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18._o 1683._o finis_fw-la book_n print_v for_o james_n norris_n this_o present_a year_n 1683._o massinello_n or_o a_o satyr_n against_o the_o association_n and_o the_o guildhall_n riot_n 4_o o_o eromena_n or_o the_o noble_a stranger_n a_o novel_a 8_o o_o tractatus_fw-la adversus_fw-la reprobationis_fw-la absolutae_fw-la decretum_fw-la nova_fw-la methodo_fw-la &_o succinetissimo_fw-la compendio_fw-la adornatus_fw-la &_o in_o duos_fw-la libros_fw-la digestus_fw-la 8_o o_o this_o in_o latin_a be_v write_v by_o the_o same_o author_n of_o the_o idea_n of_o happiness_n and_o these_o book_n be_v translate_v by_o the_o same_o author_n out_o of_o greek_a and_o latin_a into_o english_a viz._n effigy_n amoris_fw-la or_o the_o picture_n of_o love_n unveil_v 12_o o_o hierocles_n upon_o the_o golden_a verse_n of_o the_o pythagorean_n 8_o o_o lib._n 3_o de_fw-fr fin._n revel_v 26._o job_n 28._o lucretius_n enn._n 6._o lib._n 9_o cap._n 10._o exod._n 33.18_o rev._n 1.8_o 1_o ver._n 2._o lib._n 2._o de_fw-la monachii_fw-la cap._n 2._o cant._n 2.3_o psal._n 119._o jo._n 4.16_o the_o great_a exemplar_n pag._n 60._o
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