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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v very_o nigh_o in_o write_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o martinius_n in_o his_o technologia_fw-la observe_v out_o of_o st._n jerome_n sic_fw-la say_v he_o hieronymus_n ait_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d literas_fw-la parvo_fw-la apice_fw-la distingui_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la interpretatur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d paululùm_fw-la literae_fw-la apice_fw-la commutato_fw-la pro_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d legi_fw-la posse_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o sonare_fw-la romam_fw-la but_o there_o be_v no_o need_n of_o this_o nicety_n the_o interpretation_n of_o this_o turkish_a prophecy_n be_v discover_v enough_o already_o i_o will_v only_o refer_v the_o reader_n to_o mr._n mede_n book_n 5._o ch._n 8._o where_o by_o many_o example_n he_o show_v that_o the_o jew_n by_o edom_n understand_v rome_n and_o how_o r._n d._n kimchi_n turn_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o i_o think_v 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that_o time_n thy_o people_n shall_v be_v deliver_v the_o seventy_o have_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thy_o people_n shall_v be_v save_v as_o also_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a have_v it_o salvabitur_fw-la populus_fw-la tuus_fw-la namely_o from_o that_o bondage_n and_o abject_a condition_n they_o have_v live_v in_o among_o the_o nation_n as_o also_o from_o the_o rude_a and_o beggarly_a element_n of_o moses_n and_o by_o their_o conversion_n to_o christianity_n they_o will_v be_v make_v partaker_n of_o eternal_a salvation_n chery_n one_o that_o shall_v be_v find_v write_v in_o the_o book_n yea_o not_o the_o jew_n only_o but_o every_o one_o as_o well_o gentile_n as_o jew_n that_o be_v find_v write_v in_o the_o book_n of_o life_n mention_v apoc._n 20._o 12._o shall_v be_v save_v so_o that_o as_o it_o be_v usual_a with_o the_o prophet_n there_o be_v a_o run_v out_o from_o the_o temporal_a deliverance_n of_o the_o jew_n to_o the_o spiritual_a deliverance_n and_o from_o their_o 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