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isa._n 1.11_o jer._n 7.22_o i._n marâ—yr_n chrysost._n verse_n 3,4_o silius_n ital._n 2_o cor._n 3._o 18._o 1_o pet._n 2.9_o matth._n lib._n 2._o dissert._n 16._o jambl_n proâ—â—ept_v c._n 4._o hier._n i._n martyr_n apolog._n 1._o conc._n trid._n sess._n 22._o loco_fw-la supradicto_fw-la rom._n 1_o cor._n 2._o 10._o etc._n etc._n tertul._n apolog._n col._n 2.18_o 20,21_o hist._n ecclesiast_fw-la lib._n 5._o epist._n ad_fw-la ephes._n in_o apol._n strom._n 5._o eph._n 6._o 14,15,16_o am._n marc_n lib._n 27._o