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mensae_fw-la iv._o in_o periodi_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la annis_n 2_o 5_o 7_o 10_o 13_o 15_o 18_o 21_o 24_o 26_o 29_o 32_o 34_o 37_o hoc_fw-la est_fw-la in_o 14_o extraordinariis_fw-la annis_n intercaletur_fw-la mensis_fw-la decimus_fw-la tertius_fw-la dierum_fw-la 31_o 30_o etc._n etc._n alternè_fw-la etiam_fw-la numerandorum_fw-la viz._n in_o periodi_fw-la anno_fw-la secundo_fw-la mensis_fw-la 13_o us_o intercalaris_fw-la habeat_fw-la 31_o die_n anno_fw-la quinto_fw-la 30_o die_n septimo_fw-la 31_o etc._n etc._n v._o singulis_n 37_o periodis_fw-la 1406_o annis_n inserantur_fw-la 14_o dies_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la 1_o dies_z singulis_fw-la 100â—_o 7_o annis_n vel_fw-la potius_fw-la in_o 800_o annis_n 1_o dies_fw-la singulis_fw-la 100_o annis_n &_o in_o 606_o 1_o dies_fw-la singulis_fw-la 101_o alternatim_fw-la interponatur_fw-la quo_fw-la facto_fw-la aequabitur_fw-la temporis_fw-la ratio_fw-la in_o secula_fw-la seculorum_fw-la r._n w._n mensura_fw-la mensis_fw-la medii_fw-la 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