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ãâã_d signify_v the_o sun_n and_o in_o the_o gretick_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d as_o hesychius_n hesychius_n witness_v and_o both_o from_o the_o phaenician_o sometime_o the_o phaenician_o give_v he_o a_o surname_n as_o philo_n biblius_n out_o of_o sanchoniathon_n sanchon_n evidence_v who_o call_v he_o belsamen_n viz._n the_o lord_n of_o the_o heaven_n we_o find_v some_o altar_n erect_v to_o he_o in_o britain_n with_o other_o denomination_n add_v to_o his_o name_n belis_n or_o bel_n which_o superaddition_n i_o will_v interpret_v out_o of_o the_o phaenician_a tongue_n and_o although_o the_o monument_n and_o inscription_n on_o they_o be_v roman_a yet_o it_o make_v not_o against_o my_o purpose_n see_v that_o nation_n erect_v altar_n to_o the_o god_n of_o those_o province_n they_o conquer_v the_o first_o inscription_n be_v dug_n out_o of_o the_o ruin_n of_o a_o old_a town_n near_o kirby_n thore_fw-la in_o westmoreland_n deo_fw-la belatucad_n ro_n lib_n votu_fw-la m_n fecit_fw-la 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have_v show_v that_o
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