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cantores_fw-la &_o bardaea_n &_o bardala_fw-la alauda_fw-la
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gather_v out_o of_o the_o word_n of_o julius_n capitolinus_n who_o write_v that_o when_o the_o god_n belinus_n or_o belenus_n by_o his_o paterae_n priest_n capit._n have_v declare_v that_o maximinus_n shall_v be_v overcome_v maximinus_n his_o soldier_n afterward_o give_v out_o that_o apollo_n fight_v against_o they_o he_o be_v call_v belis_n by_o herodian_a and_o that_o apollo_n and_o belenus_n or_o belis_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o god_n be_v manifest_a in_o that_o the_o herb_n 8._o call_v by_o the_o latin_n apollinaris_n by_o the_o gaul_n be_v call_v belinuntia_n and_o the_o spaniard_n at_o this_o day_n call_v it_o veleno_fw-it now_o the_o phaenician_o call_v apollo_n belus_n so_o that_o this_o belis_n or_o belenus_n of_o the_o gaul_n and_o britain_n from_o hence_o receive_v his_o original_a and_o we_o find_v the_o name_n differ_v only_o in_o termination_n by_o which_o both_o those_o distant_a nation_n call_v the_o sun_n in_o the_o laconian_a dialect_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v the_o sun_n and_o in_o the_o gretick_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o hesychius_n hesychius_n witness_v and_o both_o from_o the_o phaenician_o sometime_o the_o phaenician_o give_v he_o a_o surname_n as_o philo_n biblius_n out_o of_o sanchoniathon_n sanchon_n evidence_v who_o call_v he_o belsamen_n viz._n the_o lord_n of_o the_o heaven_n we_o find_v some_o altar_n erect_v to_o he_o in_o britain_n with_o other_o denomination_n add_v to_o his_o name_n belis_n or_o bel_n which_o superaddition_n i_o will_v interpret_v out_o of_o the_o phaenician_a tongue_n and_o although_o the_o monument_n and_o inscription_n on_o they_o be_v roman_a yet_o it_o make_v not_o against_o my_o purpose_n see_v that_o nation_n erect_v altar_n to_o the_o god_n of_o those_o province_n they_o conquer_v the_o first_o inscription_n be_v dug_n out_o of_o the_o ruin_n of_o a_o old_a town_n near_o kirby_n thore_fw-la in_o westmoreland_n deo_fw-la belatucad_n ro_n lib_n votu_fw-la m_n fecit_fw-la jolus_n thus_o interpret_v deo_fw-la belatucadro_fw-la liberum_fw-la votum_fw-la fecit_fw-la jolus_n to_o the_o god_n belatucadrus_n jolus_n have_v make_v a_o free_a vow_n the_o second_o be_v a_o altar_n find_v among_o many_o other_o in_o vault_n under_o ground_n where_o former_o have_v stand_v some_o ancient_a town_n near_o to_o jerby_n in_o cumberland_n it_o be_v thus_o make_v and_o inscribe_v belatu_fw-la cadro_n jul._n ci_o vilis_fw-la opt._n v._o s._n l._n m._n thus_o interpret_v belatucadro_n julius_n civilis_fw-la optio_fw-la votum_fw-la solvit_fw-la libens_fw-la merito_fw-la unto_o belatucadrus_n julius_n civilis_fw-la optio_fw-la have_v pay_v his_o vow_n right_o willing_o another_o after_o this_o manner_n deo_fw-la sancto_fw-la bela_n tucadro_n aurelius_n diatova_n ara_n e_o x_o voto_fw-la posuit_fw-la ll._n mm._n thus_o interpret_v deo_fw-la sancto_fw-la belatucadro_n aurelius_n diatova_n aram_n ex_fw-la voto_fw-la posuit_fw-la lubens_fw-la lubens_fw-la merito_fw-la 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