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charissimo_fw-la doctori_fw-la guliel_n jonesio_n lubens_fw-la obstringor_fw-la pro_fw-la particulari_fw-la primam_fw-la istius_fw-la operis_fw-la ministri_fw-la nostrae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la secundum_fw-la autem_fw-la &_o vos_fw-la habitote_fw-la partem_fw-la non_fw-fr est_fw-fr quidem_fw-la quod_fw-la volo_fw-la velle_fw-la enim_fw-la mihi_fw-la largum_fw-la penè_fw-la infinitum_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la possum_fw-la hoc_fw-la siteneatis_fw-la habeo_fw-la quod_fw-la opto_fw-la &_o vos_fw-la mihi_fw-la calcar_fw-la reliqua_fw-la percurrendi_fw-la dabitis_fw-la valete_fw-la post-scriptum_a dixi_n valete_fw-la hac_fw-la epistola_fw-la finita_fw-la venit_fw-la mihi_fw-la in_o visum_fw-la vocation_n libellus_fw-la famosus_fw-la per_fw-la nostrae_fw-la academiae_fw-la typographum_fw-la excusus_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la publicè_fw-la mentitur_fw-la de_fw-la epistola_fw-la quadam_fw-la quam_fw-la nunquam_fw-la scripsi_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la 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