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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o every_o kind_n of_o metre_n and_o verse_n it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o scaliger_n de_fw-fr emend_n temp._n l._n 6._o fall_v foul_a on_o eusebius_n for_o make_v these_o therapeutoe_n or_o worshipper_n to_o be_v christian_n and_o valesius_fw-la annot._fw-la in_o euseb_n p_o 34._o 35._o fall_n in_o with_o he_o in_o that_o though_o he_o dissent_v from_o he_o that_o these_o therapeutoe_n be_v essenes_n and_o pretend_v to_o prove_v the_o contrary_n but_o the_o argument_n of_o scaliger_n and_o valesius_fw-la on_o both_o these_o head_n be_v well_o answer_v in_o bruno_n dissertatio_n de_fw-la therapeutis_fw-la print_v at_o the_o end_n of_o colomes_n edition_n of_o the_o epistle_n of_o clement_n ad_fw-la corinthios_n but_o however_o that_o be_v it_o be_v evident_a that_o eusebius_n not_o only_o assert_n such_o divine_a hymn_n compose_v in_o metre_n and_o verse_n to_o be_v in_o use_n among_o christian_n in_o his_o age_n but_o to_o have_v be_v a_o custom_n derive_v to_o 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