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〈◊〉_d i_o e._n 1590._o etc._n etc._n 2._o n._n testamentum_fw-la graecè_fw-la à _fw-la steph._n curcellaeo_n editum_fw-la amstelodamae_fw-la 1658._o octavo_fw-la it_o have_v the_o variae_fw-la lectiones_fw-la and_o the_o parallel_a place_n more_o exact_o than_o any_o other_o i_o have_v yet_o see_v and_o yet_o the_o forementioned_a edition_n of_o rob._n steph._n have_v the_o variae_fw-la lectiones_fw-la of_o 15._o msc_n 6._o when_o occasion_n be_v to_o consult_v the_o bible_n in_o more_o language_n and_o more_o edition_n we_o have_v 1._o biblia_fw-la complutensia_n compl_a 1515._o in_o three_o fol._n 2._o biblia_fw-la regius_fw-la regis_fw-la hispaniae_fw-la per_fw-la ariam_fw-la montanum_fw-la antwerp_n 1569._o 3._o biblia_fw-la per_fw-la mich._n le_fw-fr jaii_n 7_o linguis_fw-la vol._n 10._o par._n 1645._o 4._o biblia_fw-la polyglotta_n london_n 1657._o by_o collation_n of_o these_o we_o may_v see_v the_o difference_n and_o variety_n of_o read_v etc._n etc._n 7._o for_o better_a 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