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not_o come_v at_o it_o to_o besiege_v and_o subdue_v it_o the_o remove_n of_o these_o impediment_n to_o wit_n the_o great_a honour_n glory_n riches_n and_o strength_n of_o rome_n be_v here_o signify_v by_o the_o dry_n up_o of_o euphrates_n revel_v 16_o 12._o the_o six_o angel_n pour_v out_o his_o viol_n upoâ—_n the_o great_a river_n euphrates_n and_o the_o water_n thereof_o dry_v up_o excellent_a sig_n that_o which_o in_o his_o kind_n be_v best_a and_o most_o worthy_a revel_v 18_o 14._o eye-salue_n sig_n that_o spirit_n of_o light_n and_o of_o true_a wisdom_n which_o do_v open_a and_o illuminate_v the_o eye_n of_o our_o soul_n be_v before_o utter_o blind_a revel_v 3_o 18._o and_o anoint_v thy_o eye_n with_o eye-salue_n that_o thou_o may_v see_v it_o be_v a_o speech_n borrow_v from_o a_o medicine_n proper_a &_o peculiar_a to_o the_o cure_n of_o the_o eye_n call_v of_o physician_n collyrium_n f._n a._n face_n sig_n the_o bright_a countenance_n of_o christ_n shine_v upon_o the_o 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