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a_o few_o day_n monsieur_n justel_n have_v understand_v of_o i_o that_o you_o have_v some_o of_o ephrem_n work_v in_o syriack_n have_v give_v i_o the_o enclose_a note_n pray_v you_o to_o let_v he_o know_v which_o of_o they_o they_o be_v you_o have_v he_o be_v go_v to_o reprint_v his_o codex_fw-la canonum_fw-la with_o many_o other_o collection_n of_o the_o same_o nature_n several_a whereof_o be_v never_o print_v before_o thus_o humble_o kiss_v your_o grace_n hand_n i_o rest_v your_o most_o humble_a and_o most_o affectionate_a servant_n arnold_n boate._n paris_z 15_o 25_o aprilis_fw-la 1648._o d._n s._n ephraem_n syro_n exit_fw-la hebed_n jesu_fw-la sobensi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la de_fw-la catalogo_fw-la syrorum_n scriptorum_fw-la ephraem_n magnus_fw-la qui_fw-la syrorum_n propheta_fw-la cognominatus_fw-la est_fw-la commentaria_fw-la confecit_fw-la in_o libros_fw-la geneseos_fw-la exodi_fw-la &_o sacerdotum_fw-la item_n in_o librum_fw-la josue_n filii_fw-la nun_n judicum_fw-la samuelis_fw-la &_o regum_fw-la davidis_fw-la isaiae_n ac_fw-la duodecim_fw-la prophetarum_fw-la minorum_fw-la jeremiae_n ezechielis_n atque_fw-la beati_fw-la danielis_fw-la extant_a praeterea_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la opera_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la fide_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la sermon_n carmina_fw-la elegia_fw-la hymni_fw-la ac_fw-la totum_fw-la defunctorum_fw-la officium_fw-la thesis_n de_fw-fr literis_fw-la alphabeti_fw-la disputationes_fw-la contra_fw-la judaeos_fw-la manichaeum_fw-la bardesanem_fw-la marcionem_fw-la &_o philetum_fw-la &_o hypetum_n demumque_fw-la dissolutio_fw-la impietatis_fw-la juliani_n letter_n ccxxxv_o a_o letter_n from_o dr._n langbaine_n to_o the_o most_o reverend_a james_n usher_n archbishop_n of_o armagh_n my_o lord_n i_o have_v late_o read_v mr._n cressy_n the_o late_a dean_n of_o laghlin_n his_o exomologesis_fw-la who_o in_o his_o 27_o chapter_n pag._n 178._o inform_v that_o in_o his_o hear_v one_o of_o the_o most_o learned_a protestant_a prelate_n in_o 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have_v compare_v that_o venerable_a latin_a manuscript_n of_o the_o four_o gospel_n in_o the_o bodlean_a which_o be_v write_v in_o fair_a large_a letter_n partly_o saxon_n in_o a_o continue_a order_n without_o distinction_n of_o word_n which_o seem_v to_o promise_v some_o considerable_a variety_n for_o i_o find_v in_o matth._n 20._o after_o the_o word_n sicut_fw-la filius_fw-la hominis_fw-la non_fw-la venit_fw-la ministrari_fw-la sed_fw-la ministrate_n &_o dare_v animam_fw-la svam_fw-la redemptionem_fw-la pro_fw-la multis_fw-la these_o add_v i_o know_v not_o whither_o according_a to_o any_o other_o greek_a or_o latin_a copy_n vos_fw-fr autem_fw-la quaetitis_fw-la de_fw-la modico_fw-la crescere_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr minimus_fw-la minui_fw-la i_o will_v likewise_o willing_o know_v whether_o your_o lordship_n be_v not_o of_o opinion_n as_o i_o profess_v i_o be_o that_o the_o additional_a passage_n which_o robert_n stephens_n say_v he_o find_v in_o two_o of_o the_o most_o ancient_a 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bind_a duty_n ever_o pray_v and_o humble_o beg_v the_o like_a from_o your_o lordship_n in_o behalf_n of_o your_o grace_n most_o humble_a servant_n to_o be_v command_v gerard_n langbaine_n queen_n coll._n apr._n 24._o 1648._o letter_n ccxxxvi_o a_o letter_n from_o the_o most_o reverend_a james_n usher_n archbishop_n of_o armagh_n to_o d._n alexander_n more_o admodum_fw-la reverendo_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la fratri_fw-la d._n alexandro_n moro_n genevensis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la pastori_fw-la dignissimo_fw-la rectè_fw-la omninò_fw-la judicâsti_fw-la vir_fw-la eximie_n à _fw-la doctissimo_fw-la simul_fw-la &_o prudentissimo_fw-la exoniensi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la primum_fw-la scriptae_fw-la fuerint_fw-la istae_fw-la literae_fw-la quibus_fw-la deinde_fw-la multum_fw-la rogatus_fw-la nomen_fw-la quoque_fw-la meum_fw-la non_fw-la illibentèr_fw-la apposui_fw-la etsi_fw-la enim_fw-la per_fw-la leges_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la ità _fw-la illegitimè_fw-la initum_fw-la &_o 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