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c o m m u n e v e lu ti r e cep ta c u lu m , d e fu n fto ru m c iv ita tem , d e dod'as r i k e , i n f o r m a n t, iisd em q u e a la r u m in vita re r u m m e m o r i a m , quin & m u tu os lerm oncs affingunt. Q u o d t o t u m etfi ea q u id em e x parte fabulare eft, neque e n i m a n i m o r u m , poft m o r te m c o r p o r u m , continuan d a m v ita m p r o x im e a t t in g i t , Poeticæ tam en artis in g e n i o b elle c o n g r u i t , n eq u e adeo in ftilo facri fcriptoris i n d e c o r u m e n t , cui iisdem fane u ten d um m achinis, q u i b u s m o v e r i libentius hum anas m e n t e s , Pfychologia c o n
d o c e t . A t q u e Hebraeis in primis fubm iniftratos hujus
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