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31,
41
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34,
38
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"english": "I tell thee, eighty years, of the wood that is called Sem",
"text": "Ic ðē secge lxxx wintra of ðām trēowcynne ðe is nemned Sem.",
"translation": "I tell thee, eighty years, of the wood that is called Sem",
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},
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"text": "Wonders of the East\nOn þysse stōwe beoð trēowcynn þā beoð laurbēame ⁊ eletrēowum ġelīċe. Of ðām trēowum balsamum sē dēorweorðesta ele bið eall kenned.",
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"translation": "I tell thee, eighty years, of the wood that is called Sem",
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},
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"text": "Wonders of the East\nOn þysse stōwe beoð trēowcynn þā beoð laurbēame ⁊ eletrēowum ġelīċe. Of ðām trēowum balsamum sē dēorweorðesta ele bið eall kenned.",
"translation": "In this place there are kinds of trees that similar to a laurel or olive tree. From those trees balsamum, the most precious oil, is all produced.",
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