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cassiodor_n p._n 52._o l._n h_o aut_fw-la ciausum_fw-la ibid._n vatabl._n p_o 64._o l._n g_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n oram_fw-la p._n 66._o l._n â—_o qia_fw-gr qicunqe_n p_o 70._o l._n c_o bern_n nom_fw-fr serm_n in_o 〈◊〉_d dom._n p._n 79._o l._n z_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 80_o l._n b_o ammian_n p._n 1â—_n l_o b_o facti_fw-la cr_n l._n c_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p_o 86._o l._n a_o simoc._n p._n 89._o l._n e_fw-la scuta_fw-la i._o prot_n p._n 91._o l._n â—_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 49-ad_a lit_fw-fr h_z add_v p.m._n non_fw-la ultiomum_fw-la aut_fw-la judiciorum_fw-la qod_fw-la miserendi_fw-la cauâ—am_fw-la &_o originem_fw-la sumat_fw-la ex_fw-la proprio_fw-la judicandi_fw-la vel_fw-la ulâ—ciscendi_fw-la magis_fw-la ex_fw-la nostro_fw-la bern._n in_o nat._n dom._n serm_n 5._o 5._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr dicendum_fw-la in_o concionibus_fw-la ad_fw-la populum_fw-la imagine_v ullas_fw-la adorari_fw-la debere_fw-la cultu_fw-la latriae_fw-la sed_fw-la 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unum_fw-la gestit_fw-la ne_fw-la ignorata_fw-la damnetur_fw-la idem_fw-la apolog_fw-la c._n 1._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basil._n orat_fw-la 14._o &_o simeon_n orat_fw-la 1._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aeschyl_n arm_n jud_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eurip._n phaeniss_n theodoret._n therap_n l._n 1._o julian_n orat_fw-la 7._o stob._n c._n 11._o 11._o abscondit_fw-la se_fw-la quantum_fw-la potest_fw-la totamqe_fw-la prudentiam_fw-la in_o latebrarum_fw-la ambagibus_fw-la torqet_fw-la aliè_fw-fr habitat_fw-la in_fw-la caeca_fw-la detruditur_fw-la per_fw-la anfractuâ—_n seriem_fw-la svam_fw-la evolvit_fw-la tortuosè_fw-la procedit_fw-la nec_fw-la semel_fw-la totus_fw-la luci_fw-la fuga_fw-la bestia_fw-la tertul._n ad_fw-la val_n c_o 3_o 3_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d oppiâ—n_n pisc._n l._n 3._o vbi_fw-la sensere_fw-la se_fw-la apprehendi_fw-la effuso_fw-la atramento_fw-la infuscatâ_fw-la aqâ_fw-la absconduntur_fw-la plin._n l._n 9_o c._n 29._o 29._o ut_fw-la 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