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â—â—â—_o eus._n hist_o vi_o phil._n vit_fw-fr apol._n l._n 18_o 24._o sext._n empir_n pyrth_n iii_o 24._o ay_o 3._o more_o be_v mystery_n of_o godliness_n iv_o 3_o 4._o v._o 7_o 1._o phil._n viii_o 13._o eus._n hist._n vi_o 21._o lampr._n alex_n a._n §_o 29._o mystery_n of_o godliness_n v_n 7_o 8._o vopisc_n divus_o aurel_n c._n 24._o mr._n dodwell_n be_v praelect_a prooem_n in_o hist._n aug._n v._o 6._o v._o lact._n de_fw-fr mort_fw-fr perfec_fw-la juliani_n epist_n xxxiv_o xl_o xli_o liii_o lx_o lxi_o juliani_n orat_fw-la iv._o cratander_n vii_o ib._n jambl._n vit_fw-fr pythias_n c._n 2_o p._n 28._o c._n 2._o p._n 29._o ib._n p._n viij_o p._n vi_fw-la seven_o viij_o p._n 43._o c._n 27._o p._n 127._o c._n 19_o p._n 94._o p._n xiii_o c._n 19_o p._n 94._o c._n 2._o p._n 31._o l._n 5._o c._n 4._o p._n 36._o l._n 27._o c._n 4._o end_v c._n 5._o beginning_n c._n 7._o p._n 47._o l._n 23._o c._n 36._o p._n 220._o l._n 4._o c._n 30._o p._n 154._o l._n 22._o c._n 23._o p._n 103_o l._n 15._o 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