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lie_v devise_v for_o the_o advantage_n of_o his_o holy_a mother_n such_o as_o be_v the_o bait_n of_o catholic_n sew_v up_o in_o beare-skin_n with_o mastiff_n in_o dover_n and_o further_a answer_n than_o this_o i_o vouchsafe_v it_o not_o soli_fw-la deo_fw-la immortali_fw-la sit_fw-la gloria_fw-la finis_fw-la errata_fw-la the_o author_n be_v farrâ—_n from_o the_o press_n while_o the_o book_n be_v in_o it_o the_o more_o fault_n in_o print_v must_v needs_o escape_v whereof_o the_o chief_a observe_v be_v these_o pag._n 22_o and_o 23._o the_o letter_n of_o reference_n in_o the_o doctor_n text_n be_v mistake_v pag._n 47._o lin_v 6._o marg_n for_o chapt._n 2_o 45._o read_v chap._n 1._o sect._n 19_o pag._n 59_o lin_v 27._o for_o paâ—ilian_n readâ—_n petilian_n pag._n 72._o lin_v 17._o for_o estate_n from_o readâ—_n estate_n in_o her_o conceit_n from_o pag._n 73._o lin_v 6._o for_o be_v not_o more_o read_v be_v more_o pag._n 99_o the_o quotation_n be_v disorderly_o place_v pag._n 100_o lin_v 11._o for_o of_o his_o book_n read_v of_o his_o 5._o book_n pag._n 109._o lin_v 17._o for_o more_o that_o read_v more_o but_o that_o pag._n 164._o the_o marginal_a note_n to_o be_v set_v against_o the_o 27._o line_n pag._n 191._o lin_v 33._o for_o stanley_n read_v stucley_n pag._n 197._o lin_v 32._o fâ—r_n his_o own_o read_v his_o own_o niece_n pag._n 219._o lin_v 12._o marg_n for_o be_v not_o read_v be_v pag._n 235._o marg_n want_v distance_n betwixt_o suarez_n and_o beaumanoir_n pag._n 256._o lin_v 2._o marg_n for_o your_o preacher_n readâ—_n our_o preacher_n pag._n 275._o lin_v 4._o marg_n for_o mounseur_fw-fr servius_n read_v mounseur_fw-fr seruins_n pag._n 277._o lin_v ulâ—_n for_o alteration_n read_v altercation_n pag._n 279._o lin_v 35._o for_o envy_n read_v inveigh_v inveigh_v i_o can_v but_o marvel_v that_o m._n doctor_n in_o inveigh_v so_o much_o against_o that_o which_o he_o call_v the_o new_a religion_n shall_v in_o quote_v thereof_o forsake_v the_o old_a translation_n translation_n cap._n 2._o sect._n 41._o 41._o cap._n 2._o sect._n 45._o 45._o impia_fw-la mysteria_fw-la &_o instituta_fw-la ad_fw-la caluini_fw-la praescriptum_fw-la a_o se_fw-la suscepta_fw-la &_o obseruata_fw-la etiam_fw-la a_o subditis_fw-la seruari_fw-la mandavit_fw-la circa_fw-la m_v bull_n bull_n la_fw-fr charité_fw-fr que_fw-fr nous_fw-fr porton_n aux_fw-fr sieurs_fw-fr estate_n nos_fw-la voisin_n &_o confederezfaisant_n profession_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr mesme_fw-fr religion_n avecque_n nous_fw-fr declaration_n toâ—chant_fw-fr le_fw-fr faict_n de_fw-fr conradus_n vorstius_n pag._n 6._o messieurs_fw-fr les_fw-fr estate_n doncque_n estant_n non_fw-it seulement_fw-fr nos_fw-la alliez_fw-fr mais_fw-fr le_fw-fr principallion_n de_fw-fr nostre_fw-fr conjunction_n estant_fw-fr nostre_fw-fr uniformité_fw-fr en_fw-fr la_fw-fr uraye_fw-fr religion_n pag._n 40._o mais_n la_o religion_n dont_fw-fr moi_fw-fr &_o eux_fw-fr faisons_fw-fr profession_n nâ—a_fw-fr esté_fw-fr iugée_fw-fr â—n_fw-fr 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