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 _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr t_o v_o w_o x_o y_fw-fr z._n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr babaaabcccaaabbaca_n hasten_n example_n 3._o of_o a_o bi-literary_a alphabet_n aaaaa_o aaaab_o aaaba_fw-la aaabb_n aabaa_o aabab_o a_o b_o c_o d_o e_o f_o aabba_fw-mi aabbb_n abaaa_o abaab_o ababa_fw-la ababb_n g_o h_o i_o k_o l_o m_o abbaa_o abbab_o abbba_fw-mi abbbb_n baaaa_o baaab_o n_o o_o p_o q_o r_o s_o baaba_fw-la baabb_n babaa_o babab_o babba_fw-mi babbb_n t_o v_o w_o x_o y_fw-fr z._n aababbaabbaabbaaabaa_n fuge._n from_o these_o example_n you_o may_v perceive_v how_o a_o man_n may_v express_v his_o mind_n at_o any_o such_o distance_n wherein_o the_o eye_n and_o ear_n may_v immediate_o officiate_v by_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v capable_a of_o a_o double_a or_o triple_a difference_n but_o of_o this_o in_o the_o follow_a chapter_n all_o these_o alphabet_n be_v compose_v by_o a_o irregular_a position_n of_o the_o letter_n which_o differ_v very_o much_o from_o a_o regular_a combination_n of_o letter_n as_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v the_o skin_n by_o what_o mean_v this_o may_v be_v perform_v baptista_n porta_n kircherus_n schottus_n and_o many_o more_o give_v a_o account_n 8._o plin._n lib._n 26._o cap._n 8._o but_o for_o antiquity_n sake_n i_o shall_v only_o repeat_v pliny_n word_n in_o his_o *_o natural_a history_n to_o the_o like_a purpose_n tythimalum_fw-la nostri_fw-la berbam_fw-la laclariam_fw-la vocant_fw-la chapter_n see_v the_o precede_a chapter_n alii_fw-la laclucam_fw-la caprinam_fw-la narrantque_fw-la lacte_fw-la ejus_fw-la inscripto_fw-la corpore_fw-la cùm_fw-la inaruerit_fw-la si_fw-la cinis_fw-la inspergatur_fw-la apparere_fw-la literas_fw-la et_fw-la ita_fw-la quidem_fw-la adulteros_fw-la alloqui_fw-la malûere_fw-la quam_fw-la codicillis_fw-la 2._o trithemius_n likewise_o explain_v hyphasmaticum_n to_o be_v a_o experiment_n whereby_o a_o man_n may_v write_v upon_o cloth_n and_o the_o letter_n to_o be_v indiscernible_a until_o the_o cloth_n be_v wet_a in_o 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