise_n of_o sensual_a pleasure_n to_o succeed_v after_o this_o life_n to_o the_o religious_a observer_n of_o it_o in_o paradise_n wherewith_o man_n for_o the_o great_a part_n as_o be_v of_o thing_n wherewith_o their_o sense_n be_v affect_v &_o whereof_o they_o have_v have_v certain_a experience_n be_v more_o allure_v and_o persuade_v then_o with_o promise_n of_o spiritual_a delight_n present_v only_o to_o their_o hope_n and_o for_o which_o present_a and_o sensible_a pleasure_n must_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n be_v forsake_v of_o the_o sundry_a region_n of_o the_o world_n inhabit_v by_o idolater_n 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