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and_o such_o a_o example_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v follow_v and_o the_o same_o prosper_n 382._o do_v often_o mention_v the_o cycle_n of_o eighty_o four_o as_o that_o which_o the_o latin_a church_n do_v make_v use_n of_o at_o that_o time_n but_o this_o be_v find_v too_o short_a and_o insufficient_a victorius_n be_v employ_v to_o frame_v a_o new_a paschal_n canon_n fit_v to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o latin_a church_n which_o be_v first_o print_v by_o bucherius_n 9â—_n wherein_o although_o he_o differ_v from_o the_o old_a latin_a calculation_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o lunar_a month_n yet_o he_o proceed_v still_o in_o the_o old_a way_n of_o reckon_n from_o sixteen_o to_o twenty_o two_o victorius_n write_v his_o paschal_n canon_n a._n d._n 457._o to_o hilarus_n archdeacon_n of_o rome_n who_o succeed_v leo_n and_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o occasion_n of_o write_v it_o be_v from_o the_o difference_n between_o the_o alexandrian_a and_o roman_a church_n in_o the_o computation_n of_o 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