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page_n to_o inquire_v quid_fw-la est_fw-la essentia_fw-la which_o be_v answer_v it_o be_v not_o distinguish_v from_o substantiae_fw-la the_o next_o quaere_fw-la be_v what_o be_v substan_n the_o same_o with_o ens_fw-la the_o same_o with_o a_o thing_n that_o be_v whatsoever_o be_v true_o exist_v distinct_a from_o fancy_n and_o name_n here_o the_o reader_n may_v discern_v how_o violent_o he_o prosecute_v the_o former_a conceit_n that_o there_o be_v no_o real_a thing_n beside_o substance_n as_o if_o to_o inhere_o or_o adhere_v be_v not_o to_o exist_v but_o only_a subsistence_n be_v existence_n but_o i_o shall_v prosecute_v this_o no_o further_o now_o it_o be_v a_o conclusion_n to_o which_o i_o do_v not_o remember_v that_o i_o have_v object_v any_o thing_n heretofore_o which_o be_v the_o only_a thing_n i_o intend_v to_o vindicate_v in_o this_o paper_n next_o he_o enter_v upon_o a_o long_a discourse_n how_o the_o greek_n and_o latin_n have_v distort_v name_n as_o he_o term_v it_o which_o i_o 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