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rule_n regiment_n sovereignty_n or_o any_o subject_n a_o thing_n in_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n of_o itself_o imployinge_v contradiction_n and_o impossible_a and_o let_v no_o man_n say_v that_o accord_v unto_o some_o as_o namely_o giraldus_n cambrensis_fw-la this_o island_n be_v divide_v into_o five_o province_n britannia_fw-la prima_fw-la britannia_fw-la secunda_fw-la flavia_n maxima_fw-la and_o valentia_n which_o now_o be_v scotland_n and_o that_o there_o be_v a_o archbishop_n there_o girald_n cambr._n l._n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la metropol_n eccl_n meneu_fw-fr apud_fw-la park_n antiq_fw-la britan._n pag._n 24._o &_o io._n pris_fw-fr def_n hist._n brit._n for_o i_o answer_v this_o division_n be_v make_v long_o after_o this_o as_o the_o twoe_o last_o province_n maximia_n &_o valentia_n prove_v in_o their_o own_o name_n for_o the_o same_o author_n say_v that_o maximia_n be_v so_o name_v of_o maximus_n the_o emperor_n maximia_n ab_fw-la imperatore_n maximo_fw-la vocata_fw-la and_o 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optimo_fw-la maximo_fw-la deo_fw-la famulaturis_fw-la liberè_fw-la erogavit_fw-la struxit_fw-la &_o haud_fw-la procul_fw-la à _fw-la palatio_fw-la sacram_fw-la aedem_fw-la divo_o apostolo_n dicatam_fw-la and_o build_v a_o other_o church_n not_o far_o from_o the_o palace_n dedicate_v to_o the_o holy_a apostle_n and_o thus_o much_o of_o s._n victor_n next_o to_o he_o succeed_v pope_n and_o s._n zepherinus_n who_o to_o prove_v he_o still_o maintain_v this_o roman_a supreamacie_n as_o his_o predecessor_n before_o over_o all_o bishope_n primate_fw-la patriarch_n and_o whosoever_o or_o wheresoever_o of_o the_o clergy_n or_o other_o do_v general_o decree_v as_o these_o protestant_n tell_v us._n rob._n barns_n in_o vit_fw-mi pontif._n rom._n in_o zepherin_n he_o call_v he_o severus_a sine_fw-la romani_fw-la pontificis_fw-la authoritate_fw-la accusatum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la nec_fw-la à _fw-la primate_n nec_fw-la à _fw-la patriarcha_fw-la nec_fw-la à _fw-la metropolitan_a in_o judicio_fw-la 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