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world_n can_v ever_o since_o find_v any_o fault_n in_o that_o edition_n as_o faithful_o agree_v with_o the_o most_o authentic_a manuscript_n 53._o but_o these_o his_o slenting_a and_o suppositive_a confute_v his_o needless_a cavil_v confute_v be_v nothing_o to_o his_o direct_a and_o downright_a traduce_v of_o the_o record_n of_o cambridge_n take_v he_o in_o his_o own_o latin_a word_n which_o i_o have_v translate_v to_o this_o purpose_n that_o such_o ingenuous_a english_a man_n never_o breed_v in_o either_o university_n and_o therefore_o the_o more_o unpartial_a judge_n but_o understand_v the_o strength_n of_o common_a sense_n and_o reason_n may_v indifferent_o umpire_n the_o matter_n and_o find_v the_o verdict_n as_o they_o shall_v hear_v thing_n allege_v and_o prove_v brian_n twine_v antiquitatis_fw-la academiae_fw-la oxoniensis_fw-la apologia_fw-la lib._n 3._o pag._n 280._o numero_fw-la 76._o non_fw-la ignoro_fw-la tamen_fw-la in_o memorabilibus_fw-la universitatis_fw-la oxon._n à 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