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stultitiae_fw-la syriac_n stultiloquia_fw-la aethiopic_n &_o arabic_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d socrat_n l._n 3._o see_v dr._n barrow_n in_o loc._n see_v dr._n barrow_n on_o prov._n 10._o 18._o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seu_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dura_n lex_fw-la in_o speciem_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la cujus_fw-la rigore_fw-la liqet_fw-la qantopere_fw-la deo_fw-la placet_fw-la verecundia_n &_o qantum_fw-la abominatur_fw-la impudentiam_fw-la calv._n