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dei_fw-la tui_fw-la gratis_o frustra_fw-la temere_fw-la in_fw-la ullum_fw-la vanum_fw-la uti_fw-la viri_fw-la diffusissimae_fw-la eruditionis_fw-la passim_fw-la mendacium_fw-la prohibetur_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la quia_fw-la mendacium_fw-la est_fw-la gratis_o dictum_fw-la vanum_fw-la nihil_fw-la the_o last_o edition_n at_o london_n pag._n 120._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aleph_fw-la est_fw-la loco_fw-la he_o literae_fw-la radicalis_fw-la est_fw-la proprie_fw-la vanitas_fw-la tam_fw-la verborum_fw-la quam_fw-la rerum_fw-la saepe_fw-la adverbialiter_fw-la sumitur_fw-la pro_fw-la frustrà _fw-la temerè_fw-la omne_fw-la mendacium_fw-la est_fw-la vanum_fw-la sed_fw-la omne_fw-la vanum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la mendacium_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d expount_n per_fw-la kinnom_n &_o hebel_n r._n sclomo_n etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lxx_o vide_fw-la stegman_n photin_n non_fw-la assume_v nomen_fw-la domini_fw-la gratis_o sive_fw-la frustra_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la 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