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sith_o they_o be_v but_o fancy_n &_o vain_a imagination_n as_o it_o be_v in_o causa_fw-la 26._o quaestione_fw-la 5._o episcopi_fw-la what_o far_o may_v be_v say_v to_o those_o man_n that_o know_v these_o thing_n and_o nevertheless_o do_v believe_v that_o soul_n stray_v in_o the_o earth_n i_o know_v not_o &_o yet_o that_o i_o may_v lay_v out_o all_o thing_n plain_o i_o will_v here_o confute_v their_o chief_a argument_n chap._n vi_o a_o confutation_n of_o those_o man_n argument_n or_o reason_n which_o affirm_v that_o dead_a man_n soul_n do_v appear_v and_o first_o that_o be_v answer_v which_o certain_a do_v allege_v to_o wit_n that_o god_n be_v omnipotent_a and_o therefore_o that_o he_o can_v work_v contrary_a to_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o nature_n first_o our_o adversary_n do_v lay_v against_o we_o that_o by_o the_o usual_a &_o common_a course_n of_o thing_n the_o soul_n of_o the_o godly_a abide_v in_o heaven_n &_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o wicked_a in_o hell_n until_o the_o last_o 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3._o paulus_n aegineta_n lycanthropia_n augustine_n upon_o genesis_n hydrophobia_n rufus_n ephialtes_n the_o 〈◊〉_d madman_n tertullian_n â—_o pâ—t_fw-la 3._o plutarch_n theodoricus_n imagine_v that_o he_o see_v simmachus_n matth._n 14._o luke_n 24._o stout_a and_o courageous_a man_n seldom_o see_v any_o spiritâ—_n drunken_a man_n see_v strange_a thing_n euripides_n proverb_n 23._o some_o see_v themselves_o hear_v deceive_v the_o sensâ—_n of_o feeling_n be_v deceive_v weakness_n of_o the_o sight_n and_o fear_n cominaeus_n king_n 4._o solomon_n pro._n dance_a spirit_n josephus_n dâ—_z antiquitatib_n paulina_n and_o mundus_n ruffinuâ—_n tyrannus_n a_o wicked_a priest_n lippis_fw-la &_o tonsoribus_fw-la noâ—um_fw-la theodorus_n four_o monk_n of_o berna_n loanne_n stumpfius_n erasmus_n spectrum_n georgius_n buchananus_n ambition_n covetousness_n â–ª_o paulâ—_n â–ª_o envy_n idleness_n love._n pope_n have_v feign_a vision_n â–ª_o bruno_n gregorius_n 7._o bartholomâ—us_fw-la platina_n bonifacius_n sometime_o say_v man_n beguile_v the_o priest_n man_n walk_v by_o night_n fairy_n of_o the_o earth_n olaus_n magnus_fw-la echo_n cardanus_n thing_n shine_v by_o night_n hector_n boethius_n burn_v light_n exhalation_n glass_n triton_n appear_v to_o julius_n caesar._n theseus_n see_v in_o the_o battle_n of_o maratho_n c._n cassius_n see_v i_o caesar._n drusus_n see_v a_o woman_n excel_v all_o mortal_a creature_n in_o majesty_n plinius_n secundus_fw-la write_v of_o spirit_n the_o spirit_n of_o athens_n manlius_n lucan_n sozomâ—nus_n theodorus_n nicephorus_n ambrose_n augustine_n felix_n appear_v at_o nola._n gregory_n basiliscus_n appear_v to_o chrysostome_n s._n severine_n bishop_n of_o colein_n alexander_n alexandro_n bâ—ptista_n malancthona_n annie_n ludovicus_n vives_z hieronimus_fw-la cardanus_n olaus_n spirit_n require_v help_n bvilder_n hear_v spirit_n in_o the_o night_n devil_n be_v in_o mine_n agricola_n which_o be_v people_n that_o eat_v and_o devour_v man_n cicero_n augustine_n marsilius_n matth._n 1._o &_o 2._o acts._n acts._n 16._o cardanus_n de_fw-fr animorum_fw-la immortalitate_fw-la li._n 16._o cap_n 5._o virgil_n suetonius_n cicero_n de_fw-fr divinatione_fw-la liâ—ie_n pliny_n appianus_n valerius_n max._n li._n 1._o cap._n 6._o castor_n and_o pollux_n plutarch_n josephus_n fellix_fw-la malleolus_n luke_n 24._o â—_o samuel_n 2._o samuel_n 1._o paral._n 14._o 2._o reg._n 6.7_o â—_o samuel_n 7._o daniel_n 5._o 2._o macha_n 3._o 2._o macha_n 10._o 2._o machab_n 11._o some_o man_n see_v thing_n which_o other_o man_n see_v not_o act_n 9_o act_n 22._o socrates_n familiar_a at_o what_o time_n spirit_n appear_v apocalips_n in_o what_o place_n spirit_n be_v see_v isaiah_n 13._o monster_n of_o the_o desert_n isaiah_n 34._o after_o what_o sort_n spirit_n appear_v olaus_n dance_n of_o spirit_n saxo._n pomponius_n mela._n solinus_n hierome_n a_o fable_n ouâ—_n of_o hierome_n of_o a_o centaur_n â–ª_o a_o monster_n have_v the_o forepart_n like_o 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