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civitatis_fw-la eclipsabitur_fw-la pollicetur_fw-la seditiones_fw-la &_o multa_fw-la mala_fw-la in_o statu_fw-la senatorio_n &_o tandem_fw-la plures_fw-la ex_fw-la plebe_fw-la mala_fw-la morte_fw-la terminum_fw-la significat_fw-la qua_fw-la propter_fw-la magna_fw-la detrimenta_fw-la patientur_fw-la etiam_fw-la prelio_fw-la navali_fw-la superabuntur_fw-la &_o recipient_a damna_fw-la maxima_fw-la à _fw-la proditoribus_fw-la suis._n veruntamen_fw-la exaltabuntur_fw-la super_fw-la alios_fw-la urbes_fw-la &_o custodient_fw-la svam_fw-la libertatem_fw-la ut_fw-la insinuat_fw-la sol_fw-la in_o radice_fw-la positus_fw-la in_o culmine_fw-la caeli_fw-la in_fw-la svo_fw-la theono_fw-la &_o triplicitate_fw-la qui_fw-la dabit_fw-la audaciam_fw-la in_o periculis_fw-la ac_fw-la pro_fw-la aristocratia_fw-la conservationem_fw-la sunt_fw-la tamen_fw-la ipsi_fw-la senatores_fw-la ad_fw-la literas_fw-la apti_fw-la ut_fw-la insinuant_fw-la mercurius_n &_o jupiter_n in_o nona_fw-la domo_fw-la 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n who_o know_v art_n may_v just_o judge_v thereof_o to_o conclude_v when_o my_o antagonist_n come_v again_o my_o request_n be_v that_o he_o will_v bring_v his_o name_n with_o he_o and_o not_o compel_v i_o to_o play_n at_o cudgel_n with_o the_o cloud_n or_o receive_v wound_n from_o unseen_a lightning_n in_o the_o interim_n he_o may_v i_o hope_v at_o least_o by_o this_o my_o answer_n know_v that_o i_o have_v not_o put_v any_o fraud_n or_o falsehood_n upon_o the_o world_n can_v my_o opponent_n say_v so_o and_o say_v true_a and_o also_o that_o i_o have_v not_o wrong_v gassendus_fw-la nor_o yet_o do_v i_o prestigiate_n in_o the_o nativity_n of_o r._n cromwell_n or_o in_o major_a general_n lambert_n '_o s_o march_n and_o he_o may_v likewise_o rest_v satisfy_v that_o i_o have_v not_o injure_v mr._n lily_n nor_o affirm_v all_o thing_n good_a in_o vincent_n wing_n geniture_n he_o may_v be_v convince_v that_o cardinal_n sign_n be_v not_o to_o be_v laugh_v at_o nor_o the_o aphorism_n of_o astrology_n blow_v away_o by_o every_o trifle_a breath_n that_o i_o do_v not_o suit_n gustavus_n adolphus_n with_o cicero_n arch_a bishop_n laud_n o._n cromwell_n etc._n etc._n that_o the_o most_o learned_a and_o judicious_a astrologer_n have_v not_o reprobate_v the_o doctrine_n of_o geniture_n nor_o have_v ptolemy_n refuse_v to_o approve_v of_o or_o teach_v horary_a question_n that_o it_o be_v not_o my_o book_n but_o he_o that_o have_v furnish_v the_o world_n with_o light_n and_o ludicrous_a stuff_n his_o own_o word_n and_o that_o of_o his_o own_o make_v too_o in_o all_o which_o particular_n i_o be_o sorry_a he_o have_v give_v i_o a_o provocation_n to_o discover_v his_o nakedness_n or_o rather_o he_o be_v a_o clergyman_n have_v discover_v it_o himself_o he_o know_v i_o have_v labour_v by_o letter_n for_o a_o prevention_n of_o this_o paper_n contest_v which_o himself_o as_o a_o christian_a ought_v to_o have_v do_v before_o he_o begin_v the_o quarrel_n but_o my_o letter_n not_o find_v he_o at_o leisnre_n to_o endeavour_v a_o cure_n of_o the_o wound_n he_o have_v unjust_o and_o surprise_o give_v i_o i_o be_v necessitate_v to_o make_v this_o my_o appeal_n to_o the_o son_n of_o minerva_n the_o uertuosi_n of_o this_o learned_a and_o inquire_v age_n against_o this_o my_o ignote_n opponent_n for_o the_o more_o speedy_a heal_n of_o my_o much_o blast_v reputation_n i_o be_o gentleman_n you_o and_o urania_n mean_a votary_n john_n gadbury_n brick-court_n by_o the_o deans-yard_n westminster_n october_n 4_o 1684._o errata_fw-la corrigenda_fw-la page_n 2._o line_n 8._o read_v censure_n p._n 5._o l._n 13._o for_o though_o r._n but_o p._n 13._o l._n 17._o r._n sun_n l._n 33._o r._n firnicus_fw-la etc._n etc._n p._n 14._o l._n 32._o r._n genethliaque_fw-la p._n 15._o l._n 5._o r._n one_o kind_n or_o other_o p_o 16._o l._n 17_o deal_n it_o l._n 24._o r._n see_v p_o 18._o l._n 19_o r._n sublunary_a l._n penult_n r._n illa_fw-la p_o 23._o l._n 4._o 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