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and_o immutable_a perfection_n of_o his_o operation_n measure_v they_o by_o the_o eternal_a rule_n of_o truth_n and_o reason_n hesiod_n understand_v this_o better_a than_o these_o pretend_a philosopher_n for_o he_o deliver_v this_o excellent_a lesson_n operum_fw-la &_o dierum_fw-la lib._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d et_fw-la tu_fw-la justitiae_fw-la quidem_fw-la animum_fw-la adjice_fw-la violentia_fw-la vero_fw-la obliviscere_fw-la prorsus_fw-la namque_fw-la hanc_fw-la hominibus_fw-la posuit_fw-la legem_fw-la saturnius_n piscibus_fw-la quidem_fw-la &_o feris_fw-la &_o avibus_fw-la volucribus_fw-la se_fw-la mutuo_fw-la ut_fw-la devorent_fw-la quandoquidem_fw-la justitia_fw-la carent_fw-la but_o if_o there_o have_v be_v sound_a nation_n heretofore_o or_o be_v any_o such_o this_o day_n among_o who_o that_o brutish_a custom_n of_o devour_v one_o another_o be_v in_o use_n or_o if_o some_o 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