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scriptura_fw-la usu_fw-la patur_fw-la in_o malam_fw-la partem_fw-la pro_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la artibus_fw-la diaboâ—iâ—is_fw-la abdita_fw-la rimantur_fw-la sed_fw-la aliquando_fw-la etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la isa_n 13._o &_o ezek._n 13.6_o usurpatur_fw-la in_o bonam_fw-la partem_fw-la pro_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la aliquid_fw-la aâ—cani_fw-la proponunt_fw-la quod_fw-la legitimè_fw-la vel_fw-la revelatione_fw-la divinâ_fw-la vel_fw-la solerti_fw-la mvestigatione_n assecuti_fw-la sunt_fw-la divination_n or_o a_o wise_a sentence_n be_v in_o the_o lip_n of_o king_n the_o judge_n and_o the_o prophet_n the_o divine_a and_o the_o old_a man._n the_o prophet_n divine_a for_o silver_n 2._o mic._n 3.11_o sept._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d num._n 27.7_o sept._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vulg._n precium_fw-la divinationis_fw-la 2_o per._n 2.15_o numb_a 23.27_o see_v rainold_n censur_fw-fr praelect_v 201_o b._n hieron_n alibi_fw-la nullam_fw-la illustriorem_fw-la de_fw-la adventure_n domini_fw-la 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