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and_o s._n nicholas_n church_n and_o be_v also_o call_v chalcaria_n i_o brazen_a or_o copper_n the_o colosse_n or_o stately_a image_n of_o mars_n at_o the_o cirque_fw-la flaminius_n be_v in_o the_o temple_n of_o brutus_n callaicus_n chap._n v._o the_o porch_n or_o gallery_n of_o mercury_n the_o theatre_n of_o octavius_n his_o house_n cloister_n and_o gallery_n and_o the_o temple_n of_o venus_n victress_n between_o the_o cirque_fw-la flaminius_n and_o the_o tiber_n in_o the_o very_a entry_n of_o the_o church_n of_o s._n angel_n in_o piscina_fw-la there_o be_v a_o porch_n or_o gallery_n consecrate_v sometime_o to_o mercury_n or_o as_o some_o will_v have_v it_o to_o juno_n this_o be_v consume_v with_o fire_n l._n septimius_n severus_n re-edify_v but_o the_o porch_n which_o stand_v in_o the_o jew_n street_n call_v ceura_n they_o say_v be_v build_v by_o the_o emperor_n severus_n between_o the_o gallery_n of_o marcellus_n and_o the_o mount_v rear_v by_o hadrian_n pompey_n be_v the_o first_o 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