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cluniacensis_fw-la call_v the_o pope_n the_o king_n of_o babylon_n joachimus_n abbas_n hoveden_n abbas_n vide_fw-la rog._n hoveden_n in_o richard_n the_o first_o be_v time_n anno_fw-la 1190._o set_v forth_o his_o thesis_n and_o maintain_v public_o antichristum_n jam_fw-la natum_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o civitate_fw-la romana_fw-la &_o in_o seed_n apostolica_fw-la sublimatum_fw-la i_o e._n antichrist_n to_o be_v now_o bear_v in_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n and_o promote_v in_o the_o apostolic_a see_n johannis_n sarisburiensis_n a_o monk_n anno_o 1150._o do_v the_o like_a paris_n like_a matth._n paris_n richard_n grosthead_n that_o learned_a pious_a and_o eminent_a bishop_n of_o lincoln_n anno_o 1253._o make_v a_o excellent_a oration_n to_o that_o purpose_n a_o little_a before_o his_o death_n papam_fw-la esse_fw-la antichristum_n and_o the_o last_o word_n of_o man_n be_v the_o more_o memorable_a gulielmus_fw-la ockam_n anno_fw-la 1350._o write_v to_o clement_n the_o six_o and_o public_o charge_v that_o see_v with_o heresy_n and_o antichristianisme_n franciscus_n petrarcha_n an._n 1347._o in_o epist_n 18._o etc._n etc._n apply_v the_o pprophecy_n of_o the_o babilonish_a harlot_n to_o rome_n not_o heathen_a but_o papal_a the_o then_z court_n of_o rome_n in_o these_o word_n tu_fw-la es_fw-la famosa_fw-la dicam_fw-la a_o infamis_fw-la meretrix_n fornicata_fw-la cum_fw-la regibus_fw-la terrae_fw-la illa_fw-la equidem_fw-la ipsa_fw-la es_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o spiritu_fw-la sacer_fw-la vidit_fw-la evangelista_n illa_fw-la eadem_fw-la inquam_fw-la es_fw-la &_o non_fw-la alia_fw-la sedens_fw-la super_fw-la aquas_fw-la multas_fw-la i._n e._n thou_o be_v the_o famous_a shall_v i_o say_v or_o infamous_a harlot_n which_o have_v commit_v fornication_n with_o the_o king_n of_o the_o earth_n thou_o be_v the_o very_a same_o which_o in_o the_o spirit_n the_o holy_a evangelist_n see_v i._n e._n john_n thou_o be_v i_o say_v the_o same_o and_o not_o another_o sit_v upon_o many_o water_n etc._n etc._n beside_o throughout_o these_o age_n from_o the_o year_n 1100._o how_o many_o be_v there_o of_o those_o who_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n 150._o rome_n non_fw-la defuerant_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la terris_fw-la numerosi_fw-la piorum_fw-la coetus_fw-la qui_fw-la toto_fw-la soluti_fw-la satanae_n tempore_fw-la bellum_fw-la antichristo_fw-la indixerunt_fw-la cujusmodi_fw-la erant_fw-la quos_fw-la papistae_fw-la cum_fw-la primum_fw-la sectae_fw-la authorem_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la denominarentur_fw-la invenire_fw-la non_fw-la possent_fw-la á_z quodam_fw-la petro_n waldo_n lugdunensi_fw-la waldenfium_fw-la &_o pauperum_fw-la lugdunensium_fw-la nomina_fw-la indiderunt_fw-la usserius_fw-la arch._n armach_n de_fw-fr eccles_n christ_n success_n &_o stat_fw-la p._n 150._o call_v waldenses_n who_o reynerus_n confess_v to_o have_v fill_v france_n spain_n italy_n and_o most_o of_o those_o western_a part_n they_o with_o one_o mouth_n declare_v according_o thousand_o of_o they_o 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43.3_o be_v say_v to_o have_v destroy_v the_o city_n by_o be_v say_v to_o pronounce_v destruction_n to_o it_o the_o primate_n observe_v that_o we_o often_o meet_v with_o these_o speech_n concern_v the_o leprosy_n which_o be_v a_o type_n of_o the_o pollution_n of_o sin_n the_o priest_n shall_v cleanse_v he_o the_o priest_n shall_v pollute_v he_o leu._n 13._o according_a to_o the_o hebrew_n and_o the_o greek_a version_n and_o out_o of_o 23._o of_o contaminatione_fw-la contaminabit_fw-la eum_fw-la haud_fw-la dubium_fw-la quin_fw-la sacerdos_n non_fw-la quo_fw-la contaminationis_fw-la author_n sit_fw-la sed_fw-la quo_fw-la ostendat_fw-la eum_fw-la contaminatum_fw-la hieron_n lib._n 7._o esa_n cap._n 23._o saint_n jerom_n that_o it_o be_v say_v verse_n 44._o the_o priest_n with_o pollution_n shall_v pollute_v he_o not_o that_o he_o be_v the_o author_n of_o his_o pollution_n but_o that_o he_o declare_v he_o to_o be_v pollute_v and_o unclean_a whereupon_o the_o master_n of_o the_o sentence_n 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