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in_o seven_n nunc_fw-la grege_fw-la de_fw-la intacto_fw-la septem_fw-la mactare_fw-la juvencâ—s_fw-la prestiterit_fw-la totidem_fw-la lectas_fw-la de_fw-fr more_fw-it bidentes_fw-la the_o principal_a feast_n and_o solemnity_n of_o god_n people_n continue_v seven_o day_n seven_o day_n the_o people_n eat_v unleavened_a bread_n at_o the_o passeover_n god_n have_v seven_o thousand_o reserve_v unto_o himslfe_n which_o bow_v not_o their_o knee_n to_o baal_n job_n have_v seven_o son_n and_o zachary_n make_v mention_n of_o seven_o eye_n wherewith_o god_n see_v all_o thing_n the_o prophet_n elisha_n command_v naaman_n the_o leper_n to_o wash_v himself_o seven_o time_n in_o the_o river_n of_o jordane_n the_o number_n of_o beast_n which_o enter_v the_o ark_n of_o noah_n be_v seven_o the_o ark_n rest_v on_o the_o mountain_n of_o ararat_n on_o the_o seven_o month_n and_o in_o the_o 19_o of_o proverb_n wisdom_n have_v build_v her_o house_n on_o seven_o pillar_n the_o seven_o candlestick_n the_o 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10._o of_o the_o seven_o great_a potentate_n of_o the_o world_n of_o critical_a day_n and_o climacterick_a year_n with_o other_o observation_n in_o the_o heaven_n be_v seven_o planet_n and_o in_o the_o earth_n seven_o great_a and_o powerful_a potentate_n do_v rule_v the_o great_a cham_n of_o tartary_n the_o emperor_n of_o china_n by_o they_o call_v the_o second_o son_n of_o god_n the_o sophy_n of_o persia_n the_o great_a turk_n the_o emperor_n of_o germany_n prester_n john_n the_o powerful_a monarch_n of_o aethiopia_n and_o the_o emperor_n of_o russia_n the_o seven_o and_o forteenth_fw-mi day_n in_o all_o disease_n be_v account_v most_o dangerous_a and_o be_v call_v critical_a macrobius_n aulus_n gellius_n and_o other_o observe_v that_o every_o seven_o year_n in_o the_o life_n of_o man_n there_o follow_v some_o alteration_n either_o in_o estate_n voice_n colour_n hair_n complexion_n or_o condition_n and_o seneca_n septimus_n cuique_fw-la
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its_o division_n first_o into_o three_o then_o into_o four_o part_n and_o some_o different_a opinion_n concern_v they_o reconcile_v the_o earth_n be_v as_o the_o heavy_a so_o the_o low_a subsidit_fw-la tellus_fw-la tho_o diverse_o admit_v not_o the_o water_n to_o be_v high_a than_o the_o earth_n of_o which_o opinion_n plato_n seem_v to_o i_o to_o be_v place_v the_o spring_n of_o river_n and_o fountain_n in_o orco_fw-la or_o cavity_n of_o the_o earth_n the_o former_a opinion_n our_o famous_a buchanan_n elegant_o illustrate_v in_o his_o first_o book_n de_fw-fr sphaera_fw-la aspice_fw-la cumplevis_fw-la è_fw-la littore_fw-la concita_fw-la velis_fw-la puppis_fw-la eat_v sensim_fw-la se_fw-la subducente_fw-la carina_n linteaque_fw-la &_o suâ—mo_fw-la apparent_a carche_n siam_fw-it maio_n nec_fw-la minus_fw-la è_fw-la naviterram_fw-la spectantibus_fw-la unda_fw-la in_o medio_fw-la assurgens_fw-la etc._n etc._n which_o argue_v rather_o the_o earth_n to_o be_v round_o nor_o that_o the_o sea_n or_o water_n be_v high_a than_o it_o so_o it_o may_v be_v confident_o enough_o say_v that_o the_o water_n be_v above_o about_o and_o in_o the_o earth_n yea_o and_o disperse_v through_o it_o as_o the_o blood_n be_v diffuse_v and_o disperse_v through_o the_o body_n or_o man_n or_o beast_n from_o its_o spring_n the_o liver_n the_o orcum_fw-la as_o we_o may_v say_v of_o it_o this_o earth_n always_o by_o the_o geographer_n of_o old_a be_v divide_v into_o three_o part_n earth_n viz._n europe_n asia_n africa_n not_o know_v any_o further_a but_o suffer_v now_o a_o new_a partition_n or_o division_n since_o the_o day_n of_o columbus_n who_o in_o the_o year_n 1492_o by_o a_o enterprise_n to_o the_o eternal_a memory_n of_o his_o name_n make_v discovery_n of_o america_n america_n add_v by_o our_o modern_a map_n as_o a_o four_o part_n which_o according_a to_o our_o late_a navigator_n and_o discoverer_n shall_v be_v find_v to_o exceed_v the_o other_o three_o in_o extent_n from_o whence_o the_o gold_n and_o silver_n come_v hither_o as_o merchant_n ware_n occasion_v all_o the_o dearth_n we_o have_v now_o consider_v how_o thing_n be_v in_o value_n the_o day_n of_o our_o father_n as_o bodin_n in_o his_o paradox_n against_o malestrot_n aver_v so_o that_o the_o profuse_a give_v of_o their_o gold_n for_o our_o trify_v now_o through_o the_o abundance_n of_o their_o inexhaustible_a gold_n mine_n make_v now_o by_o the_o abundance_n of_o money_n which_o former_o be_v not_o that_o a_o thing_n shall_v cost_v ten_o yea_o twenty_o which_o before_o be_v have_v for_o one_o or_o two_o mercator_n that_o most_o expert_a cosmographer_n expect_v as_o yet_o the_o five_o part_n of_o the_o earth_n intitul_a it_o terra_fw-la australis_fw-la the_o spaniard_n in_o their_o card_n terra_fw-la dell_fw-it fuego_fw-it which_o must_v be_v by_o south_n that_o sea_n descry_v by_o magellanes_n so_o that_o by_o his_o supputation_n the_o world_n shall_v be_v divide_v yet_o in_o three_o make_v europe_n asia_n africa_n 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