answ._n that_o the_o poet_n of_o old_a have_v ascribe_v strange_a and_o incredible_a thing_n to_o the_o power_n of_o magic_n and_o sorcery_n be_v plain_a 4._o virgil_n introduce_v dido_n speak_v thus_o to_o her_o sister_n anna_n hinc_fw-la mihi_fw-la massylae_n gentis_fw-la monstrata_fw-la sacerdos_n haec_fw-la se_fw-la carminibus_fw-la promittit_fw-la solvere_fw-la mentes_n sistere_fw-la aquam_fw-la fluviis_fw-la &_o flumina_fw-la vertere_fw-la retrò_fw-la nocturnosque_fw-la ciet_fw-la manes_fw-la mugire_fw-la videbis_fw-la sub_fw-la pedibus_fw-la terram_fw-la &_o descendere_fw-la montibus_fw-la ornos_fw-la and_o the_o witch_n in_o ovid_n boast_v that_o she_o can_v perform_v as_o much_o 1.7_o cum_fw-la volui_fw-la ripis_fw-la ipsis_fw-la mirantibus_fw-la amnes_fw-la in_o fontes_fw-la rediêre_fw-la suos_fw-la concussaque_fw-la sisto_fw-la stantia_fw-la concutio_fw-la cantu_fw-la freta_fw-la nubila_fw-la pello_fw-la nubiláque_fw-la induco_fw-la ventos_fw-la abigóque_fw-la vocóque_fw-la 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o angel_n which_o keep_v not_o their_o first_o estate_n but_o leave_v their_o own_o habitation_n he_o have_v reserve_v in_o everlasting_a chain_n under_o darkness_n unto_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o great_a day_n v_o 6._o in_o which_o we_o have_v a_o plain_a indication_n both_o of_o the_o sin_n and_o punishment_n of_o these_o lapse_v angel_n their_o sin_n in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o our_o translation_n render_v keep_v not_o their_o first_o estate_n but_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a principatum_fw-la suum_fw-la non_fw-la servaverunt_fw-la that_o be_v keep_v not_o their_o principality_n rule_n or_o dominion_n which_o interpretation_n say_v beza_n be_v not_o to_o be_v reject_v so_o that_o the_o most_o genuine_a and_o natural_a signification_n of_o the_o word_n refer_v to_o that_o government_n or_o dominion_n which_o the_o superior_a faculty_n ought_v to_o have_v over_o the_o inferior_a for_o as_o in_o man_n 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