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may_v be_v the_o effect_n both_o of_o this_o man_n waver_a and_o wander_a travel_n and_o of_o these_o my_o labour_n finis_fw-la errata_fw-la praesat_n pag._n 10._o lin_v 25._o to_o our_o nation_n corrige_n of_o our_o nation_n ibid._n pag._n 11._o lin_v 26._o with_o corrige_n with_o pag._n 32._o lin_v 3._o be_v the_o corrige_n be_v so_o ibid._n lin_v 4._o by_o so_o corrige_n by_o the_o pag._n 53._o lin_v 21._o christ_n be_v god_n lege_fw-la be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n in_o the_o margin_n pag._n 11._o over_o against_o s._n bernard_n eited_a line_n 3._o put_v bernard_n epist._n 87._o