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i_z k._n of_o galilee_n chap._n xxxv_o from_o this_o country_n that_o i_o have_v speak_v of_o man_n go_v to_o the_o plain_a of_o galilee_n and_o leave_v the_o hill_n on_o the_o one_o side_n and_o galilee_n be_v in_o the_o province_n of_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n and_o in_o that_o province_n be_v the_o land_n of_o naim_n and_o caparnaum_n and_o corasim_n and_o at_o bethsaida_n be_v s._n peter_n and_o saint_n andrew_n bear_v at_o corasim_n shall_v antichrist_n be_v bear_v and_o as_o some_o man_n say_v he_o shall_v be_v bear_v in_o babylon_n therefore_o say_v the_o prophet_n de_n babilonia_n coluber_fw-la exiet_fw-la qui_fw-la totum_fw-la mundum_fw-la devorabit_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v of_o babylon_n shall_v come_v a_o serpent_n that_o shall_v devour_v all_o the_o world_n and_o this_o antichrist_n shall_v be_v nourish_v in_o bethsaida_n &_o shall_v reign_v in_o corasim_n therefore_o say_v holy_a write_v vae_fw-la tibi_fw-la corasim_n vae_fw-la tibi_fw-la bethsaida_n that_o be_v 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the_o fire_n so_o stink_v that_o no_o man_n may_v suffer_v it_o but_o always_o a_o good_a christian_a man_n and_o one_o that_o be_v steadfast_a in_o the_o faith_n may_v go_v therein_o without_o harm_n if_o they_o call_v to_o god_n only_o for_o forgiveness_n of_o their_o sin_n then_o shall_v the_o devil_n have_v no_o power_n over_o they_o and_o you_o shall_v understand_v that_o when_o my_o fellow_n and_o i_o be_v in_o that_o valley_n we_o have_v full_a great_a doubt_n if_o we_o shall_v put_v our_o body_n in_o a_o venture_n to_o go_v through_o it_o and_o some_o of_o my_o fellow_n agree_v thereto_o and_o some_o will_v not_o and_o there_o be_v in_o our_o company_n two_o friar_n minour_n of_o lombardie_n who_o say_v if_o any_o of_o we_o will_v go_v in_o they_o will_v also_o as_o they_o have_v say_v so_o upon_o trust_n of_o they_o we_o say_v that_o we_o will_v go_v and_o we_o do_v make_v our_o prayer_n to_o god_n for_o our_o safeguard_n and_o so_o we_o go_v in_o fourteen_o man_n and_o when_o 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