XV. Verba gladii.
XV. Verba gladii.
And I saw that the man I mentioned had drawn his sword, which had three edges, and he held it by the hilt, ready to strike in every direction. And the same man said, "I have Zelura's zeal against Aquilonera, and against those who dwell in it." Who can overcome by striking? Nerao. I have no connection with Nara. A man did not call me to care for him, but I judge all things in every kind of work. For God formed man from the dust of the earth, in whom He accomplished all His works, and in him, I look as in a mirror.
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Et vidi quod praefatus vir evaginatum gladium, tres acies habentem, collo ipsius capulo irapositura habuit, qui hac et illac ad feriendura raovebatur.
Et idem ^ladius dixit: « Zelura zeli contra Aquilonera, et contra oranes qui in eo habitant, habeo.
Quis poterit percutiendo rae superare?
Nerao.
Nara ego raateriara in conjunctione non habeo.
Vir enira cura rauliere non vocavit me, sed omnia opera in 1G omni genere dijudico.
Deus enim de limo terrae hominem formavit, in quo om* nia opera sua perpetravit, et in illum sicut in speculum aspicio.»
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