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tit._n of_o hon._n c._n 〈◊〉_d f._n 858._o seld._n tit._n of_o hon._n pag._n 862._o pag._n 864._o ibid._n p._n 865._o sir_n john_n 〈◊〉_d p._n 37_o ibid._n p._n 36._o aug._n the_o civ_o dei_fw-la lib._n 4._o cap._n 4_o cypr._n lib._n the_o 12._o abusionibus_fw-la sir_n john_n fern._n ibid._n poetry_n ibid._n paint_v vid._n paul_n lomazzo_n p._n 14._o history_n sir_n john_n 〈◊〉_d ferne._n ibid._n sir_n john_n ferne._n p._n 61._o ibid._n bart._n in_o l._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n li._n de_fw-fr capitu_fw-la ferne_n p._n 86._o 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d vid._n fortescue_n de_fw-fr laud._n ang._n cap._n 49._o sir_n john_n feign_v p._n 95._o m._n seld._n tit._n of_o ho._n p._n 555._o 555._o cam._n fol._n 176._o 176._o lib._n 4._o p._n 507._o ad_fw-la 〈◊〉_d brit._n art_n 88_o verse_v p._n 322._o sir_n tho._n smith_n de_fw-fr rep._n aug._n aug._n p._n 667._o 〈◊〉_d sir_n john_n ferne._n p._n 100_o camb._n de_fw-fr ordin_n p._n 117._o &_o de_fw-la reliquiis_fw-la p._n 23._o spel._n glos._n p._n 51._o segar_n p._n 224._o ibid._n spelm._n p._n 10._o c._n 2._o ibid._n segar_n ferne._n spel._n p._n 51._o segar_n l._n 4._o p._n 246._o seld._n tit._n ho._n p._n 769._o camb._n brit._n p._n 170._o segar_n ch_n 1_o p._n 51._o will._n of_o malmsb._n the_o gest_n reg._n l._n 〈◊〉_d c._n 6._o seld._n 〈◊〉_d of_o hon._n p._n 773._o p._n 778_o ibid._n p._n 779_o bract._n 〈◊〉_d 36._o cook_n 5._o jacobi_n part_n 6._o selden_n p._n 772._o mat._n patis_fw-la sir_n 10._o fern_n glo._n of_o genere_fw-la cam._n brit._n p._n 74._o pag._n 175._o vid._n stat._n de_fw-fr an._n 23._o h._n 6._o c._n 15._o seg._n lib._n 2._o lin_v 2._o vid._n mill_n fol._n s_o 〈◊〉_d 4_o ed_n 4._o 20_o see_v stow_n in_o anal._n p._n 693._o &_o 694._o edit_n vet_n in_o 4._o dor._n cl._n 〈◊〉_d 20_o hen_n 7._o 20_o sep._n for_o k._n of_o the_o bath_n see_v far._n f._n 65._o 5_o book_n mr._n seld._n fol._n 790._o