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&_o ord_n di_fw-it cavilcare_fw-la di_fw-it grizoni_n cornel._n agrippa_n de_fw-fr occnlt_fw-ge philosoph_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d galeotus_n de_fw-fr doctrina_fw-la promiscua_fw-la aristot._fw-la de_fw-la arte_fw-la rhetorica_fw-la vives_n de_fw-la ratione_fw-la dicendi_fw-la plinii_n epist._n cato_n varro_z columella_n de_fw-fr re_n rustica_fw-la la_fw-fr maison_fw-fr rustic_a quintilianus_n galeotus_n de_fw-fr homine_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d topographia_fw-la antiquae_fw-la romae_fw-la apothegm_n erasm._n moriae_fw-la encomium_fw-la dialect_n melaucth_v lucianus_z de_fw-fr sectis_fw-la dialectica_fw-la caesarii_fw-la dialectica_fw-la agricolae_fw-la demosthenes_n &_o aeschinis_fw-la plutarch_n de_fw-fr platon_n philosoph_n agricola_n de_fw-fr ponderib_n &_o mensur_n dialoges_n de_fw-fr charon_n de_fw-fr arte_fw-la magirica_fw-la antiochi_n chiromantia_fw-la &_o convival_n question_n il_fw-fr cortegliano_fw-it le_fw-fr sympose_n du_fw-fr platon_n le_fw-fr time_n du_fw-fr platon_n le_fw-fr cinquiesme_fw-fr de_fw-fr polit_n d'_fw-fr aristâ—â—_n petri_n rami_n oratio_fw-la mathematica_fw-la alchimia_fw-la euclides_n &_o archimedes_n appianus_n &_o astronomia_fw-la gebri_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d julius_n firmicus_n &_o compositio_fw-la astrolabii_n cyprianus_n leovicius_fw-la ephemerides_n stadii_fw-la alphonsi_fw-la tabalae_fw-la hâ—ly_fw-la de_fw-la judiciis_fw-la cardanus_n super_fw-la quadriparitum_fw-la ptolomaei_n guido_n bonatus_fw-la schâ—nerus_n de_fw-la nativitatibus_fw-la armilla_fw-la regiomontani_fw-la pratenicae_fw-la tabulae_fw-la tabulae_fw-la directionum_fw-la cypr._n leovicii_fw-la abrah_n judaeus_fw-la de_fw-la nativitate_fw-la &_o ix_o judicum_fw-la planisph_n roil_n elcabitius_fw-la etc._n etc._n libre_fw-la directionum_fw-la eras_n reinholdi_n aphemeride_n stosterini_fw-la cosmographia_fw-la di_fw-it ptolomaeo_n ephemerides_n simi_n cardani_n de_fw-fr judiciis_fw-la etc._n etc._n tabulae_fw-la direct_v regiomoutani_fw-la johann_n pontani_n in_o quadripart_n ptolomaei_n copernici_n revolutiones_fw-la ephemer_n stopâ—ler_n albert._n dur._n de_fw-fr symetria_n hoâ—ologiogr_n mansteri_fw-la de_fw-fr le_fw-fr stelle_fw-fr fisse_fw-la lucas_n gauricus_n radius_fw-la gemmae_fw-la phrysii_fw-la regiomâ—nt_fw-la de_fw-fr triang_n &_o problem_n astronomiae_n &_o geometr_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hispalensis_n tabulae_fw-la berg._n stadii_fw-la de_fw-fr praedictione_fw-la astronom_n l._n vitruu._n di_fw-mi architect_n l'architecture_n de_fw-fr viâ—ruve_n le_fw-fr vitruvio_n vitruvius_n de_fw-fr architectura_n lib_fw-la x._o euclidis_fw-la the_o art_n of_o navigation_n supputationes_fw-la tonstalli_n algebra_n arithmetica_fw-la de_fw-fr pietro_n borgi_n paraphrase_n d'astrolabe_n medica_fw-la &_o chirurgica_n galenus_n ruellius_n matthe_n super_fw-la dioscor_fw-la dioscorides_n graece_fw-la galen_n de_fw-fr composit_a medicam_fw-la institutiones_fw-la chirurg_n guido_n isabella_n de_fw-fr vigo_n actuarius_n euonymii_fw-la thesaurus_fw-la method_n medendi_fw-la fuschius_n scholia_fw-la in_o therapeucen_n gal._n cornel._n celsus_n alexis_n galenus_n de_fw-fr aliment_n facultat_fw-la la_fw-fr mareschallerie_n di_fw-fr laurent_n ruse_n l'_fw-mi be_v veterinarie_a du_fw-fr jean_n mass._n &_o vigetii_fw-la le_fw-fr perquirie_n du_fw-fr grison_n &_o ruse_n hippiatria_n laur._n ruse_n grammatica_fw-la &_o poetica_fw-la nizolius_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d diction_n latinogallic_n com._n budaei_n grammat_n theod._n gazae_fw-la calepinus_n dictionar_n italic_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dante_n be_v petrarcha_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d graec._n il_fw-fr meschino_n fabulae_fw-la aesopi_n epist._n aeneae_n silvi_n grammat_n despauter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d grammatica_fw-la heliae_fw-la statius_n aristophanes_n conciones_fw-la livii_n sophocles_n cum_fw-la com._n plautus_n dictionar_n hâ—braic_n copia_fw-la verbor_fw-la erasm._n aulus_n gellius_n horatius_n diomedes_n &_o donatus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d erasm._n de_fw-fr pronunciat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d grammat_n aldi_n il_fw-fr petrarcha_fw-la cum_fw-la com._n willichius_n in_o artem_fw-la poeticam_fw-la munster_n gram._n hebr._n viridarium_fw-la poetarum_fw-la picolomino_fw-la d'_fw-fr institut_n d'_fw-fr huomo_fw-la nato_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epitome_n adag_n erasm._n aphthonius_n il_fw-fr filocopo_n boccasiii_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d di_fw-it pet_n aretino_n come_v comoedia_fw-la celestina_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d joachim_n de_fw-fr bellay_n miscellanea_fw-la nanii_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theatre_n de_fw-fr jaques_n grevin_n tragoedia_fw-la de_fw-fr franc._n arbitre_fw-fr defense_n des_fw-fr dames_n jaques_n pelcher_n de_fw-fr pronuntiatione_fw-la linguae_fw-la gallicae_n petr._n ramus_n de_fw-fr morib_o veter_fw-la gallorum_n erotemata_fw-la liguae_fw-la hebraicae_fw-la the_o content_n of_o the_o appendix_n num_fw-la 1._o the_o patent_n grant_v by_o barker_n garter_n king_n at_o arm_n to_o john_n smith_n gâ—â—t_n father_n to_o sir_n thomas_n smith_n for_o his_o coat_n of_o arm_n page_z 1._o num_fw-la ii_o sir_n thomas_n 〈◊〉_d new_a english_a alphabet_n p._n 5._o num_fw-la iii_o sir_n thomas_n smith_n oration_n for_o and_o against_o the_o queen_n marriage_n p._n 7._o 1._o agamus_fw-la or_o wedspite_n his_o oration_n for_o the_o queen_n be_v single_a life_n ibid._n 2._o philoxenius_n or_o lovealien_n his_o oration_n for_o the_o queen_n be_v marry_v p._n 26._o 3._o philoxenius_n or_o lovealien_n his_o second_o oration_n for_o the_o queen_n be_v marry_v with_o a_o stranger_n p._n 69._o 4._o axenius_n or_o homefriend_n his_o oration_n for_o the_o queen_n majesty_n marry_v with_o a_o english_a nobleman_n rather_o than_o any_o foreign_a prince_n p._n 81._o the_o petition_n of_o thomas_n smith_n esq_n anno_fw-la dom._n 1660._o to_o k._n charles_n ii_o for_o the_o restoration_n of_o the_o country_n of_o the_o ardes_fw-la in_o ireland_n belong_v of_o right_a to_o his_o ancestor_n sir_n thomas_n smith_n p._n 124._o num_fw-la v._o sir_n thomas_n smith_n table_n of_o money_n and_o for_o the_o reduce_n of_o the_o roman_a money_n to_o the_o english_a standard_n p._n 128._o table_n i._n in_o the_o pound_n weight_n of_o silver_n how_o much_o current_n monies_n ibid._n tab_n ii_o when_o the_o standard_n money_n be_v at_o 20_o d._n the_o ounce_n ibid._n tab_n viii_o when_o 15_o groat_n or_o 5_o shilling_n make_v the_o ounce_n ibid._n tab_n ix_o how_o much_o the_o mark_n contain_v p._n 129._o tab_n x._o how_o much_o the_o pound_n contain_v ibid._n tab_n xi_o how_o much_o the_o ounce_n and_o small_a weight_n contain_v of_o monies_n p._n 130._o a_o discourse_n for_o demonstrate_v the_o reduction_n of_o the_o roman_a coin_n to_o our_o money_n 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