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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pantochratora_n tax_v 57_o dollar_n dedicate_v to_o the_o transfiguration_n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d contlomouse_n tax_v 55_o dollar_n dedicate_v to_o the_o transfiguration_n of_o christ._n 8._o batopedi_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tax_v 100_o dollar_n dedicate_v to_o the_o annunciation_n of_o the_o bless_a virgin_n 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d simeno_n tax_v 25_o dollar_n dedicate_v to_o the_o ascension_n of_o christ._n 10._o chiliadar_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tax_v 100_o dollar_n dedicate_v to_o the_o presentation_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o temple_n the_o feast_n be_v on_o november_n 21._o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vide_fw-la synaxarion_n 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d zograph_n tax_v 35_o dollar_n dedicate_v to_o s._n george_n 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d kesim_n dedicate_v to_o s._n stephen_n 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d docharios_fw-la tax_v 30_o dollar_n dedicate_v to_o s._n michael_n archangel_n 14._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d zenoph_n tax_v 30_o dollar_n dedicate_v to_o s._n george_n 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d kesim_n dedicate_v to_o s._n pantaleemones_fw-la 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d xeropotame_n tax_v 56_o dollar_n dedicate_v to_o the_o 40_o martyr_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 17._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gregorius_n tax_v 25_o dollar_n dedicate_v to_o s._n nicholas_n 18._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d simopetra_n tax_v 54_o dollar_n dedicate_v to_o the_o birth_n of_o christ._n 19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dionysius_n tax_v 60_o dollar_n dedicate_v to_o s._n john_n baptist_n 20._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d s._n paul_n tax_v 35_o dollar_n dedicate_v to_o s._n george_n all_o which_o several_a sum_n make_v together_o not_o more_o than_o 900_o dollar_n
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tmolus_n smyrna_n smyrna_n beside_o 10_o old_a fountain_n which_o be_v dry_a but_o again_o repair_v the_o theatre_n the_o original_n of_o smyrna_n ephesus_n the_o river_n cayster_n the_o temple_n of_o diana_n s._n john_n church_n the_o temple_n of_o diana_n in_o its_o ruin_n tac._n an._n lib._n 3._o act_n 19_o 27._o the_o seven_o sleeper_n the_o theatre_n the_o aquaduct_n phygela_n tyria_n not_o thyatira_n lib._n 37._o laodicea_n the_o meander_n dingizlee_n vespasian_n circus_n hierapolis_n the_o theatre_n the_o pestilential_a grota_n philadelphia_n sardis_n selimus_n the_o true_a thyatira_n thyatira_n the_o greek_n call_v their_o bishop_n by_o the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cyprus_n 1678._o the_o ceremony_n in_o create_v the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n contention_n for_o the_o office_n of_o patriarch_n the_o late_a difference_n in_o the_o church_n copy_n of_o a_o patent_n whereby_o the_o g._n signior_n make_v bishop_n the_o other_o three_o patriarch_n revenue_n of_o the_o patriarch_n and_o of_o secular_a priest_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o constantinople_n compare_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d obedience_n due_a to_o the_o order_n of_o the_o church_n cosma_n and_o damianus_n s._n george_n canonise_a saint_n use_v by_o the_o greek_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o eucharist_n the_o question_n of_o transubstantiation_n how_o determine_v in_o the_o greek_a church_n ep._n 6.3_o offertory_n to_o the_o dead_a offertory_n for_o the_o living_n the_o consecration_n the_o administration_n distinction_n of_o priest_n the_o severe_a life_n of_o kaloires_n the_o reform_a of_o this_o order_n the_o description_n of_o the_o mountain_n the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o monastery_n on_o this_o mountain_n the_o manner_n of_o tax_v the_o monastery_n the_o riches_n of_o the_o monastery_n the_o ancient_a trouble_n among_o the_o friar_n 1430._o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o council_n of_o florence_n laura_n athanasius_n the_o monk_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d caracal_a ibero_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o revenue_n of_o the_o monastery_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o devotion_n and_o charity_n of_o the_o greek_n to_o these_o monastery_n the_o number_n of_o kaloires_n in_o this_o mountain_n their_o indepen_v dency_n on_o the_o patriarch_n a_o turkish_a aga_n set_v over_o they_o kareis_n the_o employment_n of_o the_o kaloirs_fw-fr the_o learning_n of_o their_o priest_n their_o library_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o holy_a oil_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d excommunication_n grant_v on_o every_o trivial_a occasion_n the_o manner_n of_o receive_v into_o the_o church_n such_o as_o have_v deny_v the_o faith_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o â—imes_n appoint_v to_o commemorate_v the_o dead_a the_o opinion_n of_o the_o greek_n touch_v the_o state_n of_o soul_n after_o death_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o greek_a church_n easy_a to_o grant_v divorce_n the_o islander_n of_o a_o different_a humour_n greek_n woman_n make_v kabin_n with_o turk_n in_o the_o morea_n and_o romania_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ep._n 70â—_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d job_n 42._o 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o difference_n between_o the_o latin_n and_o greek_n at_o jerusalem_n the_o disposition_n of_o the_o greek_a islander_n xio_o it_o proceed_v from_o the_o lentiscus_fw-la which_o in_o other_o part_n of_o the_o world_n produce_v the_o like_a gum._n