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britain_n to_o learn_v out_o know_v and_o embrace_v the_o nativity_n and_o religion_n of_o christ._n 9_o chap._n iiij_o of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o empeperour_n tiberius_n 12_o chap._n v._o further_n continue_v the_o extraordinary_a preach_n and_o reveal_n of_o christ_n at_o rome_n by_o mean_n whereof_o among_o many_o other_o diverse_a britan_n be_v connert_v in_o the_o day_n of_o tiberius_n 18_o chap._n vj._n that_o s._n james_n the_o apostle_n who_o be_v common_o say_v to_o have_v preach_v in_o spain_n in_o this_o time_n do_v not_o preach_v in_o ireland_n as_o some_o write_v yet_o his_o preach_n to_o the_o jew_n in_o spain_n may_v prepare_v the_o way_n for_o the_o spiritual_a good_a of_o some_o in_o britain_n although_o none_o of_o they_o conucrt_v by_o he_o 25_o chap._n seven_o of_o the_o time_n of_o caius_n caligula_n emperor_n and_o some_o christian_a britan_n of_o this_o nation_n probable_o both_o at_o rome_n and_o in_o britain_n in_o his_o day_n 30._o chap._n viij_o of_o the_o time_n of_o claâdius_n and_o how_o by_o our_o protestant_n testimony_n one_o of_o the_o twelve_o apostle_n then_o preach_v in_o britain_n 36_o chap._n ix_o wherein_o be_v prove_v by_o protestant_a antiquary_n that_o among_o the_o three_o apostle_n s._n peter_n s._n paul_n and_o s._n simon_n zelotes_n which_o be_v think_v by_o any_o antiquary_n to_o have_v preach_v here_o in_o britain_n it_o be_v not_o s._n paul_n which_o first_o preach_v hear_v but_o s._n peter_n 40._o chap._n x._o how_o s._n simon_n zelotes_n never_o preach_v in_o this_o our_o britain_n âuen_v by_o the_o best_a testimony_n of_o protestant_n and_o other_o nor_o any_o simon_n a_o apostle_n but_o s._n simon_n peter_n and_o perhaps_o s._n simon_n leprosus_fw-la or_o s._n nathantel_n by_o by_o some_o call_v s._n simon_n 43_o chap._n xj_o wherein_o diverse_a protestant_n incline_v to_o think_v s._n peter_n preach_v here_o in_o britain_n before_o his_o comâing_n to_o rome_n and_o what_o probability_n that_o opinion_n have_v 49_o chap._n xij_o wherein_o be_v show_v to_o be_v the_o most_o probable_a opinion_n that_o s._n peter_n at_o his_o first_o come_v to_o rome_n be_v receive_v thereby_o britan_n of_o this_o nation_n and_o who_o probable_o they_o be_v 54_o chap._n xiij_o make_v manifest_a unto_o we_o how_o and_o who_o in_o particular_a s._n peter_n the_o apostle_n send_v from_o rome_n unto_o we_o and_o so_o consequent_o into_o this_o kingdom_n of_o britain_n also_o so_o know_v and_o renown_v then_o among_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o western_a world_n 63_o chap._n fourteen_o wherein_o be_v prove_v by_o many_o argument_n authority_n and_o antiquary_n both_o catholics_n and_o protetanst_n that_o s._n peter_n the_o apostle_n parsonal_o preach_v and_o found_v christian_a religion_n in_o this_o kingdom_n 68_o chap._n xv_o wherein_o be_v both_o answer_n make_v to_o protestant_a objection_n against_o s._n peter_n preach_v in_o britain_n by_o the_o protestant_n themselves_o and_o their_o own_o author_n and_o by_o the_o same_o confirm_v that_o s._n peter_n
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&_o commutabitur_fw-la vivet_fw-la &_o regnabit_fw-la &_o consummabuntur_fw-la haec_fw-la omne_fw-la fietque_fw-la regeneratio_fw-la ultimo_fw-la bonos_fw-es iudicabit_fw-la &_o malos_fw-la surget_n stella_fw-la mirabilis_fw-la danaos_n illuminabit_fw-la orbem_fw-la illustrabit_fw-la in_o eneadem_fw-la latus_fw-la piscatoris_fw-la nomen_fw-la agni_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la fine_n seculi_fw-la virtute_fw-la perducet_fw-la ind_n in_o eneade_n iuncta_fw-la vinctos_fw-la à _fw-la diabolo_fw-la liberabiâ_n in_o the_o last_o age_n god_n will_v be_v humble_v and_o the_o son_n of_o god_n will_v be_v humble_v the_o lamb_n shall_v lie_v in_o hay_n god_n and_o man_n shall_v be_v bring_v up_o by_o a_o virgin_n service_n he_o shall_v choose_v unto_o he_o out_o of_o fisher_n and_o mean_a person_n a_o number_n of_o twelve_o &_o one_o of_o they_o a_o devil_n he_o shall_v make_v subject_a unto_o he_o the_o city_n of_o aeneas_n rome_n &_o king_n not_o by_o sword_n &_o war_n but_o by_o the_o hook_n of_o a_o fisher_n in_o dejection_n &_o poverty_n he_o shall_v overcome_v riches_n he_o shall_v tread_v down_o pride_n with_o
martyrolog_n roman_n 21._o julij_fw-la act._n s._n praxedis_fw-la in_o breviar_n die_v 21._o julij_fw-la &_o s._n pudentianae_fw-la die_v 19_o maij._n inter_v there_o cvius_fw-la s._n praxedis_n corpus_fw-la à _fw-la pastore_n presbytero_fw-la in_o patris_fw-la &_o sororis_fw-la pudcntianae_n sepulchrum_fw-la illatum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la erat_fw-la in_o caemiterio_fw-la priscillae_fw-la via_fw-la salaria_n and_o yet_o beside_o this_o memorable_a foundation_n for_o the_o public_a good_a of_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n these_o roman_n themselves_o do_v tell_v we_o and_o the_o late_o continue_a building_n themselves_o testify_v that_o there_o be_v a_o other_o such_o secret_a church_n yard_n at_o her_o own_o house_n to_o hide_v protect_v and_o bury_v holy_a martyr_n in_o in_o ipso_fw-la titulo_fw-la pastoris_fw-la ubi_fw-la erant_fw-la thermae_fw-la novati_fw-la quae_fw-la &_o timothinae_n dictae_fw-la ipsae_fw-la balnei_fw-la inferiores_fw-la januarij_fw-la caesar_n baron_fw-fr annot._n in_o martyrol_n rom._n die_v 16._o januarij_fw-la cellae_fw-la instar_fw-la porticuum_fw-la sibi_fw-la concameratione_n coniuctae_fw-la quae_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o hanc_fw-la diem_fw-la cernuntur_fw-la pain_fw-la integrae_fw-la caemiterij_fw-la loco_fw-la ad_fw-la sepeliendos_fw-la sublatos_fw-la occulte_fw-la martyr_n inseruisse_fw-la creduntur_fw-la and_o thus_o we_o have_v find_v out_o now_o at_o the_o last_o the_o house_n of_o our_o noble_a christian_n britan_n at_o rome_n to_o have_v be_v the_o first_o lodging_n of_o the_o great_a apostle_n s._n peter_n there_o his_o first_o church_n and_o seat_n the_o harbour_n of_o s._n paul_n and_o many_o of_o their_o disciple_n and_o successor_n pope_n of_o rome_n after_o they_o the_o first_o seminary_n college_n or_o mother_n of_o christian_a learning_n there_o or_o in_o the_o western_a world_n the_o common_a and_o ordinary_a place_n of_o holy_a christian_a assembly_n and_o exercise_n from_o whence_o as_o from_o the_o original_n 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chief_a of_o the_o nobility_n of_o britain_n keep_v hostage_n at_o rome_n for_o this_o kingdom_n and_o yet_o after_o so_o many_o year_n spend_v and_o their_o honourable_a revenue_n much_o exhaust_v in_o these_o pious_a work_n in_o maintain_v and_o relieve_v distress_a christian_n by_o rhemselue_n substance_n and_o great_a number_n of_o attendant_n and_o servant_n attend_v also_o to_o those_o holy_a end_n they_o leave_v so_o much_o to_o posterity_n that_o in_o the_o family_n of_o their_o grand_a child_n s_o pudentiana_n in_o the_o same_o house_n there_o praxede_n vita_fw-la s._n pudent_fw-la in_o breviar_n rom._n die_v 19_o maij._fw-la bar._n tom._n 2._o annal._n in_o s._n praxede_n be_v nonaginta_fw-la sex_n homines_fw-la 96._o christian_n man_n ordinary_a attendant_n and_o s._n praxede_v her_o sister_n live_v there_o 19_o holy_a christian_n be_v martyr_v in_o that_o house_n at_o one_o time_n the_o xiii_o chapter_n make_v manifest_a unto_o we_o how_o and_o who_o in_o particular_a s._n peter_n the_o apostle_n send_v from_o rome_n into_o these_o part_n of_o the_o world_n next_o unto_o we_o and_o so_o consequent_o into_o this_o kingdom_n of_o britain_n also_o so_o know_v and_o renown_v then_o among_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o western_a world_n 1._o now_o let_v we_o examine_v more_o particular_o who_o they_o be_v who_o s._n peter_n thus_o receive_v in_o rome_n by_o our_o british_a countryman_n send_v into_o these_o part_n of_o the_o world_n next_o adjacent_a unto_o this_o island_n that_o if_o we_o find_v the_o first_o preacher_n of_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n in_o all_o these_o country_n next_o unto_o we_o be_v send_v by_o saint_n peter_n so_o well_o acquaint_v with_o our_o roman_n britan_n we_o may_v bold_o conclude_v that_o this_o kingdom_n alone_o be_v not_o leave_v unremembered_a in_o those_o holy_a ambassage_n our_o protestant_a antiquary_n from_o s._n innocentius_n twelve_o hundred_o year_n since_o and_o other_o antiquity_n acknowledge_v it_o for_o so_o certain_a and_o undoubted_a a_o truth_n quis_fw-la nesciat_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la manifestum_fw-la that_o no_o man_n can_v be_v ignorant_a of_o it_o be_v manifest_a but_o s._n peter_n found_v the_o first_o church_n of_o africa_n italy_n 44._o godwyn_n conu_n of_o britain_n p._n 3._o innoc._n 1._o epist_n ad_fw-la decent_a do_v 11._o simon_n metaphr_n 29._o dic_fw-la junij_fw-la bar._n annal._n a_o 44._o france_n spain_n sicily_n and_o the_o land_n that_o lie_v betwixt_o they_o sardinia_n or_o corcica_n maiorca_n minorca_n and_o for_o sicily_n and_o those_o land_n we_o need_v not_o expect_v s._n peter_n come_v to_o rome_n for_o while_o he_o be_v in_o the_o east_n so_o far_o of_o he_o send_v s._n martianus_n and_o paccatius_n thither_o &_o land_v there_o himself_o in_o sicily_n the_o chief_a island_n when_o he_o come_v to_o rome_n of_o italy_n there_o be_v no_o question_n among_o writer_n protestant_n or_o other_o but_o it_o fall_v to_o the_o division_n of_o saint_n peter_n for_o though_o 205._o act._n apost_n c._n 12._o 13._o 14._o 15._o sophron._n tom_n 7._o biblioth_n patr._n hartmann_n schedel_n chronic._n chronicor_n f._n 205._o many_o bring_v saint_n barnabas_n into_o italy_n yet_o it_o be_v evident_a by_o the_o holy_a scripture_n themselves_o that_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v long_o after_o saint_n peter_n come_v to_o rome_n and_o when_o saint_n barnabas_n brother_n to_o s._n aristobulus_n by_o some_o father_n in_o law_n to_o saint_n peter_n preach_v in_o italy_n it_o be_v as_o antiquary_n say_v by_o the_o direction_n of_o saint_n peter_n barnabasè_fw-la 72._o discipulis_fw-la fuit_fw-la natione_fw-la cyprius_fw-la be_v in_o italiam_fw-la veniens_fw-la ex_fw-la praecepto_fw-la petri_n omnem_fw-la longobardiam_fw-la praedicando_fw-la &_o docendo_fw-la circuivit_fw-la &_o apud_fw-la mediolanum_n primus_fw-la cathedralem_fw-la locum_fw-la tenuit_fw-la barnabas_n one_o of_o the_o 72._o disciple_n be_v by_o nation_n a_o cyprian_a he_o come_v into_o italy_n by_o the_o commandment_n of_o peter_n go_v about_o all_o lombardy_n preach_v and_o teach_v and_o be_v the_o first_o that_o hold_v the_o cathedral_n place_n at_o milan_n the_o next_o nation_n to_o this_o in_o the_o way_n to_o this_o island_n of_o britain_n be_v that_o of_o the_o heluetian_o or_o switcer_n who_o germ._n theatre_n of_o great_a britain_n lib._n 6._o pantal._n de_fw-fr vir_fw-la illustrib_o germ._n apostle_n as_o our_o protestant_n assure_v we_o be_v that_o our_o renown_a countryman_n s._n beatus_fw-la send_v apostle_n thither_o by_o his_o master_n saint_n peter_n authority_n of_o which_o matter_n i_o be_o to_o speak_v more_o hereafter_o for_o the_o part_n between_o helvetia_n and_o we_o sebastian_n munster_n the_o magdeburgian_n protestant_n in_o the_o first_o of_o their_o supr_fw-la sebastian_z munst_n cosmograp_v l._n 3._o magdebur_n cent_n 1._o henricus_fw-la pant_n de_fw-fr vir_fw-la illustrib_o germ._n part_n 1._o pag._n 100_o henricus_fw-la de_fw-fr erford_n hist_o germ._n catal_a episc_n tungr_n catal._n epis_n met._n catal._n episcop_n tullen_n guhel_n eisengr_n centen_a 1._o henric._n de_fw-fr erford_n apud_fw-la munster_n &_o pant._n sup_v beat_v rhenan_n l._n 2_o rerum_fw-la germ._n p._n 88_o francis_n burgo_v eccl._n hist_o l._n 2._o c._n 1._o theatre_n of_o great_a brit._n l._n 6._o bal._n l._n the_o scriptor_n in_o kentegern_n io._n capgrau_n cat_n in_o s._n kentegern_n guliel_n lomb._n l._n the_o leg_n regum_fw-la britan._n in_o ewardo_n confessore_fw-la richard_n kackluyt_n in_o reg._n arthu_n &_o edga_n arnold_n mirman_n in_o theatro_fw-la conu_n gent._n acta_fw-la s._n joan._n in_o breviar_n rom._n die_v 25._o julij_fw-la martyrol_n rom._n 25._o maij._fw-la bed_n mart._n ib._n vsuard_n ib._n &_o ado._n breviar_n eccles_n toletan_n greg._n 7._o epist_n ad_fw-la alphonsum_fw-la reg._n vincent_n in_o spec_fw-la hist_o lib._n 6._o cap._n 6._o francis_n mas_o l._n 2._o of_o consecrat_fw-mi cap._n 2._o joy_n de_fw-mi mayerne_n turquet_n history_n general_a d'espagne_n li._n 4._o p._n 179._o beuter_n ib._n vincent_n supr_fw-la centurye_n henticus_n pantaleon_n jodocus_n willichius_n arnoldus_fw-la mermannius_fw-la henry_n of_o erford_n and_o other_o historian_n of_o germany_n both_o catholics_n and_o protestant_n be_v witness_n with_o the_o
priest_n saint_n trophimus_n send_v from_o saint_n peter_n the_o apostle_n and_o from_o thence_o by_o little_a and_o little_a the_o gift_n of_o faith_n be_v infuse_v to_o the_o other_o region_n of_o france_n where_o we_o see_v it_o prove_v by_o the_o public_a letter_n and_o testimony_n of_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o that_o province_n that_o it_o be_v a_o certain_a and_o confess_v truth_n among_o all_o the_o church_n of_o france_n and_o know_v also_o at_o rome_n that_o saint_n trophimus_n who_o be_v so_o renown_v in_o france_n be_v send_v thither_o by_o saint_n peter_n which_o yet_o do_v not_o condemn_v their_o opinion_n which_o say_v saint_n paul_n in_o his_o journey_n from_o rome_n to_o spain_n leave_v he_o by_o the_o way_n at_o arles_n whether_o he_o be_v former_o send_v by_o saint_n peter_n and_o saint_n paul_n find_v he_o at_o arles_n go_v on_o his_o journey_n leave_v saint_n trophimus_n where_o he_o find_v he_o which_o confirm_v that_o i_o have_v deliver_v before_o of_o this_o 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godwyn_n conu_n of_o britâine_n p._n 6._o a_o great_a glory_n to_o our_o nation_n to_o derive_v the_o peti-degree_n of_o our_o spituall_a linadge_n from_o so_o noble_a and_o excellent_a a_o father_n as_o saint_n peter_n and_o diverse_a other_o of_o that_o profession_n will_v seem_v to_o give_v that_o preeminencie_n unto_o he_o to_o satisfy_v therefore_o these_o man_n and_o give_v that_o due_a honour_n to_o this_o kingdom_n this_o be_v sufficient_o prove_v before_o by_o those_o that_o have_v tell_v we_o he_o preach_v in_o all_o kingdom_n and_o land_n of_o the_o west_n therefore_o this_o cuontry_n so_o great_a and_o ample_a a_o portion_n of_o the_o western_a world_n and_o the_o most_o flourish_a island_n thereof_o can_v be_v exclude_v from_o this_o prerogative_n this_o move_v our_o first_o christian_a king_n lucius_n and_o the_o authority_n s._n peter_n his_o personal_a preach_n and_o sound_v our_o church_n in_o britain_n prove_v by_o all_o human_a authority_n chief_a of_o the_o clergy_n hear_v in_o that_o time_n in_o the_o first_o public_a and_o general_a conversion_n of_o this_o kingdom_n to_o dedicate_v the_o first_o and_o principal_a church_n of_o this_o land_n to_o this_o glorious_a apostle_n as_o our_o first_o father_n and_o founder_n in_o christ_n as_o namely_o two_o in_o one_o city_n of_o london_n the_o one_o of_o they_o the_o metropolitan_a chief_n see_v diverse_a hundred_o of_o year_n situate_v in_o cornhill_n and_o still_o keep_v the_o name_n of_o saint_n peter_n church_n the_o other_o at_o westminster_n also_o to_o this_o day_n â0_n stowe_n hist_o in_o k._n lucius_n a_o d._n 179_o holinsh._n ib._n hist_o of_o engl._n the_o table_n of_o s._n peter_n church_n there_o john_n norden_n specul_fw-la britan._n part_n 1._o p._n 42._o camden_n in_o brit._n belgae_n sommersetshâre_v francis_n mason_n consecrat_fw-mi l._n 2._o c._n cap._n 2._o pag._n â0_n retain_v the_o name_n saint_n peter_n church_n and_o diverse_a other_o in_o this_o kingdom_n when_o except_o that_o of_o glastenbury_n dedicate_v to_o our_o bless_a lady_n saint_n mary_n we_o can_v find_v the_o like_a of_o dedicate_a so_o ancient_a and_o many_o church_n to_o any_o other_o saint_n saint_n paul_n saint_n joseph_n or_o who_o soever_o suppose_v to_o have_v preach_v here_o 2._o the_o next_o argument_n shall_v be_v from_o the_o testimony_n of_o our_o holy_a king_n inas_fw-la and_o the_o clergy_n of_o england_n then_o who_o in_o the_o place_n of_o the_o old_a church_n of_o glastenbury_n build_v a_o very_a magnificent_a new_a church_n dedicate_v it_o to_o christ_n saint_n peter_n and_o saint_n paul_n and_o in_o the_o high_a forefront_n thereof_o engrave_v certain_a verse_n in_o the_o honour_n of_o saint_n peter_n and_o saint_n paul_n among_o which_o these_o three_o be_v find_v surgit_fw-la in_o his_o templum_fw-la quod_fw-la placet_fw-la ara_fw-la deo_fw-la anglia_fw-it plaude_fw-la lubens_fw-la mittit_fw-la tilâ_n roma_fw-la salutem_fw-la fulgour_fw-la apostolicus_n glasconiam_fw-la 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britain_n 110._o 4._o s._n joseph_n the_o most_o ancient_a of_o any_o regular_a abbot_n in_o the_o school_n of_o christ_n 331._o 8._o s._n josephs_n come_n make_v doubtful_a by_o some_o other_o whole_o deny_v it_o ib._n s._n joseph_n be_v not_o send_v hither_o out_o of_o france_n by_o s._n philip_n the_o apostle_n 111._o 1._o s._n joseph_n with_o s._n philip_n among_o the_o gaul_n of_o asia_n 120._o 7._o s._n joseph_n come_v from_o part_n not_o far_o distant_a from_o where_n s._n philip_n preach_v ib._n s._n joseph_n land_v about_o the_o north_n part_n of_o britain_n 121._o 7._o s._n joseph_n probable_o direct_v into_o britain_n by_o s._n peter_n 121._o 9_o s._n joseph_n be_v present_a at_o the_o assumption_n of_o our_o lady_n ib._n all_o s._n josephs_n associate_n vow_v chastity_n until_o their_o arrival_n in_o britain_n 124._o 1._o diverse_a of_o s._n josephs_n companion_n noble_a personadge_n and_o some_o of_o our_o british_a king_n descend_v from_o they_o ib._n s._n joseph_n imprison_v in_o venodocia_n 125._o 2._o 127._o 1._o s._n joseph_n set_v at_o liberty_n by_o a_o noble_a man_n who_o he_o convert_v to_o the_o faith_n 125._o 2._o s._n joseph_n extreme_o persecute_v by_o the_o jew_n 126._o 2._o s._n joseph_n with_o his_o associate_n preach_v little_a 128._o 2._o s._n joseph_n and_o his_o companion_n at_o the_o first_o give_v themselves_o to_o a_o monastical_a and_o eremitical_a life_n 128._o 2._o etc._n etc._n s._n joseph_n admonish_v by_o a_o angle_n build_v a_o church_n to_o our_o lady_n 109._o 2._o 128._o 2._o 129._o 3._o 136._o 2._o s._n joseph_n releive_v in_o his_o necessity_n by_o our_o b._n lady_n 329._o 4._o s._n joseph_n do_v not_o actual_o convert_v to_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n either_o king_n aruiragus_n coillus_n or_o marius_n 131._o 1._o s._n joseph_n how_o name_v a_o apostle_n 135._o 1._o s._n joseps_n prayer_n and_o duty_n to_o our_o b._n lady_n 136._o 2._o s._n joseph_n make_v cross_n and_o other_o picture_n 138._o 5_o s._n joseph_n bring_v hither_o &_o reverence_a relic_n ib._n s._n joseph_n his_o death_n 170._o 3._o s._n joseph_n bury_v and_o where_o ib._n s._n joseph_n his_o son_n a_o bishop_n in_o britain_n 97._o 9_o s._n josephs_n son_n consecrate_v bishop_n by_o s._n peter_n or_o his_o disciple_n ib._n king_n josinas_n overthrow_v idolatry_n 10._o 3._o jovinian_a create_v emperor_n 570._o 1._o jovinian_a refuse_v to_o be_v emperor_n over_o infidel_n ib._n jovinian_a make_v choice_n rather_o to_o leave_v the_o war_n than_o sacrifice_n to_o idol_n ib._n jovinian_a always_o a_o constant_a catholic_a 571._o 3._o jovinian_n short_a reign_n 371._o 2._o ireland_n name_v jerna_n 28._o 7._o ireland_n other_o name_n ib._n ireland_n by_o britain_n not_o convert_v in_o constantins_n time_n 503._o 6._o etc._n etc._n in_o ireland_n no_o christian_n to_o be_v name_v before_o s._n patritius_fw-la his_o time_n 26._o 2._o the_o
preach_v in_o in_o this_o kingdom_n 80_o chap._n xuj_o wherein_o be_v set_v down_o both_o by_o protestant_n and_o other_o when_o s._n peter_n preach_v in_o britain_n if_o not_o before_o his_o come_n to_o rome_n yet_o afterâaâd_v both_o in_o the_o day_n of_o claudiâs_n and_o nâro_n 85_o chap._n xvij_o wherein_o be_v prove_v by_o the_o best_a ângliâh_n protestant_n writer_n their_o bââhââs_n and_o other_o that_o s._n peter_n sound_v the_o church_n of_o britain_n ordain_v in_o it_o archbishop_n bishop_n and_o priest_n 90_o chap._n xviij_o wherein_o be_v set_v down_o by_o warrant_n of_o protestant_n and_o other_o authority_n the_o name_n in_o particular_a of_o the_o first_o archbishop_n and_o diverse_a bishop_n of_o or_o in_o britain_n in_o this_o time_n by_o s._n peter_n ordination_n 92_o chap._n nineteeen_o of_o diverse_a christian_a church_n or_o oratory_n such_o as_o the_o state_n of_o thing_n then_o allow_v erect_v and_o found_v in_o britain_n in_o the_o time_n of_o saint_n peter_n preach_v here_o 100_o chap._n xx_o wherein_o for_o the_o better_a decern_v of_o true_o consecrate_a bishop_n so_o many_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n depend_v there_o upon_o be_v show_v by_o the_o antiquity_n how_o these_o bishop_n be_v here_o consecrate_v in_o the_o apostle_n time_n and_o succeed_a age_n 103_o chap._n xxj_o of_o the_o come_n of_o s._n joseph_n of_o aramathia_n who_o bury_v christ_n into_o this_o our_o britain_n and_o how_o it_o be_v make_v doubtful_a or_o deny_v by_o many_o writer_n but_o without_o either_o reason_n or_o authority_n 106_o chap._n xxij_o wherein_o be_v prove_v by_o all_o kind_a of_o testimony_n and_o authority_n that_o for_o certain_a s._n joseph_n of_o aramathia_n with_o diverse_a holy_a associate_n come_v into_o preach_v live_v die_v and_o be_v bury_v in_o britain_n at_o the_o place_n now_o call_v glastenbury_n in_o summerset_n shire_n 108_o chap._n twenty-three_o examine_v who_o send_v s._n joseph_n hither_o and_o evident_o prove_v that_o he_o be_v not_o send_v into_o britain_n by_o s._n philipp_n the_o apostle_n from_o our_o neighbour_a gallia_n or_o france_n confute_v all_o pretend_a argument_n and_o authority_n to_o that_o purpose_n 111_o chapt._n xxiv_o further_n prove_v that_o s._n philipp_n the_o apostle_n be_v not_o in_o that_o gallia_n france_n next_o to_o britain_n neither_o be_v s._n joseph_n and_o his_o associate_n tâârâ_n or_o come_v from_o thence_o into_o britain_n 116_o chap._n twenty-five_o that_o many_o other_o christian_n come_v âither_o especial_o into_o the_o northern_a part_n and_o land_n with_o s._n joseph_n of_o aramathia_n beside_o they_o which_o continue_v with_o he_o at_o glastenbury_n and_o many_o of_o they_o marry_v with_o britan_n continue_v christianity_n hear_v in_o their_o child_n and_o posterity_n until_o the_o general_a conversion_n of_o britain_n under_o the_o first_o christian_n king_n lucius_z and_o donaldus_n 124_o chapt._n xxuj_o of_o the_o come_n and_o settle_v of_o saint_n joseph_n and_o his_o company_n where_o glastenbury_n now_o be_v than_o a_o wilderness_n rather_o to_o profess_v the_o penitential_a contemplative_a eremitical_a religious_a life_n then_o employ_v their_o time_n in_o preach_v 127_o chap._n xxvij_o that_o saint_n joseph_n do_v not_o actual_o convert_v to_o the_o christian_a religion_n either_o king_n aruiragus_n coillus_n or_o marius_n 131_o chap._n xxviij_o in_o what_o reverend_a sense_n s._n joseph_n of_o aramathia_n be_v term_v apostle_n by_o some_o holy_a father_n the_o renown_a sanctity_n of_o he_o and_o his_o companion_n together_o with_o some_o particular_a point_n of_o their_o holy_a religion_n now_o deny_v by_o some_o but_o even_o from_o their_o time_n to_o this_o miraculous_o approve_v 135_o chap._n xxix_o wherein_o be_v show_v how_o our_o protestant_a antiquary_n and_o other_o of_o england_n vehement_o contend_v to_o prove_v that_o saint_n paul_n the_o apostle_n preach_v hear_v in_o britain_n do_v prove_v no_o such_o thing_n by_o any_o authority_n they_o allege_v for_o his_o be_v hear_v 139_o chap._n thirty_o how_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a that_o saint_n paul_n preach_v hear_v in_o britain_n although_o not_o until_o long_o after_o that_o saint_n peter_n and_o his_o disciple_n have_v first_o hear_v found_v the_o church_n of_o christ_n 144_o chap._n xxxj_o concern_v the_o time_n of_o s._n paul_n come_v into_o and_o preach_v in_o britain_n that_o it_o can_v not_o be_v until_o the_o late_a end_n of_o the_o empire_n of_o nero_n a_o little_a before_o the_o martyrdom_n of_o saint_n poule_n and_o be_v hear_v but_o a_o very_a short_a time_n 147_o chap._n xxxij_o of_o our_o holy_a christian_n britan_n in_o rome_n at_o this_o time_n and_o chief_o of_o lady_n claudia_n and_o her_o holy_a family_n 153_o chap._n xxxiij_o of_o s._n peter_n his_o return_n from_o britain_n to_o rome_n and_o fettle_v the_o apostolic_a papal_a power_n there_o his_o great_a care_n of_o britain_n and_o our_o christian_n britan_n dutiful_a love_n and_o honour_n to_o he_o 161_o chap._n xxxiv_o entreat_v of_o the_o time_n of_o pope_n linus_n vespasian_n emperor_n and_o marius_n king_n of_o britain_n and_o of_o our_o christian_n in_o those_o day_n both_o at_o rome_n in_o britain_n and_o other_o place_n 165_o chap._n xxxv_o of_o the_o state_n of_o christian_a religion_n in_o britain_n in_o the_o time_n of_o pope_n cletus_n king_n marius_n or_o coillus_n and_o how_o we_o have_v hear_v in_o britain_n a_o continue_a succession_n both_o of_o priest_n and_o bishop_n all_o this_o first_o hundred_o of_o year_n 169_o chap._n xxxuj_o of_o the_o state_n of_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n in_o britain_n in_o the_o papacy_n of_o s._n clement_n empire_n of_o traian_n and_o reign_n of_o king_n coillus_n unto_o the_o end_n of_o this_o first_o hundred_o of_o year_n of_o christ_n 173_o the_o second_o age_n the_o i._o chapter_n wherein_o be_v relate_v by_o all_o testimony_n of_o protestant_n and_o other_o how_o in_o the_o papacy_n of_o s._n anacletus_fw-la this_o kingdom_n be_v divide_v into_o province_n for_o christian_a primat_n and_o bishop_n and_o that_o these_o bishop_n and_o holy_a priest_n be_v massing_n sacrifice_v priest_n and_o consecrate_v by_o such_o form_n and_o manner_n of_o consecration_n as_o the_o present_a roman_a church_n now_o use_v as_o likewise_o all_o our_o primative_a british_a bishop_n and_o priest_n be_v and_o diverse_a such_o send_v into_o these_o part_n by_o this_o holy_a pope_n as_o saint_n peter_n and_o clement_n have_v give_v charge_n before_o 185_o chap._n ii_o how_o in_o the_o papacy_n of_o saint_n euaristus_n and_o empire_n of_o traiane_n the_o same_o holy_a pope_n send_v a_o legate_n to_o our_o king_n in_o britain_n to_o exhort_v he_o to_o christian_a religion_n and_o the_o benefit_n thereof_o traian_n command_v that_o christian_n shall_v not_o be_v persecute_v 192_o chap._n iii_o of_o the_o state_n of_o britain_n in_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n in_o the_o time_n of_o saint_n alexander_n pope_n adrianus_n emperor_n and_o coillus_n or_o lucius_n his_o son_n king_n hear_v their_o affection_n to_o christian_a religion_n and_o of_o diverse_a apostolic_a man_n send_v from_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n preach_v here_o 195_o chap._n iv_o of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a estate_n of_o britain_n in_o the_o popedom_n of_o saint_n sixtus_n the_o rest_n of_o the_o empire_n of_o adrianus_n and_o beginning_n of_o antoninus_n pius_n how_o many_o learned_a britain_n be_v convert_v and_o convert_v other_o to_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n in_o this_o time_n 200_o chap._n v._o of_o the_o great_a increase_n of_o christian_n in_o britain_n in_o the_o papacy_n of_o saint_n telesphorus_n and_o saint_n higinius_n and_o how_o king_n lucius_n himself_o do_v now_o either_o actual_o receive_v and_o private_o profess_v the_o christian_a religion_n or_o make_v promise_n thereof_o 208_o chap._n vi_o wherein_o be_v entreat_v what_o learned_a and_o apostolic_a man_n they_o be_v which_o preach_v in_o this_o time_n in_o britain_n and_o convert_v king_n lucius_n and_o very_o many_o of_o his_o people_n such_o be_v saint_n timothy_n saint_n marcellus_n mansuetus_n theanus_n with_o other_o 212_o chap._n vii_o declare_v many_o human_a let_n and_o impediment_n hinder_v king_n lucius_n and_o his_o noble_a britan_n some_o year_n from_o public_o profess_v christian_n religion_n which_o secret_o they_o embrace_v and_o the_o occasion_n of_o diverse_a mistake_n either_o of_o historian_n or_o their_o scribe_n in_o the_o date_n time_n &_o title_n of_o letter_n write_v about_o the_o conversion_n of_o britain_n to_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n 219_o chap._n viii_o of_o the_o holy_a pope_n s_o pius_n and_o our_o renown_a christian_n britan_n by_o their_o mother_n s._n claudia_n s._n pudendentia_n saint_n novatus_fw-la saint_n timotheus_n and_o saint_n praxede_v with_o their_o holy_a family_n and_o friend_n in_o rome_n 223_o chap._n ix_o of_o s._n timothy_n still_o preach_v in_o britain_n his_o dispose_n his_o temporal_a good_n in_o rome_n
hear_v the_o gospel_n and_o believe_v as_o himself_o allege_v and_o his_o own_o word_n be_v these_o by_o protestant_n translation_n god_n make_v choice_n among_o we_o that_o the_o gentile_n by_o my_o mouth_n shall_v hear_v 1._o io._n bal._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr pontif._n rom._n in_o petr._n ex_fw-la mant._n l._n 6._o the_o fast_o philip._n pantal._n chron_n a_o 38._o petr._n epist_n 1._o cap._n 1._o v._n 1._o jacob_n ep_v c._n 1._o v._n 1._o the_o word_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o believe_v therefore_o s._n peter_n and_o not_o s._n james_n be_v the_o first_o preacher_n to_o the_o gentile_n and_o our_o best_a learned_a protestant_n do_v prove_v that_o s._n peter_n do_v not_o preach_v formal_o to_o any_o nation_n of_o the_o gentile_n nor_o to_o the_o gentile_n in_o bythinia_n capadocia_n pontus_n gallatia_n or_o any_o other_o place_n until_o after_o this_o but_o to_o the_o jew_n only_o dwell_v there_o quotquot_fw-la erant_fw-la illis_fw-la judaea_n ab_fw-la origine_fw-la regnis_fw-la edocuit_fw-la christum_fw-la veterique_fw-la reduxit_fw-la ab_fw-la usu_fw-la which_o both_o s._n peter_n himself_o and_o s._n james_n testify_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o their_o epistle_n and_o be_v it_o not_o for_o the_o authority_n of_o those_o which_o write_v that_o s._n peter_n do_v consecrate_v those_o seven_o disciple_n of_o s._n james_n make_v they_o bishop_n and_o send_v they_o into_o hiberia_fw-la spain_n we_o may_v think_v the_o hiberia_fw-la where_o saint_n jame_v preach_v be_v the_o hiberia_fw-la in_fw-la or_o near_o armenia_n a_o place_n far_o more_o near_o and_o likely_a for_o he_o to_o preach_v in_o than_o this_o west_n country_n of_o spain_n be_v for_o there_o also_o be_v a_o nation_n then_o name_v hiberia_fw-la or_o iberia_n and_o the_o people_n thereof_o asiae_n cooper_n v._o iber._n abrah_n orteâius_n in_o catal._n nomin_v antiq_fw-la in_o iberia_n &_o in_o descript_n asiae_n iberi_n or_o hebres_n as_o the_o spaniard_n also_o be_v call_v as_o both_o protestant_n and_o other_o testify_v the_o georgian_n now_o be_v dwell_v there_o be_v a_o country_n of_o asia_n near_o pontus_n euxinus_n 6._o and_o to_o give_v all_o contentment_n that_o may_v be_v in_o this_o matter_n it_o do_v not_o seem_v altogether_o unprobable_a especial_o the_o ancient_a scot_n now_o call_v irish_a inhabit_v of_o ireland_n and_o the_o scot_n of_o scotland_n be_v ancient_o one_o and_o the_o same_o people_n with_o the_o old_a inhabitant_n of_o some_o of_o the_o maritane_n part_n of_o spain_n now_o portugal_n as_o both_o scottish_a irish_a and_o english_a historian_n also_o inform_v we_o that_o s._n jame_v the_o apostle_n preach_v in_o spain_n near_o unto_o or_o among_o the_o 5._o hector_n both_o holinsh._n hist_o of_o irl._n mat._n westm_n aetat_fw-la 5._o c._n 5._o people_n of_o spain_n from_o who_o diverse_a of_o our_o scot_n and_o irish_a be_v come_v some_o fame_n of_o his_o preach_n though_o short_a and_o miracle_n there_o may_v come_v from_o they_o to_o the_o scot_n their_o countryman_n mix_v with_o our_o britain_n here_o and_o by_o that_o heavenly_a doctrine_n which_o seem_v unto_o they_o little_a or_o nothing_o to_o differ_v from_o that_o which_o have_v long_o before_o more_o dark_o be_v teach_v among_o they_o before_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n and_o hear_v that_o s._n james_n be_v return_v unto_o jury_n and_o jerusalem_n again_o and_o the_o chief_a apostle_n doctor_n and_o teacher_n of_o that_o holy_a religion_n be_v there_o but_o diverse_a both_o scot_n and_o britan_n which_o then_o dwell_v together_o and_o as_o before_o be_v of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o mind_n in_o spiritual_a thing_n undertake_v that_o pilgrimage_n and_o sacred_a journey_n and_o there_o meet_v with_o s._n peter_n the_o chief_a of_o that_o bless_a company_n and_o first_o preacher_n panyger_n hect._n both_o in_o descr_n scot._n reg._n fol._n 4._o 5._o hieron_n l._n 2._o contr_n jovin_n abrah_n oâtel_n in_o cosmog_n bâlibaldân_a coâmog_n munst_n in_o cos_n cooper_n v._o scotia_n calepin_n v._o scot._n aââstââ_n lib._n the_o mund_o thâodor_n hâst_n âccâesââât_fw-la claud._n pâoâom_n geogââp_n l._n 2._o c._n 2._o claud._n panyger_n to_o the_o gentile_n be_v instruct_v by_o he_o in_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n and_o this_o s._n mansuetus_n be_v style_v both_o by_o antiquity_n and_o late_a writer_n before_o to_o have_v be_v natione_n scotus_n sufficient_o convince_v he_o be_v either_o a_o britain_n or_o scot_n of_o this_o island_n of_o britain_n for_o although_o all_o those_o three_o people_n before_o remember_v be_v sometime_o name_v scoit_n as_o hector_n boethius_n and_o diverse_a other_o do_v witness_n yet_o to_o have_v be_v constant_o and_o ahsolute_o name_v scot_n be_v and_o be_v peculiar_a to_o those_o of_o this_o island_n scoticum_n nomen_fw-la ob_fw-la eminentem_fw-la prae_fw-la caeteris_fw-la virtutâm_fw-la solum_fw-la nobis_fw-la etiam_fw-la nunc_fw-la superest_fw-la quum_fw-la &_o in_o hispania_n &_o in_o hibernia_n vetusiate_n interierit_n and_o it_o be_v so_o ancient_o decay_v both_o among_o those_o inhabitant_n of_o spain_n and_o ireland_n that_o even_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o before_o it_o be_v almost_o proper_a to_o they_o of_o this_o island_n 7._o that_o which_o we_o call_v now_o ireland_n be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o aristotle_n or_o the_o ancient_a author_n of_o the_o book_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d of_o the_o world_n among_o his_o work_n call_v iârna_n so_o do_v theodoret_n name_n it_o claudius_n ptolomaeus_n call_v it_o juernia_n or_o hibernia_n and_o claudianus_n hyberne_n scotorum_fw-la tumulos_fw-la flevit_fw-la glaciali_fw-la hiberne_n so_o that_o we_o see_v the_o name_n scotia_n scotland_n appropriate_v to_o our_o northern_a part_n of_o britain_n and_o this_o whole_a island_n by_o some_o be_v name_v scotia_n for_o ptolom_n commentar_n in_o claud._n ptolom_n as_o pirckeinerus_n or_o whosoever_o the_o commentor_n upon_o claudius_n ptolomaeus_n be_v all_o this_o island_n 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his_o second_o book_n and_o four_o chapter_n do_v witness_v that_o philip_n preach_v the_o gospel_n in_o gaul_n do_v choose_v twelve_o of_o his_o disciple_n which_o he_o send_v into_o britain_n to_o preach_v the_o word_n of_o life_n and_o upon_o every_o of_o they_o do_v most_o devoute_o stretch_v forth_o his_o
testify_v and_o if_o he_o send_v s._n joseph_n hither_o out_o of_o francia_n it_o be_v that_o and_o no_o other_o francia_n from_o whence_o he_o send_v he_o the_o antiquity_n of_o glastenbury_n from_o the_o testimony_n of_o a_o ancient_a monk_n of_o s._n denis_n in_o france_n to_o one_o godfridus_n a_o monk_n of_o glastenbury_n relate_v that_o the_o church_n of_o glastenbury_n be_v consecrate_v by_o the_o high_a great_a bishop_n mean_v as_o it_o seem_v s._n peter_n the_o apostle_n the_o high_a great_a bishop_n in_o that_o time_n and_o that_o it_o be_v call_v the_o second_o rome_n for_o the_o multitude_n of_o affix_v epist_n godefrid_n monachi_fw-la glast_n antiquitates_fw-la glaston_n manus_fw-la tab_v affix_v saint_n bury_v there_o of_o the_o which_o s._n joseph_n be_v the_o first_o haec_fw-la gloriosissimi_fw-la martyris_fw-la dionisij_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la glastoniensis_fw-la de_fw-la qua_fw-la te_fw-la asseris_fw-la eandem_fw-la privilegij_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la habent_fw-la ista_fw-la in_o gallia_n illa_fw-la in_o britannia_fw-la uno_fw-la eodem_fw-la tempore_fw-la exortae_fw-la à _fw-la summo_fw-la &_o magno_fw-la pontifice_fw-la consecratae_fw-la vno_fw-la tamen_fw-la gradu_fw-la illa_fw-la supereminet_fw-la roma_fw-it etenim_fw-la secunda_fw-la voco_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la propter_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la inibi_fw-la requiescentium_fw-la quorum_fw-la primus_fw-la fuit_fw-la joseph_n ab_fw-la aramathia_n ille_fw-la nobilis_fw-la decurio_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o dominum_fw-la sepelivit_fw-la pro_fw-la cvius_fw-la sepultura_fw-la dominus_fw-la locum_fw-la illum_fw-la elegit_fw-la atque_fw-la benedixit_fw-la the_o xxiv_o chapter_n far_o prove_v that_o s._n philip_n the_o apostle_n be_v not_o in_o that_o gallia_n france_n next_o to_o britain_n neither_o be_v s._n joseph_n and_o his_o associate_n there_o or_o come_v from_o thence_o into_o britain_n 1._o beside_o the_o recite_v authority_n of_o s._n isidor_n or_o the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o life_n and_o death_n of_o saint_n among_o his_o work_n and_o the_o learned_a bishop_n freculpbus_n of_o which_o i_o have_v speak_v before_o for_o their_o opinion_n that_o hold_v s._n philip_n the_o apostle_n preach_v hymno_fw-la ordo_fw-la officij_fw-la muzarabici_n in_fw-la festo_fw-la s._n jacobi_fw-la apostoli_fw-la fratris_fw-la s._n joannâs_fw-la apostoli_fw-la &_o euangelistae_fw-la in_o hymno_fw-la in_o the_o next_o france_n or_o gallia_n i_o find_v the_o like_a mention_n in_o the_o ancient_a muzaraban_n public_a church_n office_n receive_v in_o the_o four_o toledan_a council_n at_o which_o s._n isidor_n archbishop_n of_o hispalis_n for_o all_o spain_n be_v precedent_n in_o this_o council_n mention_n be_v make_v where_o the_o apostle_n preach_v it_o be_v say_v philippus_n gallias_n that_o s._n philip_n preach_v in_o the_o country_n call_v galliae_fw-la which_o although_o i_o do_v not_o find_v allege_v by_o any_o protestant_n to_o confirm_v this_o opinion_n of_o s._n philip_n be_v in_o this_o next_o france_n yet_o because_o i_o seek_v the_o truth_n and_o be_o unwilling_a to_o conceal_v any_o thing_n that_o may_v either_o help_v or_o hinder_v the_o find_v four_o thereof_o i_o hear_v produce_v it_o and_o the_o rather_o because_o it_o give_v more_o countenance_n to_o that_o book_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la &_o morte_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la to_o have_v be_v write_v by_o s._n isidor_n precedent_n in_o that_o council_n and_o take_v as_o it_o seem_v that_o muzaraban_n office_n as_o warrant_v for_o his_o writing_n that_o s._n philip_n the_o apostle_n be_v in_o gallia_n as_o also_o freculphus_n follow_v the_o step_n of_o s._n isidor_n in_o the_o same_o assertion_n for_o better_a decide_n whereof_o because_o the_o muzaraban_n office_n be_v so_o brief_a as_o i_o have_v relate_v in_o this_o matter_n and_o i_o have_v set_v down_o the_o word_n of_o freculphus_n before_o i_o will_v and_o what_o s._n isidor_n or_o other_o author_n of_o that_o book_n have_v write_v of_o this_o business_n which_o be_v as_o follow_v philippus_n à _fw-fr bethsaida_n civitate_fw-la 75._o isidor_n hispal_n episcopus_fw-la l._n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la &_o morte_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la cap._n 75._o unde_fw-la &_o petrus_n gallis_fw-la praedicat_fw-la christum_fw-la barbarasque_fw-la gentes_fw-la vicinasque_fw-la tenebris_fw-la &_o tumenti_fw-la oceano_fw-la coniunctas_fw-la ad_fw-la scientiae_fw-la lumen_fw-la fideique_fw-la portum_fw-la deducit_fw-la deinde_fw-la in_o hierapoli_fw-it phrygiae_fw-la provinciae_fw-la urbe_fw-la crucifixus_fw-la lapidatusque_fw-la obijt_fw-la philip_n of_o the_o city_n bethsaida_n from_o whence_o also_o peter_n be_v preach_v christ_n to_o the_o gaul_n and_o bring_v barbarous_a nation_n and_o near_o to_o darkness_n and_o join_v to_o the_o swell_a ocean_n to_o the_o light_n of_o knowledge_n and_o tbe_n heaven_n of_o faith_n and_o after_o die_v crucifixed_a and_o stone_v in_o hierapolis_n a_o city_n of_o the_o province_n of_o phrygia_n the_o very_a word_n of_o freculphus_n before_o so_o that_o it_o be_v evident_a the_o one_o of_o these_o receive_v they_o from_o the_o other_o and_o after_o these_o hartmanus_n schedel_n use_v the_o same_o phrase_n philippus_n 1._o hartm_n sched_a chronic._n chron_n f._n 202._o p._n 1._o gallias_n accepit_fw-la that_o s._n philip_n have_v the_o country_n galliae_fw-la yet_o neither_o he_o nor_o any_o of_o the_o other_o make_v he_o the_o apostle_n of_o this_o next_o gallia_n or_o france_n neither_o do_v any_o of_o the_o historian_n of_o france_n or_o antiquity_n thereof_o best_o to_o be_v credit_v in_o such_o cause_n make_v mention_n of_o s._n philip_n or_o any_o other_o apostle_n beside_o s._n peter_n and_o s._n paul_n to_o have_v preach_v in_o that_o kingdom_n neither_o any_o other_o but_o such_o as_o be_v disciple_n unto_o they_o and_o not_o to_o s._n philip_n or_o any_o other_o of_o the_o apostle_n to_o have_v teach_v the_o faith_n of_o christ_n in_o that_o nation_n 2._o neither_o do_v any_o of_o our_o french_a historian_n once_o allege_v or_o interpret_v maij._n m._n pniel_n i_o tigeon_n m._n clem._n merch._n m._n 1._o le_fw-fr frere_n de_fw-fr leval_n in_o hist_o andre_n chesne_n hiss_v general_a d'angleterre_fw-fr d'escosse_n &_o d'irland_n pag._n 152._o bed_n martyrol_n call_v maij._n martyr_n rom._n 1._o die_v maij._n vsuard_n martyrol_n cod_n die_v dorotheus_n in_o synopsi_n in_o s._n phil._n magdeb._n cent_n 1._o in_o s._n philip_n apost_n prot._n comm_n book_n in_o f._n s._n philippi_n &_o calend._n 1_o maij._n either_o s._n isidor_n or_o freculphus_n to_o understand_v this_o next_o france_n by_o any_o gallia_n or_o place_n where_o they_o write_v s._n philip_n preach_v but_o expound_v they_o both_o as_o they_o only_o mean_v he_o preach_v in_o scythia_n and_o country_n far_o remote_a from_o this_o france_n and_o so_o they_o expound_v freculphus_n himself_o in_o the_o place_n allege_v vincentius_n abdias_n nicephorus_n sabellicus_n eusebius_n simeon_n metaphrastes_n clement_n of_o alexandria_n and_o polycrates_n be_v of_o that_o mind_n so_o likewise_o teach_v s._n bede_n the_o roman_a martyrologe_n vsuardus_n dorotheus_n the_o magdeburgian_n protestant_n and_o the_o protestant_n of_o england_n in_o their_o most_o authorise_a public_a church_n service_n book_n calendar_n and_o other_o and_o this_o be_v sufficient_o testify_v and_o express_v in_o the_o word_n of_o s._n isidor_n and_o freculphus_n before_o both_o of_o they_o plain_o avouch_v that_o the_o gaul_n and_o people_n to_o who_o s._n philip_n preach_v be_v barbarae_fw-la gentes_fw-la vicinae_fw-la tenebris_fw-la &_o tumenti_fw-la oceano_fw-la coniunctae_fw-la barbarous_a nation_n near_o inhabitant_n unto_o country_n of_o darkness_n and_o conjoin_v to_o the_o swell_a ocean_n which_o have_v no_o resemblance_n at_o all_o to_o this_o our_o gallia_n but_o quite_o contrary_a or_o different_a for_o this_o gallia_n be_v far_o remote_a from_o either_o of_o the_o pole_n arctic_a or_o antarctic_a and_o so_o by_o many_o degree_n remove_v from_o all_o nation_n live_v in_o darkness_n neither_o be_v the_o sea_n which_o be_v next_o to_o this_o gallia_n tumens_fw-la oceanus_n that_o ocean_n which_o be_v term_v the_o swell_a but_o oceanus_n scythicus_n the_o ocean_n of_o scythia_n where_o s._n philip_n by_o all_o antiquity_n preach_v neither_o be_v this_o gallia_n at_o that_o time_n or_o any_o other_o ever_o esteem_v a_o barbarous_a nation_n by_o any_o credible_a writer_n late_a or_o ancient_a christian_n or_o pagan_n catholic_a protestant_n or_o other_o but_o as_o a_o protestant_a cosmographer_n with_o other_o testify_v fuit_fw-la gallia_n ab_fw-la antiquis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la semper_fw-la culta_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o urbibus_fw-la 38._o sebastian_n munst_n cosmograph_n l._n 2_o cap._n 38._o quam_fw-la in_o oppidis_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o agris_fw-la hortis_fw-la &_o pratis_fw-la et_fw-la ut_fw-la strabo_fw-la scribit_fw-la qui_fw-la tempore_fw-la incarnationis_fw-la christi_fw-la vixit_fw-la nullus_fw-la tunc_fw-la fuit_fw-la angulus_fw-la in_o gallia_n incultus_fw-la praeter_fw-la lacus_fw-la &_o nemora_fw-la quae_fw-la culturam_fw-la non_fw-la admittunt_fw-la gallia_n be_v ever_o from_o ancient_a time_n replenish_v as_o well_o with_o city_n as_o with_o town_n as_o with_o field_n orchard_n and_o meadow_n and_o as_o strabo_n write_v who_o live_v in_o
amissam_fw-la se_fw-la recuperare_fw-la posse_fw-la sine_fw-la gallica_n virtute_fw-la arbitrarentur_fw-la the_o youth_n of_o the_o gaul_n at_o that_o time_n be_v so_o plentiful_a that_o they_o fill_v as_o it_o be_v with_o a_o swarm_n all_o asia_n final_o neither_o do_v the_o king_n of_o the_o east_n make_v war_n without_o a_o army_n of_o gaul_n neither_o do_v king_n drive_v from_o their_o seat_n fly_v unto_o other_o for_o succour_n then_o to_o the_o gaul_n the_o terror_n of_o the_o gaulish_a name_n be_v so_o great_a and_o their_o unuincible_a felicity_n in_o arm_n such_o that_o they_o think_v they_o can_v not_o keep_v their_o majesty_n in_o safety_n nor_o recover_v it_o be_v lose_v without_o the_o gaulish_a puissance_n and_o our_o country_n historian_n matthew_n of_o westminster_n relate_v the_o same_o 1._o matt._n westm_n hist_o aetate_fw-la 5._o stowe_n &_o howes_n hiss_v in_o belin._n and_o brennus_n galfrid_n monum_fw-la histor_n briton_n l._n 3._o pont._n virun_n hist_o brit._n l._n 3._o hâer_n gebuin_n l._n the_o libert_n germ._n cap._n 12._o sebast_n munster_n cosm_n lib._n 1._o history_n of_o brennus_n leader_n of_o the_o gaul_n be_v three_o hundred_o thousand_o affirm_v sva_fw-la prole_fw-la totam_fw-la asiam_fw-la repleuârunt_fw-la they_o fill_v all_o asia_n with_o their_o issue_n and_o so_o give_v the_o name_n of_o gallia_n or_o gallatia_n unto_o their_o posterity_n 5._o the_o like_a have_v other_o english_a historian_n stowe_n howes_n and_o the_o british_a history_n with_o ponticus_n virunnius_n do_v not_o differ_v of_o which_o this_o last_o write_v exercitus_fw-la eius_fw-la adhuc_fw-la galatae_n nominantur_fw-la his_o army_n or_o the_o posterity_n of_o it_o be_v call_v galathian_n to_o this_o day_n which_o name_n galathian_n be_v the_o same_o with_o gaul_n as_o also_o galatia_n and_o gallia_n be_v only_o with_o this_o difference_n that_o the_o greek_n more_o usual_o call_v both_o the_o gaul_n of_o asia_n &_o those_o next_o to_o we_o in_o europe_n 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theodoret_n and_o a_o protestant_a english_a bishop_n with_o other_o expownde_v he_o do_v call_v this_o our_o next_o gallia_n by_o the_o first_o name_n gallatia_n and_o these_o gaul_n galathian_o so_o do_v ammianus_n mercellinus_fw-la with_o other_o which_o a_o protestant_a bishop_n shall_v thus_o confirm_v ammianus_n mercellinus_fw-la say_v gallos_n sermone_fw-la graeco_fw-la galatas_fw-la dici_fw-la solere_fw-la that_o in_o the_o greek_a languadge_a the_o gaul_n be_v use_v to_o be_v call_v gallathian_o and_o thereof_o we_o have_v a_o plain_a testomony_n in_o theodoret_n that_o write_v of_o that_o place_n of_o the_o apostle_n crescens_n into_o galatia_n etc._n etc._n sic_fw-la gallias_n appellavit_fw-la say_v he_o by_o which_o testimony_n it_o be_v make_v invinciblye_o evident_a that_o s._n isidor_n &_o freculphus_n be_v latin_a author_n follow_v the_o phrase_n of_o speech_n of_o the_o roman_n and_o latin_n and_o call_v the_o asian_a gallatia_n or_o gallia_n plain_o gallia_n as_o the_o latin_n usual_o do_v and_o that_o they_o only_o mean_v that_o s._n philip_n the_o apostle_n preach_v in_o that_o asiaticall_a gallia_n and_o not_o in_o this_o of_o europe_n near_o unto_o we_o where_o or_o near_o unto_o it_o he_o never_o be_v 6._o and_o yet_o to_o give_v the_o great_a credit_n we_o may_v to_o they_o that_o will_v have_v preach_v in_o what_o sense_n s._n philip_n the_o apostle_n may_v be_v name_v the_o apostle_n of_o the_o frenchman_n descend_v from_o sicambria_n where_o he_o preach_v s._n philip_n to_o be_v name_v also_o the_o apostle_n of_o these_o next_o gaul_n and_o frankes_n though_o he_o be_v never_o in_o that_o nation_n whereas_o it_o be_v the_o common_a opinion_n of_o french_a and_o other_o antiquary_n that_o they_o come_v from_o sicambria_n the_o sicamber_n or_o frankes_n by_o the_o maeotides_n paludes_fw-la between_o scythia_n of_o europe_n and_o asia_n our_o countryman_n ingulphus_n abbot_n of_o crowland_n solu_v this_o difficulty_n unto_o we_o in_o this_o manner_n beatus_fw-la christi_fw-la apostolus_fw-la philippus_n cum_fw-la scythis_n verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la praedicasset_fw-la &_o plurimos_fw-la eorum_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la christi_fw-la convertisset_fw-la rediens_fw-la in_o asiam_fw-la per_fw-la sicambros_n viam_fw-la fecit_fw-la ac_fw-la illis_fw-la christi_fw-la nomen_fw-la primus_fw-la annunciavit_fw-la de_fw-fr quibus_fw-la exeuntes_fw-la croland_n ingulphus_n in_o hist_n croland_n franci_n ut_fw-la plures_fw-la eorum_fw-la hierochronographi_fw-la testantur_fw-la beatum_fw-la philippum_fw-la apostolum_n suum_fw-la specialem_fw-la protodoctorem_fw-la &_o neopostolum_n adhuc_fw-la tenent_fw-la philip_n the_o bless_a apostle_n of_o christ_n have_v preach_v the_o word_n of_o god_n to_o the_o scythian_n and_o convert_v very_o many_o of_o they_o to_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n return_v into_o asia_n pass_v by_o the_o sicamber_n and_o first_o preach_v the_o name_n of_o christ_n unto_o they_o from_o which_o the_o frankes_n 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ca._n 26._o c._n 27._o &_o 28._o c._n 25._o matth._n westm_n ad_fw-la a_o 44._o &_o alij_fw-la stowe_n &_o howes_n hiss_v in_o claudius_n cat._n prot._n regum_fw-la brit._n of_o claudius_n the_o emperor_n unto_o rome_n be_v about_o the_o 44._o or_o 45._o year_n of_o christ_n and_o after_o his_o death_n also_o 8._o or_o 9_o year_n after_o this_o and_o after_o nero_n have_v reign_v some_o time_n before_o s._n paul_n come_v to_o rome_n itself_o or_o any_o part_n of_o europe_n or_o the_o west_n and_o this_o author_n name_v in_o general_a ancient_a writer_n for_o his_o assertion_n mistake_v they_o in_o this_o thing_n for_o none_o do_v or_o can_v whether_o ancient_a or_o late_a writer_n contrary_a to_o antiquity_n and_o the_o holy_a scripture_n so_o affirm_v the_o chief_a testimony_n he_o bring_v be_v from_o theodoret_n affirm_v that_o s._n paul_n come_v into_o italy_n and_o into_o spain_n and_o profit_v the_o land_n that_o lie_v in_o the_o sea_n in_o italiam_fw-la 116._o theod._n in_o ps_n 116._o venit_fw-la &_o in_o hispaniam_fw-la pervenit_fw-la &_o insulis_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o mariiacent_a utilitatem_fw-la attulit_fw-la but_o i_o have_v show_v before_o that_o theodoret_n interprete_v himself_o of_o land_n in_o the_o adriaticall_a see_v and_o name_v they_o in_o the_o plural_a number_n and_o it_o rather_o make_v against_o then_o for_o that_o opinion_n if_o by_o impossibility_n he_o can_v be_v understand_v of_o our_o britain_n for_o he_o set_v down_o s._n paul_n visit_v those_o land_n after_o his_o being_n both_o at_o rome_n and_o spain_n 20._o year_n at_o the_o least_o after_o the_o return_v of_o claudius_n to_o rome_n from_o britain_n he_o allege_v petrus_n de_fw-fr natalibus_n to_o as_o little_a purpose_n write_v as_o he_o say_v that_o s._n paul_n convert_v one_o lucius_n in_o britain_n and_o his_o disciple_n s._n tymothie_n baptize_v he_o what_o this_o lucius_n and_o tymothie_n 24._o petrus_n the_o natal_a l._n 1._o c._n 24._o be_v i_o will_v entreat_v hereafter_o but_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o s._n timothy_n bishop_n of_o ephesus_n continue_v at_o his_o charge_n and_o come_v not_o hither_o and_o if_o we_o shall_v suppose_v the_o contrary_a contrary_a to_o all_o antiquity_n yet_o come_v hither_o with_o s._n paul_n and_o s._n paul_n not_o come_v unto_o any_o western_a part_n of_o many_o year_n after_o as_o i_o have_v make_v demonstration_n before_o this_o disprove_v and_o prove_v not_o his_o purpose_n speak_v of_o no_o time_n at_o all_o and_o this_o author_n contradict_v himself_o in_o this_o relation_n for_o he_o express_o write_v in_o these_o word_n s._n paul_n after_o his_o second_o imprisonment_n at_o rome_n come_v into_o britain_n which_o be_v many_o year_n as_o i_o have_v 1._o harris_n supr_fw-la l._n 1._o already_o prove_v after_o the_o death_n of_o king_n guiderius_n and_z claudius_z his_o return_n to_o rome_n and_o very_o long_o after_o this_o our_o britain_n have_v receive_v the_o faith_n of_o christ_n from_o s._n peter_n and_o his_o disciple_n 2._o and_o to_o manifest_v unto_o we_o that_o s._n paul_n do_v not_o come_v into_o britain_n until_o he_o have_v perform_v his_o promise_n of_o go_v into_o spain_n after_o his_o dismission_n from_o his_o imprisonment_n at_o rome_n and_o his_o long_a travail_n into_o the_o east_n country_n again_o we_o have_v both_o antiquity_n and_o scripture_n for_o sufficient_a warrant_n to_o be_v firm_o of_o that_o mind_n for_o all_o those_o author_n which_o i_o have_v cite_v before_o for_o s._n paul_n preach_v in_o these_o part_n especial_o in_o spain_n as_o the_o martyrologe_n of_o the_o roman_n vsvarde_n s._n bede_n and_o ado_n petrus_n cluniacensis_fw-la trithemius_n antonius_n democharez_n eisengrenius_fw-la mirmannius_n genebrard_n matthew_n of_o westminster_n with_o other_o as_o diverse_a protestant_n namely_o the_o magdeburgian_o francis_n bargo_v their_o english_a protestant_n bishop_n godwin_n their_o publisher_n and_o comment_n upon_o matthew_n westminster_n with_o many_o other_o agree_v that_o after_o 25._o matth._n westm_n a_o