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end_n for_o i_o do_v not_o suppose_v that_o at_o this_o time_n you_o do_v gyve_v credence_n to_o poetes_n which_o also_o do_v record_n the_o same_o it_z follow_v therefore_o y_fw-es t_o you_o will_v not_o have_v say_v this_o but_o that_o another_o man_n have_v feign_v &_o forge_v this_o of_o you_o but_o he_o which_z but_o evyn_o right_a now_o speak_v so_o high_o &_o so_o proud_o now_o begyn_v to_o fear_n and_o to_o mistrust_v himself_o and_o therefore_o he_o fall_v to_o beseeching_n &_o pray_v in_o god_n behalf_n and_o adjuration_n sayenge_a ¶_o vnde_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la vivo_fw-la qui_fw-fr nos_fw-la regnare_fw-la praecepit_fw-la et_fw-fr coram_fw-la terribili_fw-la eiê°_n iudicio_fw-la obtestamur_fw-la oens_fw-mi nron_n successores_fw-la imperatores_fw-la &_o cunctos_fw-la optimates_fw-la satrapas_fw-la etiam_fw-la amplissimun_fw-ge ê™_n senatum_fw-la &_o universum_fw-la populum_fw-la in_o universo_fw-la orbe_fw-la terrarum_fw-la necnon_fw-la et_fw-la in_o posterum_fw-la nullo_n corum_fw-la quoquo_fw-la modo_fw-la licere_fw-la hoc_fw-la aut_fw-la coufringere_fw-la well_fw-mi
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