sed si forte Achaicis Eleusinae superstitionis exemplis tamquam non idoneis religiosus laudatus offenditur, seposita mystici intellectus reverentia venerabilis patriarchae Ioseph historialem diligentiam comparemus, qui contra sterilitatem septem uberes annos insecuturam facile providit remedium, quod praevidit.
But it may be that a minister of religion finds it offensive to be praised by means of Greek analogies derived from the idolatry of Eleusis, which he regards as inappropriate; therefore, leaving out of account the special sanctity of his mystic understanding, I would fain bring into comparison the solicitude (considered as a historical fact) of the venerable patriarch Joseph, who because he had prevision easily made provision against the dearth that was to follow the seven years of plenty:
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