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horse_n and_o thus_o much_o shall_v suffice_v for_o the_o burial_n of_o horse_n aelianus_n aelianus_n â—â—iny_n â—â—iny_n we_o have_v show_v you_o already_o how_o man_n and_o woman_n have_v be_v transform_v into_o horse_n according_a to_o the_o fiction_n of_o the_o poet_n as_o of_o saturn_n jupiter_n neptune_n ceres_n hip_n and_o ocyrrhoes_n the_o daughtrr_n of_o chiron_n horse_n â—â—lus_fw-la prediction_n 〈…〉_o by_o horse_n in_o like_a sort_n there_o have_v be_v prediction_n or_o ostentation_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v take_v from_o a_o wolf_n a_o fox_n and_o a_o serpent_n and_o a_o horse_n which_o be_v call_v auspicia_fw-la pedestria_n dream_n also_o have_v be_v declare_v by_o horse_n for_o publius_n vatinius_n in_o the_o macedonian_a war_n come_v towards_o rome_n in_o the_o night_n time_n suppose_v he_o see_v two_o young_a man_n of_o excellent_a beauty_n to_o meet_v he_o and_o tell_v he_o that_o perses_n the_o king_n be_v take_v by_o paulus_n which_o thing_n he_o declare_v to_o the_o 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may_v suffice_v for_o the_o monster_n horse_n in_o the_o next_o place_n it_o be_v good_a to_o inquire_v what_o the_o centaur_n be_v who_o be_v describe_v by_o the_o poet_n to_o have_v their_o foreparâ—like_a man_n and_o their_o hinder_a part_n like_o horse_n centaur_n of_o centaur_n the_o occasion_n whereof_o be_v thus_o relate_v by_o pindarus_n that_o centauru_n the_o son_n of_o ixion_n commit_v buggery_n which_o the_o mare_n of_o magnetia_n under_o the_o mountain_n pelius_n from_o whence_o come_v that_o monstrous_a birth_n in_o the_o upper_a part_n resemble_v the_o father_n and_o in_o the_o nether_a the_o mother_n these_o faith_n he_o possess_v the_o mountain_n and_o desert_a place_n of_o thessaly_n be_v give_v to_o all_o manner_n of_o latrociny_n and_o depraedation_n they_o be_v call_v also_o hippocentauri_fw-la and_o some_o say_v that_o they_o be_v first_o of_o all_o nourish_v by_o the_o nymph_n in_o the_o mountain_n pelius_n who_o afterward_o be_v the_o first_o that_o tame_v 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