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in_o this_o figure_n apophasis_fw-la which_o promise_v not_o to_o mention_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v most_o industrious_o mention_v and_o offer_v to_o the_o hearer_n consideration_n in_o the_o latter_a of_o these_o passage_n he_o say_v that_o he_o will_v not_o dispute_v against_o they_o who_o pretend_v to_o have_v discover_v that_o death_n be_v the_o end_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o yet_o in_o the_o very_a next_o word_n he_o do_v dispute_v against_o they_o and_o that_o sufficient_o to_o the_o declaration_n of_o his_o own_o opinion_n upon_o the_o question_n if_o not_o to_o the_o conviction_n of_o his_o adversary_n n._n 49._o nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la mihi_fw-la sane_fw-la quicquam_fw-la occurrit_fw-la cur_n non_fw-la pythagorae_n sit_v &_o platonis_fw-la vera_fw-la sententia_fw-la and_o yet_o i_o know_v no_o reason_n but_o that_o the_o opinion_n of_o pythagoras_n and_o plato_n may_v be_v true_a which_o be_v for_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o a_o little_a after_o neque_fw-la 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