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black_a bear_n in_o paul_n church_n yard_n 1656._o aquilae_fw-la theologi_fw-la christo_fw-la discipuli_fw-la conjunctissimi_fw-la fidei_fw-la martyris_fw-la meruenti_fw-la charitatis_fw-la praeconis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la insignis_fw-la columnae_n d._n johannis_n apostoli_fw-la perspicaci_fw-la mystae_fw-la servo_n fideli_fw-la confessori_fw-la inuicto_fw-la spectatissimo_fw-la exemplo_fw-la reverendo_fw-la patri_fw-la johanni_n d_o no_o episcopo_fw-la roffensi_fw-la in_o primam_fw-la epistolam_fw-la have_v commentatiorum_fw-la primitias_fw-la d.d.n.h._n in_o perpetuum_fw-la grati_fw-la animi_fw-la testimonium_fw-la obnixè_fw-la rogans_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ut_fw-la &_o illi_fw-la res_fw-la omne_fw-la genus_fw-la prosperas_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la anglicanae_n aerumnis_fw-la &_o erroribus_fw-la heu_fw-la penè_fw-la obrutae_fw-la antiquam_fw-la veritatem_fw-la &_o splendorem_fw-la pristinum_fw-la pro_fw-la summa_fw-la sua_fw-la misericordiâ_fw-la largiri_fw-la velit_fw-la 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