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interpres_fw-la ii_o in_o 4._o lib._n reg._n tom._n 3._o speak_v say_v he_o of_o i_o etc._n etc._n in_o the_o hebrew_n it_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o e._n testify_v from_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o not_o only_o signify_v to_o speak_v but_o also_o to_o bear_v testimony_n as_o it_o be_v to_o be_v see_v ex._n 〈◊〉_d n._n 14._o deut._n 19_o n._n 15._o job_n 16._o n._n 9_o et_fw-la passiâ—_fw-la alibâ—_fw-la and_o many_o other_o place_n as_o if_o there_o be_v no_o difference_n with_o the_o hebrew_n of_o speak_v and_o testify_v nor_o without_o cause_n for_o there_o aught_o to_o be_v so_o much_o veracity_n of_o good_a man_n that_o their_o simple_a speech_n may_v be_v account_v swear_v and_o their_o private_a conference_n be_v account_v a_o public_a testimony_n which_o be_v to_o be_v account_v the_o fidelity_n of_o cato_n who_o be_v believe_v in_o a_o court-case_n even_o unsworn_a which_o also_o s._n jerome_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o celantia_n 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