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dear_a son_n thou_o be_v well_o descend_v and_o theocritus_n in_o his_o heracliscus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d '_o thou_o be_v of_o the_o stock_n of_o perseus_n among_o the_o latin_n we_o have_v virgil_n aeneid_n 6._o projice_fw-la tela_fw-la manu_fw-la sanguis_fw-la meus_fw-la '_o cast_v thy_o dart_n my_o son_n and_o tibullus_n ad_fw-la matrem_fw-la de_fw-la filia_fw-la quicquid_fw-la agit_fw-fr sanguis_fw-la est_fw-la tamen_fw-la illa_fw-la tuus_fw-la let_v she_o do_v what_o she_o will_v she_o will_v be_v still_o your_o daughter_n and_o not_o only_o among_o the_o poet_n but_o also_o among_o the_o orator_n too_o as_o quintilian_n in_o his_o declamation_n pro_fw-la milite_fw-la abdicandus_fw-la &_o ejurandus_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la sanguis_fw-la tuus_fw-la you_o may_v abdicate_v and_o abjure_v he_o if_o you_o please_v he_o be_v neither_o your_o son_n nor_o your_o relation_n what_o mr._n blount_n affirm_v concern_v the_o jew_n that_o divers_a of_o they_o be_v of_o this_o 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&_o mnlta_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la eorum_fw-la sacra_fw-la et_fw-la historiam_fw-la pertinent_a long_o melius_fw-la nos_fw-la teneamus_fw-la quam_fw-la illi_fw-la the_o ignorance_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v very_o manifest_a and_o we_o christian_n know_v their_o sacred_a rite_n and_o their_o history_n much_o better_a than_o they_o themselves_o these_o be_v testimony_n which_o i_o have_v borrow_a from_o learned_a man_n who_o be_v very_o conversant_a in_o all_o the_o jewish_a learning_n and_o yet_o after_o all_o we_o have_v reason_n to_o believe_v this_o be_v a_o mistake_n in_o mr._n blount_n for_o the_o four_o article_n of_o the_o jewish_a faith_n believe_v by_o all_o jew_n without_o contradiction_n as_o l._n modena_n tell_v we_o in_o his_o hist_n p._n 245._o be_v that_o god_n be_v from_o all_o eternity_n and_o that_o all_o other_o other_o thing_n beside_o have_v a_o beginning_n at_o some_o time_n and_o article_n 9th_o that_o moses_n be_v whole_o dictate_v by_o god_n and_o put_v not_o 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