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causa_fw-la contra_fw-la hispanos_fw-la justa_fw-la esse_fw-la demonstratur_fw-la edit_fw-la lond._n 1655._o puffend_v de_fw-fr jur._n nat._n &_o gent._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 7._o grot_n de_fw-fr jur._n bel._n &_o pac._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 2._o §._o 2._o de_fw-fr offic._n 3._o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la nat._n &_o gent._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 6._o §._o 8._o see_v herrera's_fw-la hist._n of_o the_o west-indies_n dec._n lib._n 1._o 2._o cap_n 4._o see_v de_fw-fr las_fw-fr casas_n account_v of_o the_o first_o voyage_n engl._n edit_n 1699_o p._n 184._o idem_fw-la ib._n p._n 147._o prop._n 26._o see_v mariana_n hist._n of_o spain_n lib_n 26._o cap._n 2._o and_o herrera's_fw-la hist._n of_o the_o west_n indies_n dec_fw-la 2d_o lib._n 6._o a_o capite_fw-la 3._o ad_fw-la cap._n 9_o dissertat_fw-la academ_a select_a p._n 293._o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la bell_n &_o pac_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 4._o see_v de_fw-fr las_fw-fr casas_n of_o the_o voyage_n etc._n etc._n of_o the_o spaniard_n to_o the_o west-indies_n p._n 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cap._n 1._o §._o 2._o orat._n add_v quirite_n orat._n 2._o cont_n ver._n 2._o vid._n grot._fw-la ubi_fw-la sup_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 6._o