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# Title: Merici Casauboni, Is. F. De Quatuor Linguis Commentationis, Pars prior: Quæ, De Lingua Hebraica: Et, De Lingua Saxonica (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 188)
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# Model: FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74, 2026-09-06T16:05:13Z — 29 lines, status machine
# Lines: 29 recognised, mean confidence 0.91
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deseses esse ea
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Candido Lectori, S. P.
Vadriennium jam, aut eo amplius est.
Lanice Lector, cum Londini inter li-
bros acens, es privatas amicorum
bibliothecas, varia mecum, quo animum a
praesentibus miserus fortius avocarem
quasi in lucem postea producturus, asita-
bam. Inter ea erat de ortu sermonis tracta:
tus, satis accuratus: cui comitem de ver-
borum usu, ob arcumenci affinitatem, dia-
tribam, adjuncere statueram. Jam eo rem
perduxeram, ut utrique sol a transcriptio-
ne ut typoeraphotraderentur, opus esset. Ita
vero conticit; ut ansoluta diatribae (quae
minor lonse) transcriptione, dum in priore
illotractatu occupatur amannensis uterque
aliudacere, e quod in manibus erat opus
omittere, coacti simus. Actum erat de utre
que fortasse, (neque enim is ezosum, qui
Semel omissa libenter in manus resumam:)
nisi bibliopola cui spes facta erat majoris e-
peris es lueri, saltem quod erat transcri-
prum, nec ab altero sic pendebat, ut seorsim
prodire non posset, ut id sibi traderetur in-
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