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27._o &_o angel_n canin_n in_o orthog_n apud_fw-la clenard_n exedit_fw-la schot_n pag._n 103._o new_a have_v teach_v without_o controlment_n then_o do_v it_o most_o fit_o express_v the_o number_n of_o six_o hundred_o sixty_o and_o six_o or_o if_o it_o be_v the_o name_n of_o a_o man_n proper_a or_o common_a it_o make_v no_o matter_n whether_o since_o as_o it_o be_v proper_a to_o the_o whole_a body_n so_o be_v it_o common_a to_o every_o one_o supply_v the_o head_n of_o that_o body_n than_o it_o fit_o note_v the_o time_n wherein_o from_o the_o nativity_n of_o christ_n after_o all_o other_o heretic_n in_o the_o primitive_a church_n antichrist_n shall_v come_v even_o that_o then_o from_o the_o year_n six_o hundred_o sixty_o and_o six_o of_o our_o lord_n and_o so_o always_o afterward_o till_o the_o second_o come_v of_o christ_n the_o same_o antichrist_n shall_v reign_v in_o the_o latin_a church_n as_o some_o very_a good_a approve_a 197._o approve_a balaeus_n in_o vital_a &_o lo._n fox_n in_o 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