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follow_a errata_fw-la occasion_v by_o the_o publisher_n necessary_a absence_n from_o the_o press_n in_o the_o account_n of_o the_o life_n page_z line_n  _fw-fr xxiv_o 16_o for_o tent_n r._n ten_o twenty-five_o 30_o rectè_fw-la r._n rectae_fw-la xxix_o 23_o the_o r._n he_o thirty_o 20_o not_o r._n nor_o xxxv_o 22_o shool_z r._n school_n  _fw-fr 25_o the_o world_n will_n r._n they_o will_v xxxvi_o 3_o have_v r._n have_v thirty-nine_o  _fw-fr 1_o tim._n 15._o r._n 5.17_o xl_o 9_o r._n baronius_n 2d_o t._n in_o the_o mar._n in_o the_o book_n page_z line_n  _fw-fr 3_o 1_o world_n r._n word_n 6_o 10_o effugeamus_fw-la r._n effugiamus_fw-la ib._n 34_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ib._n 36_o anak_n r._n anah_n 10_o 36_o r._n that_o circumstance_n 11_o 3_o for_o heaven_n r._n from_o heaven_n ib._n 8_o r._n where_o jacob_n 12_o 33_o bow_n r._n bough_n 20_o 16_o to_o place_n r._n to_o a_o place_n 21_o 45_o r._n the_o common_o 36_o 45_o that_o it_o be_v r._n that_o be_v 37_o 37_o paená_fw-la r._n culpâ_fw-la 41_o 59_o rubanus_fw-la r._n rabanus_n 56_o 35_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 66_o 10_o a_o captain_n r._n as_o captain_n 68_o 2_o our_o deal_n the_o comma_n after_o our_o 76_o 60_o demoni_fw-la r._n daemoni_fw-la 79_o 33_o r._n finish_v it_o 81_o 11_o olimpia_n r._n olympias_n 83_o 2_o 3_o r._n out_o of_o adam_n ib._n 17_o reati_fw-la r._n damnati_fw-la 84_o 16_o r._n those_o immoderate_a 91_o 25_o propararet_n r._n praepararet_fw-la ib._n 41_o set_v r._n sed_fw-la 93_o 19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 103_o 15_o number_n r._n number_n 106_o 17_o r._n we_o well_o deserve_v 113_o 36_o r._n almost_o all_o the_o ib._n 43_o r._n kingdom_n of_o our_o father_n david_n that_o come_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n 117_o 26_o ruth_n 18._o r._n ruth_n 1.11_o ib._n 27_o gomaras_n r._n gomarus_n 120_o 61_o a_o man_n r._n any_o man_n 122_o 23_o r._n judgement_n think_v 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ib._n 55_o well_o i_o r._n will_v i_o 222_o 37_o curtius_n r._n cursus_fw-la 234_o 11_o foot_n r._n food_n ib._n 30_o ostentione_n r._n ostensione_n ib._n 33_o feebless_v r._n feeblness_n 241_o 19_o non_fw-la r._n nos_fw-la 249_o 61_o monacha_n r._n monica_n 264_o 11_o of_o a_o god_n r._n of_o god_n 266_o 3_o 4_o panem_fw-la r._n famem_fw-la famem_fw-la r._n panem_fw-la ib._n 18_o inemandibili_fw-la r._n inemendibili_fw-la 268_o 36_o this_o be_v r._n there_o be_v 271_o 39_o every_o may_n r._n every_o man_n 272_o 19_o mistruct_v r._n mistrust_n 273_o 35_o ground_n r._n grind_v 279_o 33_o goatish_a r._n gothish_n 283_o 3_o dimittit_fw-la r._n demittit_fw-la