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antiquorum_fw-la rabbinorum_fw-la latinè_n &_o hispanicé_n pars_fw-la prima_fw-la conciliatoris_fw-la libri_fw-la tres_fw-la de_fw-fr resurrectione_n mortuorum_fw-la problemata_fw-la de_fw-la creatione_fw-la de_fw-fr termino_fw-la vitæ_fw-la de_fw-fr fragilitate_fw-la humana_fw-la spes_fw-la israelis_fw-la grammatica_fw-la hebraea_n cum_fw-la novis_fw-la observationibus_fw-la oratio_fw-la gratulatoria_fw-la ad_fw-la celsissimum_fw-la principem_fw-la auriacum_n oratio_fw-la panegyrica_fw-la ad_fw-la sereniss_fw-la reginam_fw-la sueciae_fw-la hispanicé_fw-la conciliatoris_fw-la omnes_fw-la part_n pentateuchus_fw-la cum_fw-la margin_n notis_fw-la libri_fw-la 5_o de_fw-la ritibus_fw-la &_o ceremoniis_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la duobus_fw-la tomis_n biblia_fw-la hispanica_fw-la cum_fw-la commentariis_fw-la de_fw-fr statue_n nebuchadonosoris_n 12o._o libellus_fw-la anglicus_n de_fw-fr fidelitate_fw-la &_o utilitate_fw-la judaicae_n gentis_fw-la sequuntuâ—_n libri_fw-la parati_fw-la ad_fw-la 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