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of_o the_o high_a god_n and_o quintessence_n of_o the_o pure_a spirit_n and_o prester_n john_n challenge_v to_o himself_o 16._o to_o be_v head_n of_o the_o church_n the_o favourite_n of_o god_n the_o pillar_n of_o faith_n yet_o all_o these_o and_o such_o other_o rhodomontadoe_n be_v but_o the_o lunacy_n of_o delude_a and_o delude_a opination_n the_o metretricious_a suggestion_n of_o light_n and_o loathsome_a eccentricity_n privation_n of_o that_o serenity_n which_o keep_v the_o mind_n in_o a_o royal_a mansuetude_n and_o incline_v it_o to_o a_o fertile_a and_o frequent_a humanity_n which_o nerva_n probable_o foresee_v in_o trajan_n temper_n reward_v with_o adoption_n of_o he_o to_o the_o empire_n for_o though_o trajan_n be_v a_o spaniard_n and_o neither_o a_o italian_a nor_o italize_v yea_o though_o nerva_n himself_o have_v many_o kindred_n and_o none_o of_o strange_a origen_n be_v ever_o emperor_n before_o trajan_n yet_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 771._o he_o do_v not_o prefer_v 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