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videlicet_fw-la incurreret_fw-la quasi_fw-la romano_n imperiomalè_fw-la optaverit_fw-la and_o in_o the_o same_o place_n tantum_n qui_fw-la modo_fw-la tenet_fw-la teneat_fw-la donec_fw-la de_fw-la medio_fw-la tollatur_fw-la non_fw-la absurdè_fw-la de_fw-fr ipso_fw-la romano_n imperio_fw-la creditur_fw-la another_o of_o the_o ancient_n say_v thus_o ut_fw-la qui_fw-la tenet_fw-la nunc_fw-la teneat_fw-la donec_fw-la de_fw-la medio_fw-la hieronymi_n fiat_fw-la donec_fw-la regnum_fw-la quod_fw-la nunc_fw-la tenet_fw-la de_fw-la medio_fw-la auferatur_fw-la priusquam_fw-la antichristus_fw-la reveletur_fw-la john_n chrysostome_n and_o oecumenius_n sum_v his_o word_n say_v thn_n write_v upon_o that_o scripture_n 2._o thess._n 2._o solum_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la modo_fw-la retinet_fw-la thronus_fw-la videlicet_fw-la &_o regnum_fw-la romanorum_fw-la quodnunc_fw-la impedimento_fw-la est_fw-la donec_fw-la cesset_fw-la finemque_fw-la accipiat_fw-la â—…uncrevelabitur_fw-la iniquus_fw-la ille_fw-la 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