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in_o the_o imputation_n lay_v upon_o their_o neighbour_n then_o in_o that_o wherewith_o the_o jew_n themselves_o be_v asperse_v so_o true_a it_o be_v that_o after_o a_o nation_n be_v once_o cry_v down_o their_o very_a best_a action_n be_v suspect_v the_o syrian_n be_v indeed_o just_o accuse_v for_o be_v somewhat_o guilty_a in_o this_o particular_a but_o that_o they_o ever_o worship_v the_o fish_n of_o the_o sea_n neither_o xenophon_n 343._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d symp._n l._n 3._o c._n 8._o de._n nat._n deor._n 3._o de._n animal_n l._n 12._o c._n 11._o fast_o 11._o lib._n 4._o epig._n 43._o ouirocrit_n 1._o c._n 12._o in_o sphaer_n manil._n fol._n 343._o plutarch_n cicero_n diodorus_n siculus_n aelian_a ovid_n marshal_n artemidorus_n nor_o among_o the_o modern_n the_o learned_a scaliger_n who_o to_o this_o purpose_n cite_v some_o verse_n of_o the_o poet_n menander_n can_v without_o do_v they_o manifest_a injury_n accuse_v they_o but_o they_o abstain_v say_v they_o from_o the_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chiliad_n 9_o chap._n 275._o be_v the_o apua_fw-la and_o the_o maenis_fw-la two_o very_a venomous_a kind_n of_o fish_n as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o plutarch_n and_o johannes_n tzetzes_n we_o may_v therefore_o conclude_v it_o mere_o fabulous_a which_o be_v report_v of_o the_o syrian_n namely_o that_o they_o abstain_v not_o only_o from_o all_o sea-fish_n but_o also_o from_o that_o of_o river_n where_o the_o apua_fw-la nor_o the_o moenis_n be_v at_o all_o find_v erat_fw-la be_v say_v the_o interpreter_n of_o xenophon_n speak_v of_o the_o river_n chalus_n magnis_fw-la mansuetisque_fw-la piscibus_fw-la refertus_fw-la quos_fw-la sylli_n pro_fw-la dijs_fw-la habebant_fw-la neque_fw-la eos_fw-la loedi_fw-la patiebantur_fw-la sicuti_fw-la nec_fw-la columbas_fw-la as_o for_o the_o dove_n i_o shall_v examine_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o report_n elsewhere_o but_o for_o the_o fish_n nothing_o can_v have_v be_v speak_v more_o false_a for_o if_o they_o will_v not_o 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