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cujus_fw-la ut_fw-la alia_fw-la praeteream_fw-la qui_fw-la mihi_fw-la nuperrimè_fw-la legenti_fw-la occurrebat_fw-la locus_fw-la non_fw-la gravabor_fw-la adducere_fw-la be_v verò_fw-la est_fw-la odyss_n 6._o ubi_fw-la de_fw-la alcinoo_o rege_fw-la ad_fw-la procerum_fw-la concilium_fw-la eunte_fw-la egrediebatur_fw-la inquit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la inclytos_fw-la reges_fw-la ad_fw-la concilium_fw-la quò_fw-la ipsum_fw-la vocârunt_fw-la phaeaces_n generosi_fw-la audi_fw-la hîc_fw-la procerum_fw-la senatum_fw-la regum_fw-la cognomine_fw-la insignitum_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la immeritò_fw-la cyneas_fw-la pyrrhi_n legatus_fw-la testae_fw-la plutarcho_fw-mi hero_n svo_fw-la retulisse_fw-la fertur_fw-la senatum_fw-la romanum_fw-la multorum_fw-la regum_fw-la consessum_fw-la sibi_fw-la visum_fw-la esse_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sed_fw-la profanorum_fw-la scriptorum_fw-la testimonia_fw-la conquirant_fw-la alii_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o 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conâ—ugit_fw-la in_fw-la primo_fw-la libro_fw-la sam._n cap._n 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rex_fw-la gathi_o vel_fw-la rex_fw-la gathaeus_n non_fw-la semel_fw-la 〈◊〉_d dicitur_fw-la cum_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la usque_fw-la temporis_fw-la regni_fw-la rationem_fw-la minimè_fw-la mutatam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la tam_fw-la frequens_fw-la quinque_fw-la istarum_fw-la satrapiarum_fw-la mentio_fw-la indicat_fw-la mitto_fw-la quòd_fw-la urbium_fw-la singularum_fw-la rectores_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la consules_a etiam_fw-la alibi_fw-la reges_fw-la nominari_fw-la videntur_fw-la mitto_fw-la quod_fw-la omnes_fw-la in_o universum_fw-la orbis_n terrarum_fw-la politiae_fw-la ut_fw-la alibi_fw-la ità _fw-la matthaei_n 4._o vers_fw-la 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d manifestè_fw-la nuncupentur_fw-la cum_fw-la diabolus_fw-la christum_fw-la servatorem_fw-la tentaturus_fw-la ei_fw-la in_o montem_fw-la sublimem_fw-la assumpto_fw-la ostendisse_fw-la legitur_fw-la omne_fw-la mundi_fw-la regna_fw-la &_o gloriam_fw-la eorum_fw-la magìs_fw-la prope_fw-la ad_fw-la rem_fw-la nostram_fw-la facit_fw-la quòd_fw-la joanni_n in_o apocalypsi_fw-la septem_fw-la bestiae_fw-la romanae_fw-la capita_n in_o quibus_fw-la consules_a tribuni_fw-la decemviri_fw-la dictatores_fw-la pontiâ—ices_fw-la totidem_fw-la reges_fw-la interpretatur_fw-la angelus_n hoc_fw-la est_fw-la tot_fw-la summate_v penes_fw-la quos_fw-la vicibus_fw-la suis_fw-la majestas_fw-la erat_fw-la regnantis_fw-la populi_n romani_fw-la quapropter_fw-la etiam_fw-la daniel_n quarto_fw-la regno_fw-la quod_fw-la hoc_fw-la ipsum_fw-la romanum_fw-la esse_fw-la contendo_fw-la plures_fw-la reges_fw-la seu_fw-la regias_fw-la potestates_fw-la attribuit_fw-la quando_fw-la istius_fw-la regni_fw-la descriptioni_fw-la subjicit_fw-la 44._o in_o diebus_fw-la inquit_fw-la istorum_fw-la regum_fw-la suscitabit_fw-la deus_fw-la coeli_fw-la regnum_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o secula_fw-la non_fw-la destructur_n hoc_fw-la est_fw-la temporibus_fw-la reipublicae_fw-la istius_fw-la multiregiae_fw-la suscitabitur_fw-la regnum_fw-la christi_fw-la in_o â—ecula_fw-la duraturum_fw-la sciendum_fw-la igitur_fw-la est_fw-la statum_fw-la romanum_fw-la capitibus_fw-la vicunque_fw-la varium_fw-la admodum_fw-la corpore_fw-la tamen_fw-la unum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la atque_fw-la ut_fw-la daniel_n propter_fw-la multiformem_fw-la capitum_fw-la varietatem_fw-la quartam_fw-la hanc_fw-la bestiam_fw-la nulli_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la bestiae_fw-la assimilare_fw-la potuit_fw-la 7._o ità _fw-la neque_fw-la unitas_fw-la regni_fw-la romani_fw-la ex_fw-la capitibus_fw-la aestimari_fw-la potest_fw-la aut_fw-la debet_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la unitate_fw-la populi_fw-la regnantis_fw-la super_fw-la orbem_fw-la terratum_fw-la civitas_n enim_fw-la una_fw-la eadémque_fw-la sub_fw-la tam_fw-la multiformi_fw-la majestate_fw-la regnabat_fw-la super_fw-la reges_fw-la terrae_fw-la ut_fw-la joannes_n 17._o loquor_fw-la unde_fw-la caput_fw-la orbis_fw-la &_o vrbs_fw-la orbis_fw-la domina_fw-la audiebat_fw-la atque_fw-la ex_fw-la istis_fw-la facile_fw-la cernere_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la malè_fw-la obtinuit_fw-la usus_fw-la ut_fw-la quatuor_fw-la ista_fw-la danielis_fw-la regna_fw-la quatuor_fw-la monarchiae_fw-la nuncuparentur_fw-la ut_fw-la enim_fw-la de_fw-la romano_n taceam_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la nunc_fw-la lie_fw-la est_fw-la certum_fw-la est_fw-la graecorum_n regnum_fw-la de_fw-fr quo_fw-la nemo_fw-la dubitat_fw-la quin_fw-la danielis_fw-la regnis_fw-la accenseri_fw-la debeat_fw-la post_fw-la alexandrum_fw-la ampliùs_fw-la monarchiam_fw-la non_fw-la fuisse_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o plures_fw-la reges_fw-la dispertitum_fw-la dixi_fw-la satìs_fw-la quid_fw-la regnum_fw-la mihi_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o quid_fw-la romanum_fw-la sequitur_fw-la jam_fw-la ut_fw-la danielis_fw-la regna_fw-la quid_fw-la sint_fw-la cúrque_fw-la ità _fw-la nominentur_fw-la breviter_fw-la ostendam_fw-la danielis_fw-la igitur_fw-la regna_fw-la dico_fw-la quatuor_fw-la ista_fw-la regna_fw-la seu_fw-la regnorum_fw-la seriem_fw-la quam_fw-la primò_fw-la ex_fw-la nebuchadnezaris_fw-la babylonii_fw-la somnio_fw-la de_fw-fr statue_n quadruplicis_fw-la materiae_fw-la daniel_n divinitus_fw-la edoctus_fw-la exposuit_fw-la dan._n cap._n 2._o de_fw-la iisdémque_fw-la postea_fw-la daniel_n ipse_fw-la
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