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now_o and_o for_o ever_o amen_n amen_n finis_fw-la augusti_fw-la xviii_o 1634._o recensui_fw-la hunc_fw-la librum_fw-la cui_fw-la titulus_fw-la the_o six_o book_n of_o the_o triumph_n of_o god_n revenge_n upon_o murder_n qui_fw-la quidem_fw-la libre_fw-la continet_fw-la folia_fw-la 99_o aut_fw-la circiter_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la exceptis_fw-la quae_fw-la delentur_fw-la nihil_fw-la reperio_fw-la sanae_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la aut_fw-la bonis_fw-la moribus_fw-la contrarium_fw-la quò_fw-la minus_fw-la cum_fw-la publicâ_fw-la utilitate_fw-la imprimi_fw-la queat_fw-la sub_fw-la eà _fw-la tamen_fw-la conditione_n ut_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la intrà _fw-la annum_fw-la proximè_fw-la sequentem_fw-la typis_fw-la mandetur_fw-la haec_fw-la licentia_fw-la sit_fw-la omnino_fw-la irrita_fw-la guilielmus_fw-la haywood_n capell_n dome_a archiep._n cant._n cant._n psal_n 23._o 1._o 1._o psal._n 100_o 3._o 3._o mat._n 25._o 34._o 41_o 41_o 1_o joh._n 2._o 16._o 16._o col._n 3._o 5._o 5._o 1_o pet._n 5_o 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