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foot_n three_o more_o or_o mix_v four_o short_a or_o long_o five_o analogous_n or_o anomalous_a six_o excessive_a or_o defective_a seven_o of_o many_o kind_n without_o order_n or_o relation_n it_o have_v be_v soon_o say_v any_o prose_n make_v hebrew_n verse_n i_o do_v think_v the_o ancient_a form_n of_o the_o m_o s_o s._n bibles_n in_o parchment_n roll_n give_v occasion_n to_o think_v all_o the_o old_a testament_n a_o jambic_a kind_n of_o short_a verse_n for_o hermannus_n ʋander_n hardit_n say_v he_o have_v see_v some_o in_o this_o form_n the_o ancient_a form_n of_o the_o mss._n bibles_n in_o parchment_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d v._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d v._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wherein_o every_o considerable_a lord_n command_v a_o line_n which_o render_v the_o sense_n obvious_a and_o distinct_a deut._n 32._o stand_n in_o our_o hebrew_a bible_n after_o this_o manner_n now_o a_o remnant_n of_o the_o old_a method_n this_o look_n like_o our_o european_a poesy_n and_o may_v deceive_v the_o credulous_a unacquainted_a with_o the_o true_a design_n of_o it_o which_o be_v to_o show_v that_o these_o point_n govern_v and_o rule_v the_o coherence_n and_o division_n of_o matter_n and_o cadency_n of_o affection_n and_o this_o order_n render_v this_o obvious_a to_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o reader_n there_o be_v another_o notion_n may_v be_v worth_a the_o insert_v about_o the_o ancient_a roll_n and_o volume_n in_o the_o jewish_a synagogue_n viz._n their_o bigness_n that_o as_o goodw._n say_v be_v ten_o ell_n in_o breadth_n and_o twenty_o in_o length_n buxtorf_n say_v in_o some_o of_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 6._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d  _fw-fr 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d  _fw-fr 19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d  _fw-fr 24._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d likewise_o chap._n 8.1_o and_o 12.1_o and_o 14.1_o and_o 17.1.18.1.19.1.20.1.22.1_o compare_v psal_n 14._o with_o 53._o and_o psal_n 105._o to_o v._o 16._o with_o 1_o chro._n 17._o from_o v._o 8._o to_o v._o 13._o and_o psal_n 18._o with_o 2_o sam._n 22._o though_o there_o be_v a_o difference_n in_o poetical_a point_n yet_o there_o be_v a_o equivalency_n num._n 7._o be_v a_o remarkable_a scripture_n the_o vowel_n be_v omit_v in_o all_o our_o bibles_n because_o as_o most_o think_v no_o need_n the_o same_o be_v again_o repeat_v but_o the_o
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