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learned_a philosopher_n and_o physician_n van_n helmont_n give_v we_o this_o account_n credo_fw-la equidem_fw-la cum_fw-la pielate_fw-la 597._o pugnare_fw-la si_fw-la diabolo_fw-it tribuatur_fw-la potestas_fw-la naturam_fw-la superans_fw-la verum_fw-la naturae_fw-la ignari_fw-la praesumunt_fw-la se_fw-la naturae_fw-la secretarios_fw-la per_fw-la librorum_fw-la lectionem_fw-la quicquid_fw-la autem_fw-la ipsos_fw-la latet_fw-la vel_fw-la adynaion_n vel_fw-la falsum_fw-la vel_fw-la praestigiosum_fw-la atque_fw-la diabolicum_fw-la esto_fw-la and_o a_o little_a after_o he_o add_v this_o pigritiae_fw-la saltem_fw-la enim_fw-la immensae_fw-la inventum_fw-la fuit_fw-la omne_fw-la in_o 598._o diabolum_fw-la retulisse_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la capimus_fw-la nec_fw-la velim_fw-la diabolum_fw-la invocatum_fw-la ut_fw-la nostris_fw-la satisfaciat_fw-la quaestionibus_fw-la per_fw-la temerariam_fw-la potestatum_fw-la attributionem_fw-la 2._o whosoever_o shall_v read_v pancirollus_n de_fw-fr 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