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romanorum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d barth_n cass_n cons_n 13._o 7._o partis_fw-la cat_n gloriae_fw-la mundi_fw-la geo._n bened._n in_o repet_n cap._n rain_n in_o verb._n bone_fw-la de_fw-la curtili_fw-la lib._n 4._o &_o 7._o cap._n 16._o de_fw-fr mag._n vet_n pop._n ro._n vinâ—…ent_n lupan_n annal._n lib._n 3._o arist._n in_o polit._n cap._n 1._o de_fw-mi re_fw-mi peâ—…_n plin._n lib._n 18._o cap._n 3._o plin._n lib._n 1._o lib._n 2._o oss._n cic._n 2._o oâ—…_n cic._n 2._o off._n in_o vita_fw-la juliani_n sallust_n bell_n jugurth_n lib._n george_n clifford_n cic._n off._n 1._o barth_n cassan._n 32_o consid._n 6._o partis_fw-la catol_n glor_n mundi_fw-la oratio_fw-la philippi_n in_o senat._n ex_fw-la sallust_n edw._n 2._o cor._n tac._n lib._n 13._o annalium_fw-la joh._n tilius_fw-la lib_n â—…m_fw-la de_fw-fr rebugall_a nicolo_n maâ—…_n il_fw-fr preu_fw-fr cap._n 16._o de_fw-fr liberalita_fw-la &_o miseria_fw-la etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la caes_n de_fw-fr rep._n ordinanda_fw-la lib._n 3._o ad_fw-la heren_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la innent_fw-la plato_n lib._n 20._o charmides_n sive_fw-la de_fw-fr temp_n