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indeed_o 45._o king_n 2._o but_o he_o desire_v to_o be_v excuse_v as_o to_o the_o several_a time_n of_o their_o reign_n for_o he_o have_v not_o meet_v with_o they_o write_v at_o large_a but_o from_o the_o time_n of_o fergus_n ii_o he_o promise_v to_o be_v very_o distinct_a and_o particular_a yet_o after_o he_o come_v hector_n boethius_n of_o who_o the_o learned_a advocate_n tell_v we_o that_o erasmus_n say_v he_o can_v not_o lie_v 29._o which_o come_v very_o near_o to_o infallibility_n in_o matter_n of_o fact_n and_o he_o be_v as_o distinct_a and_o particular_a in_o the_o first_o succession_n as_o he_o be_v in_o the_o second_o from_o whence_o come_v this_o mighty_a difference_n of_o this_o he_o inform_v we_o from_o hector_n boethius_n himself_o and_o can_v we_o have_v a_o better_a authority_n than_o his_o that_o can_v not_o lie_v that_o he_o have_v several_a book_n from_o icolmkill_n which_o he_o follow_v in_o write_v his_o history_n i_o can_v now_o enter_v upon_o the_o consideration_n 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nativity_n after_o which_o he_o set_v down_o fergus_n his_o own_n that_o he_o receive_v his_o authority_n from_o the_o people_n and_o their_o fundamental_a contract_n to_o adhere_v to_o he_o and_o to_o his_o line_n 10.2_o which_o if_o he_o may_v be_v believe_v be_v engrave_v in_o marble_n table_n and_o then_o the_o agrarian_a law_n follow_v and_o which_o be_v very_o observable_a the_o first_o design_n we_o find_v lay_v for_o alter_v the_o succession_n of_o the_o crown_n and_o exclude_v the_o next_o heir_n 19_o be_v in_o hector_n boethius_n his_o account_n of_o the_o immediate_a successor_n to_o fergus_n the_o son_n of_o ferquard_n 10.2_o for_o notwithstanding_o the_o bind_a oath_n to_o the_o posterity_n of_o fergus_n yet_o immediate_o after_o his_o death_n he_o say_v feritharis_n be_v choose_v king_n although_o fergus_n leave_v ferlegus_n his_o son_n and_o heir_n and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o a_o law_n say_v he_o be_v past_o exclude_v the_o next_o heir_n from_o any_o right_n to_o government_n till_o he_o attain_v to_o such_o a_o age._n the_o effect_n whereof_o be_v that_o ferlegus_n attempt_v to_o recover_v his_o right_n from_o feritharis_n be_v banish_v and_o utter_o exclude_v hector_n himself_o confess_v he_o be_v at_o just_a age_n when_o he_o demand_v the_o crown_n 15._o but_o he_o be_v put_v by_o and_o severe_o rebuke_v quod_fw-la injussu_fw-la patrum_fw-la petiisset_fw-la regnum_fw-la but_o he_o do_v it_o without_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o senate_n upon_o which_o they_o imprison_v he_o but_o he_o make_v his_o escape_n and_o flee_v first_o to_o the_o pict_n then_o to_o the_o britain_n and_o after_o feritharis_n his_o death_n main_n be_v choose_v to_o succeed_v this_o be_v the_o just_a and_o true_a account_n of_o this_o matter_n as_o it_o be_v deliver_v by_o hector_n boethius_n and_o after_o he_o by_o lesly_n 81._o who_o speak_v more_o plain_o of_o ferlegus_n his_o
say_v that_o scotia_n have_v its_o name_n from_o scota_n the_o most_o noble_a person_n in_o that_o colony_n he_o say_v it_o be_v in_o some_o chronica_fw-la but_o what_o chronica_fw-la be_v ever_o write_v by_o grosthead_n 14._o deserve_v to_o be_v inquire_v for_o it_o be_v certain_a fordon_n quote_v he_o in_o other_o place_n about_o scota_n and_o the_o scot_n which_o make_v i_o wonder_v that_o dempster_n do_v not_o put_v he_o among_o his_o scotish_n writer_n but_o as_o far_o as_o i_o can_v perceive_v he_o never_o read_v fordon_n nor_o see_v elphinston_n in_o chap._n 20._o where_o fordon_n quote_v a_o old_a chronicle_n which_o affirm_v that_o gaithelus_n give_v the_o same_o law_n to_o his_o people_n which_o phoroneus_n do_v to_o the_o greek_n and_o that_o the_o scot_n to_o this_o day_n glory_n that_o they_o have_v those_o law_n this_o last_o clause_n elphinstoun_n leave_v out_o and_o he_o pass_v over_o chap._n 21._o where_o the_o miserable_a condition_n of_o the_o posterity_n of_o 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the_o church_n be_v for_o 4._o they_o offer_v to_o subscribe_v innocentius_n his_o epistle_n zosimus_n be_v very_o well_o satisfy_v and_o think_v they_o peevish_a and_o unreasonable_a that_o be_v not_o 104._o xystus_n be_v their_o patron_n at_o rome_n before_o the_o african_a bishop_n appear_v so_o resolute_a in_o the_o cause_n and_o have_v it_o not_o be_v for_o they_o for_o all_o that_o i_o can_v see_v pelagianism_n have_v spread_v with_o the_o approbation_n of_o the_o roman_a see_n but_o notwithstanding_o it_o be_v at_o last_o condemn_v at_o rome_n and_o imperial_a constitution_n publish_v against_o it_o yet_o it_o find_v a_o way_n over_o into_o the_o british_a church_n by_o the_o mean_n of_o one_o agricola_n the_o son_n of_o severianus_n a_o pelagian_a bishop_n as_o cons._n prosper_n inform_v we_o it_o appear_v by_o the_o rescript_n of_o 54._o valentinian_n iii_o anno_fw-la dom._n 425._o there_o be_v several_a pelagian_a bishop_n in_o gaul_n and_o the_o severe_a execution_n of_o 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account_n of_o it_o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o provence_n but_o there_o be_v no_o pelagian_a error_n there_o mention_v but_o something_o of_o nestorianism_n and_o by_o leontius_n succeed_v cylinnius_fw-la in_o his_o see_n before_o anno_fw-la dom._n 420._o it_o follow_v that_o leporius_n recant_v before_o the_o pelagian_a heresy_n be_v spread_v into_o these_o part_n and_o therefore_o this_o leporius_n can_v have_v nothing_o to_o do_v in_o it_o beside_o it_o seem_v probable_a that_o this_o leporius_n after_o his_o recantation_n continue_v in_o africa_n for_o one_o leporius_n a_o presbyter_n be_v 110._o mention_v in_o the_o election_n of_o eradius_fw-la in_o the_o see_v of_o hippo_n anno_fw-la dom._n 426._o and_o diversis_fw-la st._n augustine_n say_v he_o be_v a_o stranger_n 2._o bale_n make_v he_o the_o son_n of_o severus_n sulpicius_n a_o pelagian_a priest_n in_o britain_n but_o prosper_v and_o bede_n say_v he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o severianus_n a_o bishop_n it_o be_v true_a 19_o 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florentius_n i._n e._n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 429._o that_o coelestius_n do_v return_v into_o the_o east_n and_o be_v banish_v from_o constantinople_n by_o the_o emperor_n edict_n from_o whence_o it_o follow_v that_o coelestius_n come_v not_o into_o these_o part_n nor_o do_v we_o read_v what_o become_v of_o he_o after_o the_o council_n of_o ephesus_n wherein_o he_o be_v condemn_v by_o 275_o bishop_n as_o the_o same_o marius_n mercator_n show_v who_o account_n of_o these_o thing_n be_v a_o person_n of_o that_o time_n and_o active_a in_o this_o cause_n have_v clear_v several_a thing_n which_o be_v much_o in_o the_o dark_a before_o but_o whosoever_o they_o be_v who_o bring_v pelagianism_n hither_o it_o appear_v by_o prosper_n that_o they_o be_v britain_n and_o have_v too_o great_a success_n here_o by_o the_o spread_a of_o pelagianism_n but_o care_n be_v take_v by_o the_o sound_a part_n to_o get_v it_o out_o and_o therefore_o distrust_v their_o own_o sufficiency_n to_o deal_v with_o 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86._o sirmondus_n observe_v place_n it_o anno_fw-la dom._n 446._o to_o which_o he_o think_v bede_n relation_n do_v best_a agree_v and_o sirmondus_n himself_o put_v it_o that_o year_n aetius_n iii_o and_o symmachus_n be_v consul_n in_o the_o 21_o of_o valentinian_n iii_o and_o 5_o of_o leo_n i._o if_o this_o computation_n of_o the_o time_n be_v true_a than_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o st._n german_n shall_v be_v send_v hither_o by_o celestine_n as_o prosper_n affirm_v for_o xystus_n be_v pope_n after_o celestine_n anno_fw-la dom._n 432._o and_o it_o be_v incredible_a that_o if_o he_o have_v be_v send_v hither_o by_o commission_n from_o he_o neither_o constantius_n in_o his_o life_n of_o st._n german_n who_o live_v so_o near_o that_o time_n nor_o the_o author_n of_o the_o life_n of_o st._n lupus_fw-la trecensis_fw-la nor_o bede_n shall_v take_v any_o notice_n of_o it_o but_o they_o all_o mention_v the_o particular_a application_n make_v by_o the_o britain_n to_o the_o gallican_n bishop_n for_o their_o assistance_n and_o
their_o meeting_n in_o council_n on_o purpose_n and_o choose_v and_o dispatch_a st._n german_n and_o lupus_n without_o any_o intimation_n of_o celestine_n 9_o baronius_n and_o 1._o jansenius_n go_v about_o to_o reconcile_v these_o thing_n by_o say_v either_o that_o the_o pope_n approve_v he_o who_o the_o council_n choose_v or_o that_o the_o pope_n leave_v it_o to_o the_o council_n to_o choose_v but_o neither_o of_o these_o will_v hold_v for_o prosper_n say_v that_o celestine_n send_v he_o vice_n suâ_fw-la in_o his_o own_o name_n and_o stead_n which_o be_v very_o different_a from_o appoint_v a_o council_n to_o choose_v one_o to_o be_v send_v and_o constantius_n say_v that_o immediate_o they_o go_v which_o show_v they_o do_v not_o stay_v for_o the_o pope_n approbation_n and_o withal_o the_o kindness_n be_v not_o so_o great_a at_o that_o time_n between_o celestine_n and_o the_o gallican_n bishop_n that_o either_o he_o shall_v send_v to_o they_o to_o appoint_v or_o they_o shall_v wait_v 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be_v so_o incense_v against_o he_o as_o honoratus_n affirm_v in_o his_o life_n which_o be_v no_o new_a acquaintance_n but_o of_o so_o long_o stand_v that_o if_o hilary_n of_o arles_n be_v at_o that_o time_n suspect_v at_o rome_n st._n german_n will_v hard_o have_v be_v pitch_v upon_o by_o celestine_n for_o his_o legate_n into_o britain_n i_o wonder_v how_o 20._o baronius_n and_o 19_o vossius_fw-la come_v to_o mistake_v the_o hilary_n who_o join_v with_o prosper_n for_o hilary_n bishop_n of_o arles_n since_o this_o hilary_n never_o be_v a_o disciple_n of_o st._n augustine_n as_o the_o other_o be_v and_o he_o be_v certain_o bishop_n of_o arles_n after_o st._n augustine_n death_n when_o celestine_n mention_n the_o other_o hilary_n as_o present_v with_o prosper_n at_o rome_n when_o they_o inform_v against_o the_o bishop_n of_o gaul_n for_o honoratus_n succeed_v patroclus_n in_o the_o see_v of_o arles_n prosper_n say_v that_o patroclus_n be_v kill_v anno_fw-la dom._n 426._o honoratus_n 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