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  • Their effect on the mind of Gregory XI. is attested by the last solemn words of the dying pope, who admonished the assistants, ut caverent ab hominibus, sive viris, sive mulieribus, sub specie religionis loquentibus visiones sui capitis, quia per tales ipse seductus, &c.,

    History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 Edward Gibbon 1765

  • Their effect on the mind of Gregory XI. is attested by the last solemn words of the dying pope, who admonished the assistants, ut caverent ab hominibus, sive viris, sive mulieribus, sub specie religionis loquentibus visiones sui capitis, quia per tales ipse seductus, &c.,

    History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 Edward Gibbon 1765

  • The strict endemic Balsas Screech Owl (Otus seductus) is found here along with the green parakeet (Aratinga holochlora), banded quail (Philortx fasciatus), greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus), crested guan (Penelope p. purpurascens '), and orange-fronted parakeet (Aratinga caracularis).

    Balsas dry forests 2007

  • 5: "The fear of Adam was the beginning of wisdom; the sense of transgression led to repentance; but God bestows his grace on the penitent" ... "eum odivit deus, qui seduxit hominem, ei vero qui seductus est, sensim paullatimque misertus est."

    History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890

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