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stone_n the_o leprosy_n and_o the_o tertian_n ague_n and_o the_o quartan_a ague_n whereof_o therphrastus_n pliny_n and_o vitruvius_n speak_v there_o be_v another_o river_n in_o mesapotomia_n that_o send_v forth_o a_o sweet_a odour_n baptista_n fulgosa_n say_v in_o his_o collection_n that_o in_o our_o time_n there_o be_v a_o fountain_n in_o england_n in_o which_o if_o you_o cast_v in_o a_o piece_n of_o wood_n in_o the_o space_n of_o a_o year_n it_o will_v become_v stone_n himself_o testify_v that_o which_o albertus_n magnus_n speak_v of_o which_o be_v that_o there_o be_v a_o fountain_n in_o high-germany_n and_o albertus_n say_v that_o with_o his_o own_o hand_n he_o put_v a_o piece_n of_o wood_n into_o that_o water_n which_o become_v perfect_a stone_n and_o that_o part_n that_o touch_v not_o the_o water_n remain_v wood_n as_o before_o the_o same_o fulgosa_n report_v another_o property_n of_o a_o fountain_n which_o be_v very_o strange_a for_o if_o a_o man_n walk_v about_o it_o view_v of_o 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of_o the_o planet_n and_o the_o star_n chap._n xxii_o of_o many_o thing_n which_o happen_v at_o the_o birth_n and_o death_n of_o our_o saviour_n recite_v by_o many_o historian_n beside_o that_o which_o be_v record_v by_o the_o evangelist_n although_o the_o thing_n certify_v by_o the_o evangelist_n to_o be_v manifest_v by_o great_a wonder_n at_o the_o birth_n and_o death_n of_o our_o saviour_n be_v most_o certain_a and_o worthy_a of_o all_o belief_n yet_o i_o think_v it_o convenient_a to_o make_v some_o mention_n of_o other_o wonderful_a thing_n that_o be_v see_v by_o other_o person_n that_o have_v write_v they_o paul_n horatius_n and_o eutropius_n secretary_n to_o octavian_n and_o likewise_o eusebius_n say_v that_o at_o the_o time_n that_o jesus_n christ_n
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