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text_n any_o other_o way_n without_o depart_v from_o its_o idiom_n or_o involve_v its_o sense_n in_o a_o ambiguous_a phrase_n page_n 19_o throw_v of_o stone_n to_o mercury_n be_v heap_n if_o we_o inquire_v what_o mercury_n heap_n be_v we_o shall_v see_v what_o reason_n s._n hierom_n have_v for_o this_o render_n of_o prov._n 26._o 8._o sicut_fw-la qui_fw-la mittit_fw-la lapidem_fw-la in_o acervum_fw-la mercurii_n ita_fw-la qui_fw-la tribuit_fw-la honorem_fw-la insipienti_fw-la who_o our_o english_a according_a to_o its_o usual_a regard_n to_o he_o shall_v thus_o follow_v in_o translate_n the_o text_n as_o he_o that_o throw_v a_o stone_n to_o mercury_n heap_n so_o be_v he_o that_o give_v honour_n to_o a_o fool._n the_o payment_n of_o honour_n where_o it_o be_v not_o due_a be_v compare_v to_o the_o blind_a idolatry_n of_o the_o gentile_n in_o worship_v mercury_n by_o throw_v stone_n to_o his_o consecrate_a pile_n this_o be_v the_o account_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o 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