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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n which_o last_o word_n be_v use_v by_o the_o writer_n of_o the_o antiochian_a history_n by_o the_o debit_fw-la the_o pallad_n de_fw-fr rebus_fw-la gestis_fw-la chrysost_fw-la &_o cod._n theod._n de_fw-fr indulg_n debit_fw-la latin_n distributiones_fw-la and_o fusiones_n be_v common_o use_v instead_o of_o indictiones_fw-la §_o 2._o there_o be_v many_o opinion_n in_o this_o matter_n the_o chief_a be_v these_o 1._o these_o lib._n 11._o the_o doct_n temp_n item_n in_o ration_n p._n 1._o l._n 6._o c._n 1._o first_o dionysius_n indiction_n of_o the_o original_a and_o antiquity_n of_o these_o indiction_n petavius_n bring_v a_o great_a many_o opinion_n about_o the_o time_n but_o think_v they_o all_o conjecture_n 179._o conjecture_n canon_n isagog_n l._n 3._o p._n 179._o
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