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i_z k._n of_o galilee_n chap._n xxxv_o from_o this_o country_n that_o i_o have_v speak_v of_o man_n go_v to_o the_o plain_a of_o galilee_n and_o leave_v the_o hill_n on_o the_o one_o side_n and_o galilee_n be_v in_o the_o province_n of_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n and_o in_o that_o province_n be_v the_o land_n of_o naim_n and_o caparnaum_n and_o corasim_n and_o at_o bethsaida_n be_v s._n peter_n and_o saint_n andrew_n bear_v at_o corasim_n shall_v antichrist_n be_v bear_v and_o as_o some_o man_n say_v he_o shall_v be_v bear_v in_o babylon_n therefore_o say_v the_o prophet_n de_n babilonia_n coluber_fw-la exiet_fw-la qui_fw-la totum_fw-la mundum_fw-la devorabit_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v of_o babylon_n shall_v come_v a_o serpent_n that_o shall_v devour_v all_o the_o world_n and_o this_o antichrist_n shall_v be_v nourish_v in_o bethsaida_n &_o shall_v reign_v in_o corasim_n therefore_o say_v holy_a write_v vae_fw-la tibi_fw-la corasim_n vae_fw-la tibi_fw-la bethsaida_n that_o be_v 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