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and_o custom_n v._o of_o the_o barbarous_a custom_n of_o go_v naked_a vi_o of_o the_o ridiculous_a decking_n and_o adorn_n of_o the_o barbarian_n vii_o the_o lawlessness_n of_o the_o barbarian_n and_o their_o gross_a extravagancy_n touch_v wedlock_n apologize_v for_o by_o cuphophron_n advocate-general_n for_o the_o paynim_n viii_o of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o man_n of_o arcladam_n that_o lie_v in_o childbed_n for_o their_o wife_n ix_o of_o the_o pagan_n cruelty_n to_o their_o enemy_n and_o inhuman_a humanity_n to_o their_o friend_n x._o their_o kill_a man_n at_o funeral_n to_o accompany_v the_o dead_a xi_o the_o caraiamite_n murder_v good_a man_n to_o seize_v on_o their_o virtue_n xii_o of_o the_o anthropophagi_n or_o cannibal_n xiii_o of_o the_o atheism_n and_o the_o polytheism_n of_o the_o barbarian_n fourteen_o of_o their_o men-sacrifice_n xv._o of_o their_o worship_v the_o devil_n xvi_o of_o their_o sacrifice_a man_n to_o the_o devil_n xvii_o of_o 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