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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v renovation_n the_o temple_n be_v also_o new_o consecrate_v or_o dedicate_v under_o ezechia_n after_o it_o have_v be_v profane_v by_o achaz_n 2_o chron._n 29._o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n spend_v eight_o day_n in_o this_o dedication_n q._n what_o be_v their_o feast_n of_o purim_n a._n that_o be_v of_o lot_n purim_n for_o haman_n by_o lot_n have_v appoint_v the_o jew_n to_o be_v massacre_v all_o through_o the_o persian_a kingdom_n in_o one_o day_n to_o wit_n the_o thirteen_o day_n of_o the_o twelve_o month_n which_o be_v adar_n or_o february_n but_o the_o plotter_n be_v massacre_v themselves_o by_o the_o jew_n the_o same_o day_n for_o at_o sufae_fw-la haman_n with_o his_o ten_o son_n and_o five_o hundred_o man_n more_o be_v slay_v and_o three_o hundred_o the_o day_n after_o and_o on_o the_o same_o day_n through_o the_o rest_n of_o assuerus_n his_o dominion_n be_v slay_v by_o the_o jew_n 75000._o so_o because_o this_o day_n they_o destroy_v their_o enemy_n 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and_o sorrowful_a as_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n jeremy's_n lamentation_n etc._n etc._n and_o not_o any_o passage_n that_o be_v joyful_a such_o as_o their_o delivery_n from_o egyptian_a slavery_n or_o hamans_n tyranny_n the_o only_a fast_o that_o god_n command_v be_v that_o upon_o the_o day_n of_o expiation_n other_o fast_n be_v enjoin_v by_o the_o prince_n upon_o emergent_a occasion_n as_o the_o fast_o command_v by_o jehosophat_n by_o joachim_n and_o other_o prince_n divers_a other_o private_a fast_n they_o have_v upon_o private_a occasion_n their_o fast_n be_v from_o all_o meat_n and_o drink_n till_o the_o evening_n that_o the_o star_n appear_v q._n what_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o their_o marriage_n a._n they_o be_v marry_v in_o the_o open_a air_n marriage_n either_o in_o the_o street_n or_o garden_n by_o their_o rabbi_n the_o bridegroom_n wear_v about_o his_o neck_n a_o hair-cloath_n the_o end_n of_o which_o the_o rabbi_n put_v on_o the_o bride_n head_n after_o the_o 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against_o the_o devil_n who_o they_o think_v be_v afraid_a of_o fire_n they_o have_v their_o solemn_a festival_n which_o they_o celebrate_v with_o dance_v howl_a and_o tattle_v the_o husband_n have_v power_n to_o kill_v the_o adulterous_a wife_n their_o marriage_n be_v without_o any_o ceremony_n they_o bury_v their_o dead_a upright_a in_o a_o pit_n with_o their_o good_n the_o husband_n play_v the_o midwife_n to_o the_o woman_n wash_v paint_v and_o name_v the_o child_n by_o the_o name_n of_o some_o wild_a beast_n they_o have_v some_o knowledge_n of_o noah_n flood_n of_o these_o passage_n see_v masscus_fw-la lerius_fw-la stadius_n etc._n etc._n q._n what_o religion_n do_v the_o people_n of_o peru_n profess_v a._n their_o chief_a god_n be_v wiracocha_n religion_n by_o who_o they_o understand_v the_o maker_n of_o all_o thing_n next_o to_o he_o they_o worship_v the_o sun_n and_o the_o thunder_n after_o he_o the_o image_n of_o these_o three_o they_o never_o touch_v with_o their_o bare_a 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