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platonis_fw-la &_o aristophanis_n say_v gryph_n say_v advers._fw-la lucif_n t._n 2._o p._n 142._o ed._n gryph_n st._n jerom_n in_o episcopatum_fw-la allegentur_fw-la quotus_fw-la enim_fw-la cuique_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la apprime_fw-la in_o his_o eruditus_fw-la sit_fw-la accedit_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la ariana_n hoeresis_fw-la magis_fw-la cum_fw-la sapientia_fw-la seculi_fw-la facit_fw-la &_o argumentationum_fw-la rivos_fw-la de_fw-la aristotelis_fw-la fontibus_fw-la mutuatur_fw-la thus_o the_o orthodox_n and_o heretic_n equal_o approve_v the_o sentiment_n of_o plato_n each_o of_o they_o apparent_o explain_v they_o according_a to_o his_o hypothesis_n constantine_n further_o order_v in_o the_o same_o letter_n to_o burn_v all_o arius_n book_n to_o the_o end_n that_o not_o only_o his_o pernicious_a doctrine_n be_v destroy_v but_o that_o there_o remain_v no_o monument_n of_o it_o to_o posterity_n he_o likewise_o declare_v that_o if_o any_o one_o conceal_v any_o of_o his_o book_n and_o do_v not_o bring_v
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