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for_o time_n p._n 16._o l._n 10._o r._n move_v among_o the_o rest_n p._n 17._o l._n 4._o philolaus_n p._n 18._o l._n 20._o prutenicall_a p._n 22._o l._n 7._o marg_n 6._o consid._n p._n 26._o l._n 8._o schoâ—bergius_n p._n 34._o l._n 14._o pravity_n for_o variety_n p._n 38._o l._n 8._o imply_v for_o employ_v p._n 42._o l._n 22._o sign_n for_o figure_n p._n 43._o l._n 14._o rather_o for_o either_o p._n 58._o l._n 7._o this_o for_o a._n l._n 8._o product_v for_o quotient_a p_o 59_o l._n 6._o be_v for_o as_o p._n 70._o l._n 20._o several_a for_o general_a p._n 72._o l._n 13._o shall_v fall_v from_o p._n 83._o l._n 18._o toss_v for_o cross_v l._n 27._o from_o for_o with_o p._n 86._o l._n 8._o sea_n for_o sun_n l._n 16._o in_o for_o on_o p._n 90._o l._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 94._o l._n 3._o with_o for_o of_o p._n 97._o l._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d l._n 24._o dimoveria_fw-la loco_fw-la ubi_fw-la collocata_fw-la sunt_fw-la p._n 100_o l._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d l._n 13._o if_o for_o as_o p._n 101._o l._n 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ab_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 104._o 3._o cum_fw-la for_o cur_n l._n 4._o gulae_fw-la for_o vulgae_fw-la p._n 109._o l._n 6._o false_a for_o foolish_a l._n 12._o as_o for_o in_o it_o be_v p._n 114._o l._n 25._o about_o that_o for_o above_o the._n p._n 115._o l._n 10._o in_o one_o of_o these_o three_o p._n 120._o l._n 22._o word_n for_o world_n p._n 123._o l._n 15._o second_n for_o cubit_n p._n 130._o l._n 26._o late_o be_v p._n 133._o l._n 8._o convenience_n p._n 134._o l._n 4._o epicycle_n l._n 6._o deferent_n p_o 153._o l._n 10._o unus_fw-la p._n 159._o l._n 21._o might_n only_o p._n 160._o l._n 12._o motion_n for_o notion_n p._n 166._o l._n 11._o one_o second_o p._n 187._o l._n 16._o say_v for_o see_v p._n 190._o l._n 12._o must_v for_o most_o p._n 205._o l._n 1._o motion_n be_v p._n 228._o l._n 23._o r._n m_n m_z for_o m_n n_o p._n 237._o l._n 17._o r._n oâ—_n homini_fw-la p._n 236._o l._n 3._o r._n of_o all_o other_o natural_a place_v this_o against_o the_o first_o page_n mytholog_n lib._n 3_o c._n 17._o lib._n 7._o c._n 1._o vid._n loseph_n acosta_n de_fw-fr nat_n novi_fw-la orbis_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 1._o de_fw-fr civet_n dei_fw-la lib._n 16._o cap._n 9_o institut_n l._n 3._o c._n 24._o de_fw-fr ratione_fw-la temporum_fw-la cap._n 32._o de_fw-fr nat_n rerum_fw-la lib._n 1._o comen_fw-fr ìn_v 1._o cap._n gen._n psal._n 24._o 2._o comment_fw-fr in_o 1._o genes_n 1_o tim._n 2._o 4_o mat._n 28._o 19_o aventinus_n annal._n boiorum_n lib._n 3._o annal._n eccles_n a._n d._n 748._o in_o vita_fw-la paul_n aenâ—il_n metam_fw-la lib._n 4._o juven._n sat._n 6._o nat._n hist._n lib._n 2._o c._n 12._o turinens_fw-la episc._n lib_fw-la 1._o cap._n 2._o de_fw-fr coelo_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 8._o 9_o ibid._n de_fw-fr operibus_fw-la dei_fw-la part_n 2._o lib._n 2._o cap._n 2._o de_fw-fr coelo_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 9_o q._n 1._o metaphys_n l._n 12._o c._n 8._o diog._n laert._n lib._n 3._o nic._n hill_n de_fw-fr philosop_n epic._n partic_a 379._o plutarch_n de_fw-fr tranq_fw-fr anim_fw-la juvenal_n apologia_fw-la pro_fw-la galileo_n ethic._n l._n 1._o c._n 6._o rev._n 16._o 4._o part_v 1_o q._n 47._o art_n 3._o annal._n eccl._n a._n d._n 748._o ibid._n de_fw-fr phaenom_fw-la in_o orbe_fw-la lunae_fw-la job_n 38_o 7._o isai._n 14._o 12._o fromond_n vesta_n t._n 3._o cap._n 2._o so_o 2_o reg._n 23._o 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v interpret_v both_o for_o the_o planet_n &_o for_o the_o 12_o sign_n keplar_n introduct_n in_o mart._n in_o epist._n ad_fw-la gilbert_n calvin_n in_o 1_o gen._n com._n in_o 1_o gen._n 11._o part_v 1_o q._n 68_o art_n 3._o epist._n 139._o ad_fw-la cypri_n so_o pererius_n in_o 2_o gen._n gen._n 1._o 16._o gen._n 11._o mala._n 3._o 10._o sir_n walter_n raw_o c._n 7._o sect_n 6._o 6._o deut._n 11._o 17._o 1_o reg._n 3._o 35_o luk._n 4._o