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finis_fw-la isa_n 42._o 3._o in_o mat._n 12._o etc._n etc._n etc._n hist_o of_o k._n charles_n fol._n 144._o 144._o ch._n hist_o lib._n 11._o 207_o preface_n to_o the_o grotian_n religion_n ser._n 23._o hickmans_n defence_n of_o the_o father_n etc._n etc._n etc._n act._n apost_n 14._o 5._o m._n fuller_n appeal_n be_v send_v unto_o the_o author_n about_o four_o day_n after_o the_o date_n of_o this_o preface_n aesopi_n fabuloe_n fabuloe_n tac._n an._n lib._n 13._o 13._o mat._n 5._o v._n 11._o 12._o 1_o pet._n c._n 2._o v._n 12._o 15._o 1_o pet._n 2._o 23_o 23_o snape_n to_o field_n field_n knewstub_n to_o field_n field_n blake_n to_o field_n h._n b._n for_o gek._n p._n 127._o pag._n 39_o 40_o 41._o pag._n 45._o de_fw-fr lege_fw-la 3._o pol._n l._n 2._o the_o leg_n 31._o cal._n just_o l._n c._n 20._o sect._n 31._o judg._n 20._o p._n 29._o num._n 1._o 46._o gro._n ad_fw-la ex._n 18._o 21._o num._n 21._o deut._n 17._o 8._o arist_n pol._n 3._o c._n 12._o hos_fw-la 8._o 4._o bâ—_n 5._o c._n 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