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same_o and_o a_o sleight_n whereby_o the_o heretic_n deceive_v the_o people_n be_v detect_v f._n 267_o cap._n 16_o a_o answer_n to_o such_o argument_n as_o the_o haeretike_n do_v frame_v of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n not_o well_o understand_v against_o the_o practice_n of_o god_n church_n in_o pray_v for_o the_o dead_a or_o the_o doctrine_n of_o purgatory_n fol._n 274._o cap._n 17_o a_o answer_n to_o their_o negative_a argument_n with_o the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o book_n fol._n 281._o finis_fw-la
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