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 go caafam^cur hscc non pari modo /c habcanciJia cxilbmandu. 



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 ficVcrii cias vtriafq; codicionis caafam imbccillitashabccqof 

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 itifirmiuscft(vtfiepcretalimas)facilius affici,fcntircqj potcftj 

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 iniirmlorafant,iSfccducarc,<Srpcrfici faciliuspofsint,vt vna & 

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 tcgminis ambicntis firmitacc vrcrctur , ccu faba: hufccnim tar- 



diproucntascaufa,crafsitudo putaminiseft :& filatxii^pl^"' 



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