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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o many_o other_o word_n there_o be_v who_o derivation_n be_v plain_a and_o easy_a and_o therefore_o be_v most_o ready_o acknowledge_v there_o be_v reason_n then_o why_o we_o shall_v inquire_v into_o the_o original_a of_o word_n and_o tract_n they_o to_o their_o fountain_n head_n and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o i_o have_v do_v in_o the_o foregoing_a enterprise_n where_o there_o be_v a_o great_a likelihood_n that_o the_o greek_a or_o latin_a be_v derive_v from_o the_o hebrew_n i_o take_v notice_n of_o it_o and_o improve_v it_o to_o my_o purpose_n i_o have_v not_o offer_v any_o thing_n that_o be_v strain_v and_o force_v the_o derivation_n of_o those_o word_n which_o i_o have_v occasion_n to_o look_v into_o in_o this_o discourse_n be_v very_o plain_a and_o obvious_a and_o such_o as_o any_o unprejudiced_a man_n will_v not_o boggle_v at_o as_o thoth_o and_o bau_n erebus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d python_n iâ—petus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d iphigenia_n belus_n jerombaal_n jobatas_fw-la hamon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jovis_n adonis_n anchialum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o tohu_n and_o bohu_n ereb_n pathan_n japhet_n anakim_n bethel_n iphthigenia_n or_o jepthigenia_n bel_n or_o baal_n jerubbaal_n joab_n ham._n jah_n and_o jehovah_n jehovah_n adonai_n an_fw-mi chi_fw-mi elohim_n allelujah_o i_o appeal_v to_o any_o impartial_a critic_n whether_o there_o be_v not_o ground_n for_o these_o derivation_n they_o be_v natural_a plain_a and_o easy_a and_o the_o main_a substantial_a radical_a letter_n on_o both_o side_n be_v preserve_v beside_o there_o be_v always_o concurrent_a circumstance_n to_o determine_v i_o to_o believe_v this_o to_o be_v the_o true_a origination_n as_o that_o the_o 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vulcan_n shall_v be_v from_o tubal-cain_n and_o anâ—hialum_fw-la from_o a_o chi_fw-mi elohim_n be_v no_o marvel_n at_o all_o if_o you_o consider_v how_o common_a a_o aphâ—resis_n and_o syncope_n i._n e._n the_o take_v away_o a_o letter_n or_o syllable_n from_o the_o beginning_n or_o middle_n of_o a_o word_n â—re_n in_o my_o read_n and_o observation_n i_o have_v meet_v with_o these_o in_o the_o eastern_a tongue_n ammon_n hoshea_n job_n jezer_n jemini_fw-la ram_n dumah_n coniah_n siris_n apis_n belinus_n hamet_n mummy_n for_o ben-ammi_a gen._n 19_o 38._o jehoshua_n numb_a 13._o 16._o jashub_n gen._n 46._o 13._o num._n 26._o 24._o abiezer_n num._n 26._o 30._o jos._n 17._o 2._o benjemini_fw-la 2_o sam._n 20._o 1._o aram_n 1_o chron._n 2._o 9_o mat._n 1._o 3_o edumah_o or_o edom._n isai._n 21._o 11._o jeconiah_n jer._n 22._o 24._o osiris_n serapis_n abelion_n selden_n de_fw-fr dis._n syris_n muhamet_n amomum_fw-la this_o be_v the_o herb_n which_o they_o mingle_v with_o other_o spice_n for_o embalm_v so_o in_o the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v put_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d indolentia_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nomine_fw-la carens_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d stellio_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arena_fw-la in_o the_o latin_a likewise_o amarum_fw-la come_v from_o the_o hebrew_n marar_n or_o marah_n amarus_fw-la fuit_fw-la nomen_fw-la come_v from_o the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tego_fw-la from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fallo_fw-la from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d syria_n from_o assyria_n so_o call_v from_o assur_n the_o son_n of_o shem_n anatolia_n from_o anatolia_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o east_n the_o name_n which_o geographer_n give_v to_o asia_n the_o leâ—s_n in_o plautus_n you_o read_v of_o conia_n for_o ciconia_n rabo_n for_o arrhabo_fw-la 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