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of_o operation_n and_o to_o entertain_v all_o
strange_a occurrence_n with_o a_o kind_n of_o prophetic_a fear_n of_o some_o great_a evil_n impendent_a of_o which_o they_o be_v presume_v but_o the_o harbinger_n and_o praecones_fw-la and_o sure_o this_o alone_a may_v serve_v sufficient_o to_o vindicate_v the_o observation_n of_o prodigy_n at_o least_o from_o all_o suspicion_n of_o vanity_n and_o superstition_n to_o deal_v plain_o there_o be_v more_o of_o truth_n in_o this_o objection_n than_o i_o answ._n can_v wish_v there_o be_v to_o which_o to_o return_v magister_fw-la errorum_fw-la populus_fw-la and_o that_o it_o be_v the_o office_n of_o learn_v not_o to_o lead_v we_o to_o the_o multitude_n but_o from_o it_o and_o that_o a_o wise_a man_n be_v the_o great_a of_o prodigy_n will_v be_v think_v but_o the_o best_a of_o evasion_n and_o the_o worst_a of_o answer_n though_o a_o wise_a man_n than_o myself_o when_o press_v with_o the_o same_o objection_n in_o a_o like_a case_n at_o omnes_fw-la populi_n nationes_fw-la utuntur_fw-la 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