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## Col 0523B/C (chunk 0000) — garbled type in the Psalm quotation
- Reading (as printed):
Et adorabunt cum omnes reges, [0523C] omnes gentes servient ei - Note:
cumstands where the sense and the source (Ps. 71:11, adorabunt eum omnes reges) require eum ("him") — the direct object ofadorabunt, parallel to the followingservient ei. A plain misprint (c/e confusion). Rendered per the intended object ("And all kings shall adore him"); the Latin itself is not emended.