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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cogitavit_fw-la excogitavit_fw-la denotat_fw-la opus_fw-la ingeniosum_fw-la inventum_fw-la artificium_fw-la quia_fw-la artificium_fw-la fit_a pâ—r_fw-la cogitationem_fw-la not_o bare_o cogitation_n or_o think_v but_o excogitation_n or_o study_v think_v not_o only_o a_o natural_a thought_n but_o a_o artificial_a thought_n or_o thought_n make_v up_o and_o form_v after_o long_a debate_n of_o a_o business_n in_o our_o own_o breast_n this_o be_v proper_o express_v by_o devise_v those_o pool_n of_o water_n in_o the_o 7_o â—h_a cant._n ver_fw-la 4._o be_v call_v from_o this_o word_n the_o pool_n in_o heshbon_n some_o take_v heshbon_n for_o a_o city_n numb_a 21._o 26._o and_o so_o it_o note_v the_o place_n where_o those_o pool_n be_v other_o translate_v it_o thus_o cant._n thus_o aisworth_n on_o the_o cant._n pool_n artificial_o make_v and_o we_o may_v observe_v much_o skill_n and_o curiosity_n use_v in_o make_v pool_n or_o water-work_n so_o exod._n 28._o 8._o the_o 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