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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o this_o sudden_a suffocation_n judas_n be_v choke_v or_o strangle_v i._n e._n say_v he_o he_o be_v strike_v with_o a_o sudden_a disease_n in_o his_o throat_n he_o die_v of_o a_o angina_n squinancy_n or_o some_o such_o violent_a distemper_n that_o unavoidable_o stop_v his_o breath_n so_o that_o be_v swell_v within_o by_o the_o air_n or_o spirit_n shut_v up_o he_o fall_v down_o and_o break_v his_o belly_n and_o the_o bowel_n gush_v out_o so_o this_o excellent_a critic_n he_o think_v judas_n expire_v as_o 23._o as_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d septuagint_n 〈◊〉_d 2_o sam._n 17_o 23._o achitophel_n be_v say_v by_o some_o of_o the_o jew_n to_o have_v do_v viz._n of_o some_o suffocate_a disease_n that_o be_v breed_v by_o some_o great_a grief_n of_o mind_n which_o be_v imply_v say_v they_o in_o the_o word_n chanak_n which_o be_v there_o use_v this_o suffocation_n or_o stifle_v of_o the_o spirit_n be_v that_o machanac_n which_o the_o hebrew_n doctor_n talk_v of_o 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