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"text": "Now wil the Chriſtian miſcreants be glad,\nRinging with ioy their ſuperſtitious belles:\nAnd making bonfires for my ouerthrow.\nBut ere I die thoſe foule Idolaters\nShall make me bonfires with their filthy bones, […]",
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"word": "bezbožnik"
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