suspicious_a greatness_n politician_n have_v find_v in_o their_o theory_n and_o prince_n perchance_o feel_v in_o their_o practice_n the_o danger_n thereof_o §_o 34._o and_o now_o we_o come_v to_o the_o particular_a description_n of_o the_o land_n of_o edom_n call_v also_o mount-seir_n dumah_n and_o idumea_n in_o the_o scripture_n mount_v seir_n be_v as_o much_o as_o mons_fw-la hispidus_fw-la or_o hirsutus_fw-la a_o rough_a and_o rugged_a mountain_n so_o call_v some_o conceive_v from_o esau_n who_o satyr-like_a have_v a_o quickset_n of_o hair_n on_o his_o body_n though_o it_o seem_v the_o place_n be_v so_o 21._o name_v long_o before_o he_o come_v to_o possess_v it_o as_o brisling_a with_o bush_n and_o overgrow_v with_o wood_n in_o the_o famous_a wilderness_n thereof_o namely_o of_o 1_o teman_fw-mi the_o inhabitant_n hereof_o be_v or_o be_v account_v of_o themselves_o or_o other_o very_o wise_a be_v 7._o wisdom_n no_o more_o in_o teman_fw-mi yet_o all_o their_o carnal_a policy_n can_v 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