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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o stephanus_n in_o thesaur_n gr_n linguae_fw-la verbo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d interpret_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sive_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d popularitas_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ita_fw-la differre_fw-la videntur_fw-la quod_fw-la prio_fw-la concionibus_fw-la multitudini_fw-la lenocinari_fw-la &_o obrepere_fw-la solet_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d verò_fw-la potius_fw-la muneribus_fw-la gladiatoriis_fw-la &_o spectaculis_fw-la vide_fw-la sis_fw-la bud._n p._n 811._o both_o these_o be_v crime_n punishable_a by_o the_o law_n of_o those_o country_n other_o as_o thomas_n aquinas_n and_o ascensius_n think_v that_o it_o be_v the_o crime_n of_o sortilegium_fw-la or_o sorcery_n and_o practise_v magical_a aart_n of_o which_o he_o be_v accuse_v and_o that_o for_o sacrilegio_fw-la we_o ought_v to_o read_v sortilegio_fw-la which_o seem_v to_o i_o to_o be_v 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