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mon._n flau._n vopis_n in_o caro._n hook_n lib._n 1._o ecc._n pol._n §._o 1_o prin._n bellarm._n ibid._n theodor._n ibid._n euthy_n ibid._n lib._n 12._o epist._n 19_o theodor._n ib._n euthym._n ib._n 1._o reg._n 17.45_o lib._n 2._o de_fw-la erudit_fw-la prin_fw-mi cap._n 6._o ibid._n calu._n musc._n tremell_n moller_n ibid._n 2._o reg._n 7.29_o lib._n 8._o orig._n cap._n 2._o in_o morte_fw-la peregri_fw-la mat._n 10.16_o lib._n 8._o orig._n cap._n 2._o theodor._n &_o euthym._n ib._n ar._n mont._n rom._n 8.24_o ibid._n s._n matt._n 11.7_o ibidem_fw-la act._n 24._o 12_o psal._n 33._o â—5_n psal._n 46._o 1._o verse_n 2._o tremel_n vers_fw-la angli_fw-la vet_n appollinar_a ibid._n psal._n 94.18_o collat._n 3._o c._n 12._o cassiod_n lib._n 5._o epist_n 39_o 1._o reg._n 17.47_o s._n basil._n ib._n job_n 7_o â—â—_o prou._n 8.15_o vers._n 8._o
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