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nimia_fw-la curiositate_fw-la perscrutamur_fw-la perscrutamur_fw-la nat._n qu._n qu._n proprium_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la omnium_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la nam_fw-la quia_fw-la pauca_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o silva_fw-la inveniri_fw-la possunt_fw-la pauca_fw-la adversus_fw-la plura_fw-la defendunt_fw-la tertull._n adv_o praxeam_n praxeam_n solenne_fw-fr est_fw-fr haereticis_fw-la alicujus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ancipitis_fw-la 〈…〉_z adversus_fw-la exercitum_fw-la sententiarum_fw-la instâ—â—mâ—nti_fw-la totiuâ—_n 〈◊〉_d tertull._n de_fw-fr pudicitiâ—_n pudicitiâ—_n utique_fw-la aequum_fw-la incerta_fw-la de_fw-la certis_fw-la &_o obscura_fw-la de_fw-la manifestis_fw-la praejudicari_fw-la ne_fw-la inter_fw-la discordiam_fw-la certorum_fw-la &_o incertorum_fw-la manifestorum_fw-la &_o obscurorum_fw-la fides_fw-la dissipetur_fw-la veritas_fw-la periclitetur_fw-la ipsa_fw-la divinitas_fw-la ut_fw-la inconstans_fw-la denotetur_fw-la tertull._n de_fw-fr resurrectione_n resurrectione_n ad_fw-la obscuriores_fw-la locutiones_fw-la illustrandas_fw-la de_fw-la manifestioriâ—us_fw-la sumantur_fw-la exempla_fw-la &_o quaedam_fw-la certarum_fw-la sententiarum_fw-la testimonia_fw-la dubitationem_fw-la de_fw-la incertis_fw-la â—uferant_a aug_n de_fw-fr dâ—â—â—rin_n christianâ—_n l._n 2._o c._n 9_o 9_o erasâ—us_n erasâ—us_n hor._n hieroglyph_n hieroglyph_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quaest._n 51._o in_o exoâ—_n exoâ—_n quet_n resp._n 142._o add_v orthodox_n orthodox_n gen._n 15_o 1._o psal._n 3._o 3._o ps._n 28._o 7._o ps._n 33._o 20._o prov._n 30._o 5._o psal_n 47._o 9_o 9_o aristâ—t_fw-la eth._n l._n 6._o c._n 1._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la princ._n ineruditum_fw-la ineruditum_fw-la netzib_n netzib_n lib._n 1._o tit._n 2._o viz._n de_fw-fr origine_fw-la juris_fw-la civiâ—is_fw-la &_o omnium_fw-la magistratuum_fw-la magistratuum_fw-la prov._n xx_o 27._o 27._o etiam_fw-la principibus_fw-la &_o regibus_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la magnis_fw-la &_o electis_fw-la viris_fw-la sicut_fw-la fas_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la diis_fw-la adulatio_fw-la falsa_fw-la blanditur_fw-la minute_n eâ—lix_fw-la eâ—lix_fw-la reges_fw-la in_o ipâ—os_fw-la imperium_fw-la est_fw-la jovis_n sen._n trag._n trag._n omne_fw-la sâ—b_fw-la â—egno_fw-la grâ—viore_fw-la regnum_fw-la â—st_fw-la laâ—â—_n laâ—â—_n 1._o cor._n ix_o 26._o 26._o 2_o chron._n xxvi_o 19_o 19_o hactenus_fw-la quasi_fw-la de_fw-la principe_fw-la reliqua_fw-la uâ—_n de_fw-fr monstâ—o_n nâ—râ—_n â—anda_fw-la sunt_fw-la sueton._n sueton._n lord_n bacon_n essay_n 19_o 19_o ut_fw-la caeterorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la ita_fw-la principum_fw-la eorum_fw-la etiam_fw-la qui_fw-la dii_fw-la sibi_fw-la videntur_fw-la aevum_fw-la omne_fw-la &_o breve_fw-la &_o fragile_a est_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d omnium_fw-la consensu_fw-la capâ—x_fw-la imperii_fw-la nisi_fw-la imperâ—sset_fw-la imperâ—sset_fw-la be_v ordo_fw-la vitio_fw-la vacato_fw-la caeâ—â—ris_fw-la specimen_fw-la esto_fw-la ciâ—_n de_fw-fr leg._n l._n 3._o 3._o philos._n transâ—ct_n transâ—ct_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vit._n orator_n orator_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euâ—ipid_a euâ—ipid_a tibi_fw-la non_fw-la magis_fw-la quam_fw-la soli_fw-la latere_fw-la contigit_fw-la etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dâ—o_o caâ—â—_n hist._n rom._n l._n 5â—_n 5â—_n quoth_v exemplo_fw-la â—it_n id_fw-la etiam_fw-la jure_fw-la fieri_fw-la putant_fw-la cic._n epist._n 3._o lib._n 4._o 4._o quales_fw-la in_o republica_n principes_fw-la essâ—nt_fw-la tale_n reliquos_fw-la sâ—lâ—re_fw-la esse_fw-la civeâ—_n civeâ—_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o vita_fw-la moâ—is_n moâ—is_n vita_fw-la principis_fw-la censâ—ra_fw-la est_fw-la eaque_fw-la perpetua_fw-la ad_fw-la hanc_fw-la diriginâ—ur_fw-la ad_fw-la hanc_fw-la convertimur_fw-la nec_fw-la tam_fw-la imperio_fw-la nobis_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la exemplo_fw-la exemplo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n 1._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cyr._n inst._n l._n 8._o 8._o 〈…〉_z l._n 3._o c._n 20._o 20._o deipnosoph_n l._n 4._o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d geograph_n l._n 17._o 17._o luxuriae_fw-la se_fw-la tâ—adiderat_a regisque_fw-la mores_fw-la omniâ—_n seâ—uta_fw-la regius_fw-la iâ—aque_fw-la non_fw-la amici_fw-la tantum_fw-la pâ—aefectique_a verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la omnis_fw-la exerciâ—us_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n lib._n 36._o 36._o antiochi_n coecam_fw-la &_o amentem_fw-la luxuriam_fw-la exercitus_fw-la imitatus_fw-la lib._n 9_o c._n 1._o 1._o pernisiosius_fw-la de_fw-la repub._n merentur_fw-la vitiosi_fw-la principeâ—_n quod_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la vitia_fw-la concipiunt_fw-la ipsi_fw-la sed_fw-la ea_fw-la infundunâ—_n in_fw-la civitatem_fw-la neque_fw-la solum_fw-la obsunt_fw-la quod_fw-la illi_fw-la ipsi_fw-la corrumpuntur_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la quod_fw-la corrumpunt_fw-la plusque_fw-la exemplo_fw-la quam_fw-la peccato_fw-la nocent_a lib._n 3_o de_fw-fr legib._n legib._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n haeâ—_n est_fw-la conditio_fw-la principum_fw-la ut_fw-la quicquid_fw-la faciunt_fw-la praecipere_fw-la videantur_fw-la quintil_n 8._o declam_fw-la declam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d xiphiliâ—_n xiphiliâ—_n nicephor_n l._n 7._o c._n 34._o 34._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n plut._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—_o orat._n orat._n psal._n 51._o 12._o 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o cor._n three_o 11._o 11._o ephes._n two_o 20._o 20._o colloqu_n mensal_n mensal_n rom._n xv_o 20._o 1_o cor._n iii._o 10._o gal._n two_o 18._o eph._n two_o 22._o col._n two_o 7._o 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chryson_fw-la chryson_fw-la exod._n xxxi_o 3_o etc._n etc._n etc._n â—_o cor._n three_o 10._o 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dialog_n cum_fw-la tryph._n tryph._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gal._n i_o 14._o 14._o cont._n faust_n i._n 13._o c._n 15._o 15._o ambros._n offic._n 1._o 20._o 20._o eccles_n hist._n i._n 2._o c._n 9_o 9_o genesis_n and_o exodus_fw-la exodus_fw-la psalm_n and_o isaiah_n isaiah_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈…〉_z epist._n l._n 4._o 4._o euseb._n eccles._n hist._n hist._n 1_o cor._n fourteen_o 19_o 19_o 2._o king_n four_o 34._o 34._o can._n 75._o 75._o matth._n xxiii_o 3._o 3._o it_o be_v i_o 6._o 6._o john_n v._n 35._o 35._o it_o be_v i_o 9_o 9_o 2_o tim_n two_o 15._o 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theodoret._n eccl._n 〈◊〉_d l._n 5._o c._n 28._o 28._o à _fw-fr gon_n ed_z cubiius_fw-la cubiius_fw-la lib._n 5_o p._n 217._o 217._o in_o homer_n ody_n o._n o._n selden_n de_fw-fr dis_n syr._n syntag._n 2._o 2._o ode_n 14._o 14._o tibul._n lib._n 1._o eleg._n 8._o 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tyrus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rupes_fw-la rupes_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d build_v herself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o strong_a hold._n hold._n antiqu._n jud._n l._n 11._o and_o cont._n apion_n l._n 1._o 1._o isai._n xxiii_o 17._o 17._o isai._n xxiii_o 17._o 17._o diodor._fw-la sic._n l._n 17._o plutarch_n vit_fw-fr alex._n m._n curtius_n l._n 4._o 4._o arrianus_n arrianus_n diodorus_n curtius_n curtius_n prov._n iii._o 16._o 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d xenophon_n xenophon_n tob._n four_o 13._o 13._o prov._n vi_fw-la 26._o 26._o chap._n viij_o ver_fw-la 4_o 8._o 8._o prov._n xxii_o 16._o 16._o luke_n xvii_o 28_o 29._o 29._o ver_fw-la 8._o 8._o ignat._n epist._n ad_fw-la philip._n hilar._n can._n 7._o in_o matth._n chry._n 〈◊〉_d hom._n passim_fw