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châ—â—â—logia_n historia_n &_o 〈◊〉_d geography_n herodotâ—â—â—_n 〈…〉_o lectiones_fw-la &_o note_n ex_fw-la pluribus_fw-la m._n s._n s._n â—od_a &_o antiquis_fw-la scriptâ—ribus_fw-la collectâ—_n fol._n francisci_fw-la suarez_n doct._n theol._n graâ—_n tradâ—tus_fw-la de_fw-la legibus_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la legislature_n in_o deceâ—â—_n libros_fw-la distribâ—tus_fw-la fol._n thorndicius_fw-la de_fw-la ratione_fw-la ac_fw-la iâ—re_v 〈…〉_o ecclesâ—â—_n fol._n the_o holy_a court_n in_o five_o tome_n write_v in_o french_a by_o n._n causin_n translate_v by_o sir_n t._n h._n the_o four_o 〈◊〉_d fol._n the_o work_n of_o the_o most_o reverend_a john_n bramhal_o d._n d._n late_a l._n archbishop_n of_o armagh_n some_o of_o which_o never_o before_o print_v with_o the_o life_n of_o the_o author_n etc._n etc._n fol._n the_o history_n and_o vindication_n of_o the_o irish_a remonstrance_n against_o all_o calumny_n and_o censure_n in_o several_a treatise_n falio_fw-la a_o collection_n of_o all_o the_o 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