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that_o the_o world_n shall_v have_v a_o end_n so_o in_o special_a by_o fire_n where_o speak_v of_o those_o who_o caesar_n leave_v unburned_a at_o the_o battle_n of_o pharsalia_n he_o thus_o go_v on_o hos_fw-la caesar_n populos_fw-la si_fw-la nunc_fw-la non_fw-la usserit_fw-la ignis_fw-la vret_fw-la cum_fw-la terris_fw-la uret_fw-la cum_fw-la gurgite_fw-la ponti_fw-la 7._o communis_fw-la mundo_fw-la superest_fw-la rogus_fw-la ossibus_fw-la astra_fw-la misturus_fw-la if_o fire_n may_v not_o these_o corpse_n to_o ash_n turn_v o_o caesar_n now_o when_o earth_n and_o sea_n shall_v burn_v it_o shall_v a_o common_a fire_n the_o world_n shall_v end_v and_o with_o these_o bone_n those_o heavenly_a body_n blend_v as_o for_o ovia_n he_o deduce_v it_o from_o their_o prophetical_a record_n esse_fw-la quoque_fw-la in_o fatis_fw-la reminiscitur_fw-la affore_o tempus_fw-la 1_o quo_fw-la mare_fw-la quo_fw-la tellus_fw-la convexaque_fw-la regius_fw-la coeli_fw-la ardeat_fw-la &_o mundi_fw-la mole_n 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