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diuturnâ_fw-la perpessione_n
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also_o do_v often_o signify_v cubo_fw-la jacco_n and_o from_o this_o acceptation_n of_o the_o verb_n come_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lectus_fw-la our_o dutch_a leggen_fw-mi or_o liggen_n jacere_fw-la leger_fw-fr stratum_fw-la cubile_fw-la as_o also_o llehau_fw-fr logian_n logiis_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o forasmuch_o as_o in_o thing_n at_o this_o distance_n from_o we_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o antiquity_n we_o can_v go_v upon_o very_o absolute_a certainty_n i_o will_v adventure_v upon_o another_o and_z in_o my_o opinion_n more_o likely_a conjecture_n bustum_fw-la as_o we_o find_v in_o pompeius_n festus_n propriè_fw-la dicitur_fw-la locus_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la combustus_fw-la &_o sepultus_fw-la diciturque_fw-la bustum_fw-la quasi_fw-la benè_fw-la ustum_fw-la servius_n likewise_o upon_o the_o 185._o verse_n of_o virgil_n his_o xi_o aeneid_n make_v this_o distinction_n pyra_n est_fw-la signorum_fw-la congery_n rogus_fw-la quum_fw-la jam_fw-la ardere_fw-la coeperit_fw-la dicitur_fw-la bustum_fw-la jam_fw-la exustum_fw-la voco_fw-la it_o be_v therefore_o not_o unlikely_a that_o the_o ancient_n in_o imitation_n of_o the_o word_n bustum_fw-la which_o signify_v the_o place_n where_o a_o man_n be_v burn_v and_o bury_v make_v their_o word_n low_o from_o loge_n for_o illustration_n therefore_o of_o this_o etymology_n observe_v that_o not_o only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d also_o signify_v a_o flame_n as_o it_o shall_v seem_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d flamma_fw-la the_o initial_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v here_o take_v away_o which_o sometime_o be_v add_v as_o when_o the_o english_a flank_n be_v make_v out_o of_o the_o teutonike_n lank_a i_o will_v not_o allege_v here_o the_o british_a word_n llosg_n incendium_fw-la ustio_fw-la and_o llosgi_n urere_fw-la for_o they_o may_v seem_v too_o much_o different_a but_o i_o do_v refer_v myself_o to_o the_o old_a gothike_a monument_n in_o the_o which_o loge_n signify_v a_o flame_n willeramus_fw-la abbas_n in_o his_o paraphrasis_fw-la also_o upon_o cap._n 8._o ver_fw-la 6._o of_o the_o canticle_n use_v loghon_n and_o linghon_v instead_o of_o ardere_fw-la flammam_fw-la emittere_fw-la those_o likewise_o who_o as_o yet_o in_o friesland_n do_v entertain_v their_o ancient_a country_n language_n call_v the_o flame_n lochene_n yea_o almost_o all_o the_o other_o low-dutch_a call_v a_o fire_a straw_n bunch_n to_o dry_v their_o vessel_n withal_o by_o the_o name_n of_o lochter_fw-mi of_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d therefore_o which_o ancient_o signify_v a_o flame_n come_v low_o bustum_fw-la without_o doubt_n even_o as_o the_o word_n law_n be_v corrupt_v out_o of_o the_o old_a saxon_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lex_fw-la and_o as_o the_o word_n maw_n be_v make_v of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d stomachus_fw-la and_o 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her_o gay_a clethe_n all_o with_o lowis_n licht_v begin_v glete_a and_o sperkilland_n birn_v up_o in_o one_fw-mi bleis_fw-la his_o ryal_n tressis_fw-la inflambit_fw-la etc._n etc._n now_o for_o the_o word_n tumulus_n it_o may_v very_o well_o be_v derive_v either_o from_o cumulus_fw-la which_o signify_v a_o heap_n or_o from_o the_o verb_n tumeo_fw-la to_o swell_v for_o it_o be_v take_v promiscuous_o not_o only_o for_o a_o place_n of_o sepulture_n but_o any_o rise_a ground_n as_o in_o twelve_o aeneid_n et_fw-la tumulum_fw-la caput_fw-la etc._n etc._n tumulique_fw-la ex_fw-la aggere_fw-la fatur_fw-la nor_o be_v it_o unlike_a but_o that_o these_o tumuli_fw-la have_v be_v instead_o of_o altar_n to_o sacrifice_n unto_o the_o ghost_n of_o the_o dead_a as_o the_o same_o virgil_n bear_v witness_v et_fw-la statuent_fw-la tumulum_fw-la &_o tumulo_fw-la solennia_fw-la mittent_fw-la we_o also_o observe_v that_o there_o be_v sacrifice_n offer_v to_o those_o ghost_n upon_o tumuli_fw-la which_o be_v place_v at_o a_o great_a distance_n from_o the_o party_n decease_v as_o we_o find_v likewise_o in_o the_o before_o mention_v author_n tumulum_fw-la rhetaeo_n in_fw-la littore_fw-la inanem_fw-la constitui_fw-la and_o andromache_n although_o in_o a_o grecian_a city_n sacrifice_n hectoreum_n ad_fw-la tumulum_fw-la as_o for_o the_o fashion_n of_o these_o tumuli_fw-la in_o homer_n day_n near_o 3000._o year_n since_o let_v himself_o speak_v 197._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n terramque_fw-la superfudere_fw-la recentem_fw-la tum_fw-la facto_fw-la tumulo_fw-la redeunt_fw-la and_o in_o the_o same_o place_n achilles_n complain_v how_o small_a a_o tumulus_n he_o have_v make_v for_o his_o belove_a companion_n patroclus_n and_o entreat_v those_o that_o shall_v survive_v he_o to_o raise_v it_o to_o a_o great_a height_n 189._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n exiguum_fw-la statui_fw-la tumulum_fw-la quicunque_fw-la relictus_fw-la post_fw-la nostram_fw-la fuerit_fw-la mortem_fw-la belloque_fw-la superstes_fw-la illius_fw-la extructus_fw-la manibus_fw-la consurgat_fw-la ad_fw-la astra_fw-la of_o which_o desire_n you_o shall_v find_v in_o the_o last_o book_n of_o the_o odyssey_n that_o the_o grecian_n be_v not_o unmindful_a but_o build_v a_o sepulchre_n for_o he_o and_o patroclus_n a_o large_a one_o indeed_o which_o serve_v afterward_o for_o a_o landmark_a as_o appear_v from_o the_o same_o author_n in_o these_o word_n 80._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n hos_fw-la super_fw-la augustum_fw-la tumulum_fw-la vastumque_fw-la pelasgi_fw-la littore_fw-la sublime_a quaclauditur_fw-la hellespontus_n struximus_fw-la ut_fw-la notum_fw-la per_fw-la secula_fw-la long_v a_o maneret_fw-la etque_fw-la mari_fw-fr longè_fw-la speculantibus_fw-la obvius_fw-la esset_fw-la and_o this_o be_v the_o fashion_n of_o these_o monument_n in_o homer_n time_n even_o for_o the_o most_o famous_a person_n which_o may_v be_v take_v notice_n of_o in_o many_o other_o place_n 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