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maiora_fw-la horum_fw-la facietis_fw-la &_o similia_fw-la in_o sacris_fw-la litteris_fw-la plurima_fw-la quod_fw-la autem_fw-la loquatur_fw-la in_o praeterito_fw-la factum_fw-la esse_fw-la id_fw-la more_fw-it aliorum_fw-la prophetarum_fw-la facit_fw-la qui_fw-la propter_fw-la certitudinem_fw-la eventus_fw-la sosent_fw-la saepe_fw-la de_fw-fr futuris_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la iam_fw-la facta_fw-la essent_fw-la praedicere_fw-la dicunt_fw-la enim_fw-la philosophi_fw-la res_fw-la praeteritas_fw-la esse_fw-la de_fw-la necessitate_v praesentes_fw-la de_fw-la inesse_fw-la futuras_fw-la de_fw-la possibili_fw-la tantùm_fw-la ita_fw-la illi_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la propter_fw-la quam_fw-la certitudinem_fw-la isaias_n propheta_fw-la longè_fw-la antè_fw-la vaticinatus_fw-la de_fw-la morte_fw-la christi_fw-la sic_fw-la dixit_fw-la sicut_fw-la in_o act._n apostolorum_fw-la cap._n 8._o etiam_fw-la recitatur_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ovis_fw-la ad_fw-la accisionem_fw-la ductus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o sicut_fw-la agnus_fw-la coram_fw-la tondente_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la aperuit_fw-la os_fw-la suum_fw-la etc._n etc._n atque_fw-la hoc_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la nunc_fw-la verbafacimus_fw-la &_o quoth_v his_o diebus_fw-la nostris_fw-la evenit_fw-la verè_fw-la insigne_fw-la menorabile_fw-la &_o penè_fw-la incredibile_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la sine_fw-la dei_fw-la ope_v max._n particulari_fw-la providentia_fw-la &_o dispositione_n perpetratum_fw-la occidit_fw-la monachus_n regem_fw-la non_fw-la pictum_fw-la aut_fw-la fictumin_fw-la charta_fw-la aut_fw-la pariete_n sed_fw-la regem_fw-la francorum_fw-la in_o medio_fw-la exercitus_fw-la svi_fw-la milite_fw-la &_o cuslodia_fw-la undique_fw-la septum_fw-la quod_fw-la re_fw-la vera_fw-la tale_n est_fw-la &_o co_fw-la modo_fw-la effectum_fw-la