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excommunication_n most_o execrable_a so_o that_o as_o before_o we_o pronounce_v the_o say_a henry_n not_o only_o perjure_a but_o also_o excommunicate_a 6._o six_o we_o depose_v etc._n etc._n against_o the_o say_a lord_n henry_n that_o after_o he_o have_v attain_v to_o the_o crown_n and_o sceptre_n of_o the_o kingdom_n he_o cause_v forthwith_o to_o be_v apprehend_v diverse_a lord_n spiritual_a church_n bishop_n abbot_n prior_n and_o religious_a man_n of_o all_o order_n who_o he_o arrest_v imprison_v &_o bind_v and_o against_o all_o order_n bring_v they_o before_o the_o secular_a judge_n to_o be_v examine_v not_o spare_v the_o bishop_n who_o body_n be_v anoint_v with_o sacred_a oil_n nor_o priest_n nor_o religious_a man_n but_o command_v they_o to_o be_v condemn_v hang_v and_o behead_v by_o the_o temporal_a law_n and_o judgement_n notwithstanding_o the_o privilege_n of_o the_o church_n and_o holy_a order_n which_o he_o ought_v to_o have_v reverence_v and_o worship_v it_o he_o have_v be_v 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chaste_a soldier_n bite_v of_o his_o tongue_n and_o spit_v it_o in_o the_o face_n of_o a_o harlot_n a_o like_a example_n of_o chastity_n between_o two_o christian_n exit_fw-la ambr._n lib._n 2._o the_o virgin_n theodora_n didimus_n martyr_n agathon_n martyr_n paulus_n andreas_n martyr_n justinus_n nicostratus_n portius_n martyr_n abdon_n sennas_n martyr_n secundianus_n verâanus_n marcellianus_fw-la martyr_n exit_fw-la vincent_n lib._n 11._o cap._n 51._o exit_fw-la libro_fw-la bedae_fw-la de_fw-la temporibus_fw-la citante_fw-la henrico_n de_fw-fr erfordia_n a_o brief_a cataloge_n of_o diverse_a which_o suffer_v under_o decius_n ex_fw-la beda_n child_n martyr_n exit_fw-la vincent_fw-la lib._n 11._o cap._n 52._o such_o as_o revolt_a and_o fall_v in_o this_o persecution_n serapion_n exit_fw-la euseb._n lib._n 6._o cap._n 44._o 44._o note_v here_o the_o sacrament_n to_o be_v call_v the_o eucharist_n and_o not_o the_o body_n of_o christ._n the_o holy_a eucharist_n in_o time_n of_o great_a 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43._o 43._o note_v here_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o body_n to_o be_v call_v bread_n euseb._n lib._n 6._o cap._n 43._o nicepho_n lib._n 6._o ca._n 3._o the_o latin_a translation_n of_o eusebius_n corrupt_v by_o christoserson_n lib._n 6._o ca._n 43._o maximus_n vrbanus_n sidonius_n celerinus_n confessor_n exit_fw-la cypr._n lib._n 3._o epist._n 3._o moses_n martyr_n a_o synod_n at_o rome_n an._n 255._o cornelius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o martyr_n bishop_n be_v choose_v than_o not_o without_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o people_n a_o censure_n of_o the_o decretal_a epistle_n of_o cornelius_n the_o constancy_n of_o cornelius_n in_o his_o trial_n cyprian_a lib._n 1._o epist._n 1._o cornelius_n accuse_v for_o write_v letter_n to_o cyprian_a plumbatis_fw-la cadi_fw-la cornelius_n martyr_a aurelius_n martyr_n mappalicus_n martyr_n the_o death_n and_o destruction_n of_o decius_n orosius_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 14._o the_o just_a revenge_n of_o god_n against_o persecutor_n the_o just_a 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