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sidera_fw-la apparuit_fw-la nec_fw-la postea_fw-la demonstranda_fw-la perntansit_fw-la quid_fw-la erat_fw-la nisi_fw-la magnifica_fw-la lingua_fw-la coeli_fw-la quae_fw-la gloriam_fw-la dei_fw-la narraret_fw-la quae_fw-la inusitatum_fw-la virgin_n partum_fw-la inusitato_n fulgore_fw-la clamaret_fw-la cui_fw-la non_fw-la postea_fw-la apparenti_fw-la evangelium_fw-la toto_fw-la orb_n succederet_fw-la what_o star_n be_v that_o which_o be_v never_o see_v before_o nor_o since_o but_o the_o wonderful_a voice_n of_o heaven_n which_o shall_v declare_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n and_o publish_v to_o the_o world_n the_o unusual_a child-bearing_a of_o a_o virgin_n by_o a_o unusual_a brightness_n which_o shall_v never_o afterward_o appear_v again_o but_o in_o steed_n of_o it_o shall_v be_v the_o glorious_a gospel_n of_o jesus_n christ_n if_o you_o ask_v i_o what_o proof_n i_o have_v beside_o the_o gospel_n that_o ever_o there_o appear_v such_o a_o star_n witness_n ignatius_n which_o see_v our_o 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