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have_v ingenuous_o profess_v his_o dislike_n of_o this_o the_o pagan_n endeavour_v to_o get_v his_o work_n abolish_v by_o the_o senate_n because_o they_o imply_v a_o dislike_n of_o ancient_a paganism_n and_o a_o approbation_n of_o christian_a doctrine_n oportere_fw-la statui_fw-la per_fw-la senatum_fw-la aboleantur_fw-la ut_fw-la haec_fw-la scripta_fw-la quibus_fw-la christiana_n religlo_n comprobetur_fw-la &_o vetustatis_fw-la opprimatur_fw-la auctoritas_fw-la so_o essential_a be_v these_o sex_n to_o the_o pagan_a deity_n which_o be_v design_v only_o for_o carnal_a propagation_n bring_v on_o my_o 2._o reason_n those_o god_n receive_v their_o being_n from_o parent_n as_o man_n do_v this_o be_v sufficient_o evidence_v out_o of_o ovid._n l._n 4._o fast_o illa_fw-la venus_n deos_fw-la omnes_fw-la longum_fw-la est_fw-la numerare_fw-la creavit_fw-la you_o pag._n 488._o distinguish_v venus_n aphrodite_n from_o the_o vulgar_a and_o pag._n 489._o you_o say_v that_o that_o venus_n to_o who_o 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