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l._n 1._o 41._o in_o what_o they_o differ_v from_o a_o ovation_n ib._n in_o what_o case_n deny_v a_o conqueror_n 41._o 42._o when_o discontinue_v and_o lay_v by_o 42._o taramula_fw-la a_o disease_n how_o cure_v l._n 1._o 62._o tolosanum_fw-la aurum_fw-la a_o proverb_n the_o meaning_n and_o occasion_n of_o it_o l._n 1._o 184._o tragedy_n by_o who_o invent_v l._n 3._o 35._o tule_z of_o most_o christian_n king_n why_o give_v unto_o the_o king_n of_o france_n l._n 1._o 200._o of_o catholic_n king_n to_o the_o king_n of_o spain_n 252._o of_o defender_n of_o the_o fâ—â—th_n to_o england_n 285._o of_o defender_n of_o the_o church_n to_o the_o swisser_n l._n 2._o 142._o b._n of_o basileus_n to_o the_o king_n of_o bulgaria_n l._n 2._o 211._o of_o fâ—agellum_fw-la dei_fw-la to_o attila_n the_o king_n of_o the_o huns_n l._n 1._o 184._o l._n 2._o 216._o tenedia_fw-la securis_fw-la a_o byword_n the_o occasion_n of_o it_o l._n 3._o 34._o tail_n of_o sheep_n and_o of_o no_o beast_n else_o why_o use_v in_o sacrifice_n l._n 3._o 58._o troy_n not_o besiege_v ten_o year_n together_o by_o the_o greek_n and_o at_o last_o how_o take_v li._n 3._o 16._o temple_n re-edify_v by_o zorobabel_n in_o what_o it_o differ_v from_o the_o former_a l._n 3._o 94._o repair_v and_o beautify_v by_o herod_n ib._n the_o several_a court_n about_o it_o 94_o 95._o all_o of_o they_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o temple_n ib._n turk_n their_o original_n and_o conquest_n l._n 3._o 150._o their_o king_n and_o emperor_n 151._o their_o person_n custom_n and_o religion_n 152._o their_o estate_n and_o power_n 153._o 156._o timariot_n what_o they_o be_v their_o institution_n and_o number_n l._n 3._o 153._o tartarian_n not_o the_o progeny_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o israel_n l._n 3._o 186._o from_o whence_o most_o probable_o descend_v 203._o their_o affair_n and_o victory_n 203_o 204._o tamerlane_n his_o birth_n and_o parentage_n l._n 3._o 195._o the_o sum_n and_o substance_n of_o his_o story_n ib._n sr._n thomas_n moor_n 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ulysses_n not_o so_o far_o as_o lasbon_n l._n 1._o 258._o the_o sum_n and_o substance_n of_o his_o story_n l._n 2._o 264._o venus_n whence_o call_v cytheraea_n l._n 2._o 260._o whence_o dea_n cypr._n l._n 3._o 4._o 43._o whence_o paphia_n l._n 3._o 43._o the_o brutishness_n of_o the_o cypriot_n both_o man_n and_o woman_n in_o their_o feast_n and_o sacrifice_n 42_o 43._o ur_fw-la the_o birthplace_n of_o abraham_n a_o town_n of_o mesopotamia_n l._n 3._o 135._o that_o it_o be_v not_o in_o chaldaea_n as_o by_o most_o suppose_a ib._n we_o or_o hus_n the_o country_n and_o dwell_n of_o job_n whereabout_o it_o be_v l._n 3._o 112._o virgil_n fable_n of_o dido_n disprove_v l._n 4._o 27._o his_n aeneas_n suspect_v l._n 3._o 16._o vandâ—lâ—_n their_o first_o seat_n l._n 2._o 200._o their_o affair_n story_n and_o the_o succession_n of_o their_o king_n l_o 4._o 28_o 29._o vaivod_n the_o meaning_n of_o the_o word_n l._n 2._o 203._o the_o varvod_n of_o transilvania_n ib._n of_o moldavia_n 204._o and_o 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