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nè_fw-la mi_fw-mi maraviglio_fw-it chegli_fw-it habbino_fw-it trovato_fw-mi à _fw-fr dire_fw-fr perch_n tutte_o le_fw-fr opere_fw-la grandi_fw-la e_fw-it che_fw-it sormontano_fw-la l'ordinario_fw-la sempre_fw-it hanno_fw-mi contradittori_fw-mi vince_n però_fw-la finalment_fw-it la_fw-it verità _fw-la e_fw-la da'frutti_n si_fw-la conosce_fw-la la_fw-fr qualità _fw-la dell'albero_fw-la i_o ne_fw-mi rallegre_n con_fw-mi l'_fw-fr autore_fw-la il_fw-fr quale_fw-la hà _fw-la dato_fw-la saggio_fw-mi del_fw-it svo_fw-la grand_fw-mi talento_fw-la con_fw-mi questa_fw-la a_o opera_fw-la e_fw-it potrà _fw-it con_fw-mi molte_fw-it altre_n servire_fw-la lodevolment_fw-it à _fw-it santa_fw-it chiesa_fw-la roma_fw-it 19_o gennaro_n 1672._o lettre_n de_fw-fr monseigneur_n le_fw-fr cardinal_n sigismond_n chig_n la_fw-fr mounseur_fw-fr l'abbé_fw-fr de_fw-fr dangeau_fw-fr ricevei_fw-mi con_fw-mi la_fw-fr sva_fw-la lettera_fw-la ill_a libro_fw-la della_fw-it espositione_fw-la della_fw-it dottrina_fw-la cattolica_fw-la del_fw-it vescovo_fw-la di_fw-it condom_n molto_fw-mi erudito_fw-la e_fw-it molto_fw-mi utile_fw-la per_fw-la convertire_n gl_fw-la heretici_fw-la più_fw-fr con_fw-mi le_fw-fr vive_fw-fr ragioni_fw-la che_fw-it con_fw-mi l'asprezza_fw-mi del_fw-it discorso_fw-it parlai_n all_o padre_n mastro_n di_fw-mi s._n palazzo_n &_o all_o segretario_n dell_n '_o congregatione_n dell_n indice_fw-la e_fw-la conobbi_n verament_fw-mi che_fw-it non_fw-it viera_fw-fr stato_fw-it chi_fw-mi havesse_fw-it a_fw-la questi_fw-la padri_fw-la parlato_fw-it in_fw-it disfavore_fw-it del_fw-it medesimo_fw-la anzi_n li_n trovai_fw-la pieni_fw-la di_fw-it estimatione_fw-la per_fw-la il_fw-fr medesimo_fw-la &_o havendo_fw-la poi_fw-it parlato_fw-it con_fw-mi questi_fw-la signori_fw-it cardinali_n della_fw-it congregatione_fw-la trovai_fw-la frà _fw-la gl'altri_fw-la il_fw-it signor_n cardinale_n brancaccio_n molto_fw-mi inclinato_fw-la a_fw-fr pregiarlo_o e_fw-it molto_fw-mi propenso_fw-la a_o 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