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judgement_n 〈◊〉_d be_v utter_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d importance_n do_v he_o only_a 〈◊〉_d the_o thing_n to_o be_v feign_v rather_o than_o 〈◊〉_d which_o their_o great_a 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o isidore_n their_o first_o author_n but_o his_o acknowledgement_n of_o the_o hazard_n which_o the_o roman_a church_n run_v be_v more_o for_o they_o have_v so_o many_o subterfuge_n about_o the_o roman_a church_n that_o it_o be_v more_o difficult_a to_o find_v it_o than_o to_o vanquish_v it_o it_o be_v not_o the_o pope_n in_o a_o formal_a council_n that_o excommunicate_v the_o church_n of_o africa_n or_o that_o put_v her_o saint_n first_o into_o the_o roman_a 〈◊〉_d yet_o it_o be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d roman_n church_n and_o indeed_o if_o the_o holy_a roman_a church_n and_o her_o authority_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v in_o her_o mass_n book_n and_o breviaries_n her_o court_n and_o consistory_n her_o law_n and_o 〈◊〉_d her_o martyrology_n and_o calendar_n her_o pope_n and_o doctor_n i_o 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