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A72216 The second booke of the dialogues of S. Gregorie the Greate the first pope of that name containing the life and miracles of our Holie father S. Benedict. To which is adioined the fule of the same holie patriarche translated into the Englishe tonge by C.F. priest & monke of the same order.; Dialogi. Part 2. English Gregory I, Pope, ca. 540-604.; Batt, Antonie.; Fursdon, John, d. 1638.; Gregory I, Pope, ca. 540-604. Short treatise touching the confraternitie of the scapular of St. Benedicts order. 1638 (1638) STC 12350.5; ESTC S125237 72,895 252

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unto_o you_o o●_n all_o his_o good_n he_o will_v place_v he_o of_o the_o prepositus_fw-la of_o the_o monastery_n chap._n lxv_o it_o often_o time_n happen_v that_o ●_o the_o ordain_v of_o the_o preposi●●_n great_a scandal_n arise_v in_o monas●ries_n while_o there_o be_v some_o puff_v ●_o with_o the_o malignant_a spirit_n of_o pride_n w●_n esteem_v themselves_o to_o be_v second_o abbot_n &_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o tyramn●_n over_o other_o nourish_v scandal_n a●_n make_v dissension_n in_o the_o convent_n a●_n especial_o in_o those_o place_n where_o by_o ●●_o same_o bishop_n or_o abbot_n which_o orda●●_n ●●e_v abbot_n the_o prepositus_fw-la be_v likewise_o ordain_v which_o how_o unfitting_a a_o thing_n ●is_fw-la may_v easy_o be_v perceave_v because_o ●●om_o the_o very_a begin_n of_o his_o ordination_n there_o be_v occasion_n give_v he_o of_o ●eing_v proud_a his_o thought_n suggest_v ●o_o he_o that_o he_o be_v exempt_a from_o the_o abbot_n because_o he_o be_v ordain_v by_o they_o by_o 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