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of_o army_n and_o great_a conqueror_n be_v by_o the_o pagan_n esteem_v hero_n he_o add_v the_o god_n antiquity_n worship_v with_o temple_n and_o altar_n be_v those_o who_o instruct_v the_o world_n to_o plough_v to_o sow_v to_o plant_v to_o spin_v to_o build_v house_n and_o to_o find_v out_o new_a country_n m._n g._n b._n in_o this_o very_a book_n p._n 17._o the_o herd_n the_o comonalty_n of_o the_o idolater_n do_v formal_o worship_v the_o image_n and_o p._n 23._o the_o soul_n of_o decease_a man_n be_v honour_v with_o divine_a honour_n i_o hope_v e._n s._n will_v not_o refuse_v the_o testimony_n of_o his_o great_a patriarch_n w._n l._n who_o in_o his_o relation_n p._n 77._o cite_v with_o great_a esteem_n of_o they_o the_o word_n of_o minutius_n felix_n and_o very_o judicious_o observe_v that_o it_o be_v not_o credible_a the_o true_a god_n shall_v be_v force_v out_o of_o his_o possession_n much_o less_o that_o he_o be_v constrain_v to_o utter_v a_o lie_n and_o own_o himself_o to_o be_v 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