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cloud_n and_o the_o heaven_n 14._o nil_fw-la praeter_fw-la nubes_fw-la &_o coeli_fw-la numen_fw-la adorant_fw-la which_o the_o satirist_n speak_v of_o the_o jew_n aâ—_n 16._o strabo_n report_v the_o same_o some_o have_v think_v that_o the_o coelicolae_fw-la the_o heaven-worshipper_n mention_v in_o that_o title_n of_o the_o 5._o codex_fw-la de_fw-fr judaeis_n 〈◊〉_d coelicolis_fw-la have_v relation_n to_o this_o matter_n but_o i_o thinâ—_n it_o be_v evident_a from_o the_o title_n itself_o that_o the_o jeâ—_n and_o coelicolae_fw-la be_v not_o the_o same_o but_o two_o different_a sort_n of_o people_n else_o it_o will_v not_o have_v be_v of_o the_o jew_n and_o coelicolae_fw-la but_o of_o the_o jew_n or_o coelicolae_fw-la moreover_o he_o that_o look_v into_o the_o 8._o theodosian_a code_n from_o whence_o justinian_n take_v this_o will_v be_v convince_v that_o the_o jew_n be_v not_o mean_v