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Nec valet hic dominus defectum vllum pati pecuniæ, eò quòd in terra sua non currit moneta de argento, vel auro, alióue metallo, sed tantùm de corio vel papyro: horum enim forma denariorum signo Imperatoris impressorum preciatur minoris aut maioris valoris, secundum diuersitatem impressionis, qui per visitationem, detriti vel rupti, cùm ad Regis thesaurarios deferuntur, protinùs dantur pro illis noui.
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Nec valet hic dominus defectum vllum pati pecuni�, e� qu騞 in terra sua non currit moneta de argento, vel auro, ali髐e metallo, sed tant鵰 de corio vel papyro: horum enim forma denariorum signo Imperatoris impressorum preciatur minoris aut maioris valoris, secundum diuersitatem impressionis, qui per visitationem, detriti vel rupti, c鵰 ad Regis thesaurarios deferuntur, protin鵶 dantur pro illis noui.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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My papyro-positor, as it is to be called, was not attached to the machine when it began to write, and consequently the sheets had not been gathered up as they would have been had that been the case, but had dropped off as they were written, and were lying loosely scattered on the floor and the table, just where they had happened to fall as they had reeled off from the type-writer.
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* This is rather a paraphrase, but is justified by what the Scholiast upon Juvenal says; "Nero maleficos homines taeda et papyro et cera supervestiebat, et sic ad ignem admoveri jubebat."
Evidence of Christianity William Paley 1774
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Cordyllas madidâ tegas papyro, Vel thuris piperisque sis cucullus.
The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 Robert Herrick 1632
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Nec valet hic dominus defectum vllum pati pecuniæ, eò quòd in terra sua non currit moneta de argento, vel auro, alióue metallo, sed tantùm de corio vel papyro: horum enim forma denariorum signo Imperatoris impressorum preciatur minoris aut maioris valoris, secundum diuersitatem impressionis, qui per visitationem, detriti vel rupti, cùm ad Regis thesaurarios deferuntur, protinùs dantur pro illis noui.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Alberti Magni summa naturalium, cujus initium est, “Philosophia dividitur.” papyro, 4º.
The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts John Dee 1567
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-- Antonii Barsizii cauteriaria, comedia, una cum aliis variis. papyro, fº.
The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts John Dee 1567
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Quæstiones super elenchos, et alia logicalia. papyro, 4º.
The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts John Dee 1567
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Aristotelis prædicamenta, una cum aliarum notationum libellis. papyro, 4º.
The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts John Dee 1567
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