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word_n of_o salvian_n though_o touch_v another_o subject_n shall_v serve_v i_o for_o my_o caution_n and_o for_o my_o conclusion_n de_fw-la gubern_n dei_fw-la lib._n 1._o sed_fw-la de_fw-la his_fw-la dicendum_fw-la amplius_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la tanta_fw-la quip_fw-la est_fw-la majestatis_fw-la sacrae_fw-la et_fw-la tam_fw-la tremenda_fw-la reverentia_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la eaquae_fw-la ab_fw-la illis_fw-la contra_fw-la religionem_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la horrere_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la quae_fw-la pro_fw-la religione_fw-la nos_fw-la ipsi_fw-la dicimus_fw-la cum_fw-la grandi_fw-la metu_fw-la ac_fw-la disciplina_fw-la dicere_fw-la debeamus_fw-la that_o be_v it_o be_v best_a to_o say_v no_o more_o concerning_o these_o matter_n because_o so_o great_a and_o so_o dreadful_a be_v the_o sacred_a majesty_n of_o