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testify_v and_o if_o he_o send_v s._n joseph_n hither_o out_o of_o francia_n it_o be_v that_o and_o no_o other_o francia_n from_o whence_o he_o send_v he_o the_o antiquity_n of_o glastenbury_n from_o the_o testimony_n of_o a_o ancient_a monk_n of_o s._n denis_n in_o france_n to_o one_o godfridus_n a_o monk_n of_o glastenbury_n relate_v that_o the_o church_n of_o glastenbury_n be_v consecrate_v by_o the_o high_a great_a bishop_n mean_v as_o it_o seem_v s._n peter_n the_o apostle_n the_o high_a great_a bishop_n in_o that_o time_n and_o that_o it_o be_v call_v the_o second_o rome_n for_o the_o multitude_n of_o affix_v epist_n godefrid_n monachi_fw-la glast_n antiquitates_fw-la glaston_n manus_fw-la tab_v affix_v saint_n bury_v there_o of_o the_o which_o s._n joseph_n be_v the_o first_o haec_fw-la gloriosissimi_fw-la martyris_fw-la dionisij_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la glastoniensis_fw-la de_fw-la qua_fw-la te_fw-la asseris_fw-la eandem_fw-la privilegij_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la habent_fw-la ista_fw-la in_o gallia_n illa_fw-la in_o britannia_fw-la uno_fw-la eodem_fw-la tempore_fw-la exortae_fw-la à _fw-la summo_fw-la &_o magno_fw-la pontifice_fw-la consecratae_fw-la vno_fw-la tamen_fw-la gradu_fw-la illa_fw-la supereminet_fw-la roma_fw-it etenim_fw-la secunda_fw-la voco_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la propter_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la inibi_fw-la requiescentium_fw-la quorum_fw-la primus_fw-la fuit_fw-la joseph_n ab_fw-la aramathia_n ille_fw-la nobilis_fw-la decurio_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o dominum_fw-la sepelivit_fw-la pro_fw-la cvius_fw-la sepultura_fw-la dominus_fw-la locum_fw-la illum_fw-la elegit_fw-la atque_fw-la benedixit_fw-la the_o xxiv_o chapter_n far_o prove_v that_o s._n philip_n the_o apostle_n be_v not_o in_o that_o gallia_n france_n next_o to_o britain_n neither_o be_v s._n joseph_n and_o his_o associate_n there_o or_o come_v from_o thence_o into_o britain_n 1._o beside_o the_o recite_v authority_n of_o s._n isidor_n or_o the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o life_n and_o death_n of_o saint_n among_o his_o work_n and_o the_o learned_a bishop_n freculpbus_n of_o which_o i_o have_v speak_v before_o for_o their_o opinion_n that_o hold_v s._n philip_n the_o apostle_n preach_v hymno_fw-la ordo_fw-la officij_fw-la muzarabici_n in_fw-la festo_fw-la s._n jacobi_fw-la apostoli_fw-la fratris_fw-la s._n joannâ—s_fw-la apostoli_fw-la &_o euangelistae_fw-la in_o hymno_fw-la in_o the_o next_o france_n or_o gallia_n i_o find_v the_o like_a mention_n in_o the_o ancient_a muzaraban_n public_a church_n office_n receive_v in_o the_o four_o toledan_a council_n at_o which_o s._n isidor_n archbishop_n of_o hispalis_n for_o all_o spain_n be_v precedent_n in_o this_o council_n mention_n be_v make_v where_o the_o apostle_n preach_v it_o be_v say_v philippus_n gallias_n that_o s._n philip_n preach_v in_o the_o country_n call_v galliae_fw-la which_o although_o i_o do_v not_o find_v allege_v by_o any_o protestant_n to_o confirm_v this_o opinion_n of_o s._n philip_n be_v in_o this_o next_o france_n yet_o because_o i_o seek_v the_o truth_n and_o be_o unwilling_a to_o conceal_v any_o thing_n that_o may_v either_o help_v or_o hinder_v the_o find_v four_o thereof_o i_o hear_v produce_v it_o and_o the_o rather_o because_o it_o give_v more_o countenance_n to_o that_o book_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la &_o morte_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la to_o have_v be_v write_v by_o s._n isidor_n precedent_n in_o that_o council_n and_o take_v as_o it_o seem_v that_o muzaraban_n office_n as_o warrant_v for_o his_o writing_n that_o s._n philip_n the_o apostle_n be_v in_o gallia_n as_o also_o freculphus_n follow_v the_o step_n of_o s._n isidor_n in_o the_o same_o assertion_n for_o better_a decide_n whereof_o because_o the_o muzaraban_n office_n be_v so_o brief_a as_o i_o have_v relate_v in_o this_o matter_n and_o i_o have_v set_v down_o the_o word_n of_o freculphus_n before_o i_o will_v and_o what_o s._n isidor_n or_o other_o author_n of_o that_o book_n have_v write_v of_o this_o business_n which_o be_v as_o follow_v philippus_n à _fw-fr bethsaida_n civitate_fw-la 75._o isidor_n hispal_n episcopus_fw-la l._n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la &_o morte_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la cap._n 75._o unde_fw-la &_o petrus_n gallis_fw-la praedicat_fw-la christum_fw-la barbarasque_fw-la gentes_fw-la vicinasque_fw-la tenebris_fw-la &_o tumenti_fw-la oceano_fw-la coniunctas_fw-la ad_fw-la scientiae_fw-la lumen_fw-la fideique_fw-la portum_fw-la deducit_fw-la deinde_fw-la in_o hierapoli_fw-it phrygiae_fw-la provinciae_fw-la urbe_fw-la crucifixus_fw-la lapidatusque_fw-la obijt_fw-la philip_n of_o the_o city_n bethsaida_n from_o whence_o also_o peter_n be_v preach_v christ_n to_o the_o gaul_n and_o bring_v barbarous_a nation_n and_o near_o to_o darkness_n and_o join_v to_o the_o swell_a ocean_n to_o the_o light_n of_o knowledge_n and_o tbe_n heaven_n of_o faith_n and_o after_o die_v crucifixed_a and_o stone_v in_o hierapolis_n a_o city_n of_o the_o province_n of_o phrygia_n the_o very_a word_n of_o freculphus_n before_o so_o that_o it_o be_v evident_a the_o one_o of_o these_o receive_v they_o from_o the_o other_o and_o after_o these_o hartmanus_n schedel_n use_v the_o same_o phrase_n philippus_n 1._o hartm_n sched_a chronic._n chron_n f._n 202._o p._n 1._o gallias_n accepit_fw-la that_o s._n philip_n have_v the_o country_n galliae_fw-la yet_o neither_o he_o nor_o any_o of_o the_o other_o make_v he_o the_o apostle_n of_o this_o next_o gallia_n or_o france_n neither_o do_v any_o of_o the_o historian_n of_o france_n or_o antiquity_n thereof_o best_o to_o be_v credit_v in_o such_o cause_n make_v mention_n of_o s._n philip_n or_o any_o other_o apostle_n beside_o s._n peter_n and_o s._n paul_n to_o have_v preach_v in_o that_o kingdom_n neither_o any_o other_o but_o such_o as_o be_v disciple_n unto_o they_o and_o not_o to_o s._n philip_n or_o any_o other_o of_o the_o apostle_n to_o have_v teach_v the_o faith_n of_o christ_n in_o that_o nation_n 2._o neither_o do_v any_o of_o our_o french_a historian_n once_o allege_v or_o interpret_v maij._n m._n pniel_n i_o tigeon_n m._n clem._n merch._n m._n 1._o le_fw-fr frere_n de_fw-fr leval_n in_o hist_o andre_n chesne_n hiss_v general_a d'angleterre_fw-fr d'escosse_n &_o d'irland_n pag._n 152._o bed_n martyrol_n call_v maij._n martyr_n rom._n 1._o die_v maij._n vsuard_n martyrol_n cod_n die_v dorotheus_n in_o synopsi_n in_o s._n phil._n magdeb._n cent_n 1._o in_o s._n philip_n apost_n prot._n comm_n book_n in_o f._n s._n philippi_n &_o calend._n 1_o maij._n either_o s._n isidor_n or_o freculphus_n to_o understand_v this_o next_o france_n by_o any_o gallia_n or_o place_n where_o they_o write_v s._n philip_n preach_v but_o expound_v they_o both_o as_o they_o only_o mean_v he_o preach_v in_o scythia_n and_o country_n far_o remote_a from_o this_o france_n and_o so_o they_o expound_v freculphus_n himself_o in_o the_o place_n allege_v vincentius_n abdias_n nicephorus_n sabellicus_n eusebius_n simeon_n metaphrastes_n clement_n of_o alexandria_n and_o polycrates_n be_v of_o that_o mind_n so_o likewise_o teach_v s._n bede_n the_o roman_a martyrologe_n vsuardus_n dorotheus_n the_o magdeburgian_n protestant_n and_o the_o protestant_n of_o england_n in_o their_o most_o authorise_a public_a church_n service_n book_n calendar_n and_o other_o and_o this_o be_v sufficient_o testify_v and_o express_v in_o the_o word_n of_o s._n isidor_n and_o freculphus_n before_o both_o of_o they_o plain_o avouch_v that_o the_o gaul_n and_o people_n to_o who_o s._n philip_n preach_v be_v barbarae_fw-la gentes_fw-la vicinae_fw-la tenebris_fw-la &_o tumenti_fw-la oceano_fw-la coniunctae_fw-la barbarous_a nation_n near_o inhabitant_n unto_o country_n of_o darkness_n and_o conjoin_v to_o the_o swell_a ocean_n which_o have_v no_o resemblance_n at_o all_o to_o this_o our_o gallia_n but_o quite_o contrary_a or_o different_a for_o this_o gallia_n be_v far_o remote_a from_o either_o of_o the_o pole_n arctic_a or_o 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christi_fw-la vixit_fw-la nullus_fw-la tunc_fw-la fuit_fw-la angulus_fw-la in_o gallia_n incultus_fw-la praeter_fw-la lacus_fw-la &_o nemora_fw-la quae_fw-la culturam_fw-la non_fw-la admittunt_fw-la gallia_n be_v ever_o from_o ancient_a time_n replenish_v as_o well_o with_o city_n as_o with_o town_n as_o with_o field_n orchard_n and_o meadow_n and_o as_o strabo_n write_v who_o live_v in_o
make_v by_o heaven_n fair_a orb_n what_o ere_o obliuion_n shade_n have_v ruin_v and_o in_o the_o do_v lose_v thou_o have_v repair_v at_o thy_o dear_a memorye'_v cost_v yea_o the_o whole_a sum_n of_o british_a motion_n renew_v reduc_fw-la do_v to_o present_a notion_n philosopher_n that_o hold_v no_o act_n the_o same_o can_n twice_o be_v do_v must_v needs_o adore_v thy_o name_n thy_o so_o divine_a so_o presage_a name_n who_o every_o letter_n be_v a_o trump_n of_o fame_n to_o sound_v god_n church_n thou_o haist_a bring_v back_o whole_a age_n the_o same_o to_o act_v on_o we_o and_o future_a stage_n thou_o have_v enforce_v great_a rome_n with_o much_o a_o do_v to_o know_v that_o we_o have_v our_o baronius_n too_o live_v till_o thy_o book_n die_v laugh_v at_o enuys_n dart_n and_o glory_n in_o thy_o age-reviving_a art_n h._n t._n in_o eundem_fw-la docta_fw-la soror_fw-la latium_n magnis_fw-la licet_fw-la inuidet_fw-la ausis_fw-la et_fw-la dolet_fw-la angliaco_n tanta_fw-la refer_v modos_fw-la in_o laudes_fw-la broughtone_n tuas_fw-la tamen_fw-la ire_n superbit_fw-la miraturque_fw-la tuum_fw-la quod_fw-la cupit_fw-la esse_fw-la suum_fw-la ne_fw-fr dubites_fw-la en_fw-fr romano_n te_fw-mi more_fw-mi salutat_fw-la atque_fw-la novena_fw-la ingens_fw-la frond_n coronat_fw-la opus_fw-la h._n t._n a_o anagram_n on_o the_o same_o richard_z broughton_n riâ—h_o hard_o bring_v on_o rich_a be_v thy_o work_n in_o time_n best_o jewel_n rich._n pure_a gold_n in_o every_o stitch._n hard_o too_o what_o wonder_n all_o fair_a thing_n be_v hard_o fair_a same_o be_v thy_o reward_n bring_v back_o from_o death_n who_o ere_o the_o like_a have_v bring_v this_o past_a our_o age_n thought_n on_o then_o lest_o want_v thou_o time_n go_v not_o on_o thou_o time_n rely_v upon_o h._n t._n i_o can_v not_o speak_v thy_o worth_n yet_o i_o desire_v to_o be_v among_o thy_o praiser_n and_o admire_v f._n h._n approbatio_fw-la haec_fw-la historia_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la magnae_fw-la britanniae_fw-la à _fw-la 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kymbelnie_a king_n of_o britain_n and_o how_o it_o come_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o britain_n 1._o after_o julius_n cesar_n the_o first_o emperor_n of_o rome_n who_o have_v make_v this_o kingdom_n of_o britain_n tributary_n to_o the_o roman_n and_o carry_v many_o hostage_n and_o prisoner_n from_o hence_o to_o rome_n be_v slay_v and_o his_o next_o successor_n augustus_n the_o second_o emperor_n say_v our_o antiquary_n ancient_a and_o late_a catholik_o and_o other_o by_o the_o will_n of_o god_n have_v establish_v most_o sure_a peace_n through_o the_o world_n our_o redeemer_n 37._o the_o bless_a birth_n of_o christ_n jesus_n redeemer_n of_o the_o world_n ranulph_n higeden_n hist_o l._n 4._o c._n 6._o stow._n et_fw-fr how_o be_v hiss_v do_fw-mi the_o roman_n in_o cesar_n augustus_n a_o 1._o christ_n matth._n westminst_n chron_n a_o gratiae_fw-la 5._o galfrid_n monum_fw-la hist_o britt_n l._n 4._o c._n 11._o virun_n l._n 4._o io._n harding_n f._n 30._o stow._n &_o how_o be_v supra_fw-la matth._n westm_n aetat_fw-la 5._o a_o 9_o 10._o theatre_n of_o brit._n l._n 6._o raph._n holin_n hist_o of_o engl._n l._n 3._o p._n 32._o hector_n both_o scotor_n hist_o l._n 3._o veremund_n hist_o scot._n grim_a ston_n in_o scot._n in_o metellan_n stow._n hist_o in_o cassibelan_n and_o octau_o augustus_n io._n bal._n l._n the_o script_n centur_fw-la 1._o in_o gilda_n cambr._n &_o claudia_n mat._n paâ—ker_n antiquit_fw-la brit._n p._n 2._o theatre_n of_o brit._n pag._n 202._o mat._n westm_n a_o 44._o golfrid_n hist_o brit._n l._n 4._o c._n 9_o bal._n supr_fw-la in_o androgeo_n fabian_n hist_o in_o kimbeline_n &_o guido_n de_fw-fr columna_fw-la holinsh._n hist_o of_o engl._n l._n 3._o p._n 32._o dion_n l._n 59_o stow._n hist_o in_o guider_n galfrid_n hist_o brit._n l._n 5._o c._n 18._o holinsh._n hist_o of_o engl._n l._n 4._o p._n 51._o stow._n hist_o in_o coil_n hector_n both_o scotor_n hist_o l._n 3._o f._n 36._o p._n 2._o strabo_n l._n de_fw-la situ_fw-la orbis_fw-la 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history_n among_o who_o lovy_v de_fw-fr mayerne_n in_o his_o history_n generale_fw-mi d'espagne_fw-fr writing_n from_o the_o spaniard_n themselves_o affirm_v that_o the_o doctrine_n of_o christ_n be_v know_v in_o the_o time_n of_o tiberius_n but_o obscure_a who_o be_v their_o apostle_n and_o after_o prove_v how_o the_o spaniard_n which_o say_v s._n james_n be_v there_o say_v also_o that_o he_o convert_v but_o nine_o person_n and_o return_v into_o jury_n and_o live_v all_o his_o life_n after_o in_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o place_n adjoin_v and_o so_o no_o time_n be_v leave_v for_o his_o irish_a journey_n suppose_v as_o before_o be_v behead_v by_o herode_fw-la in_o the_o three_o year_n of_o claudius_n the_o emperor_n and_o s._n isidor_n himself_o a_o spaniard_n if_o author_n julij_fw-la isidor_n hispal_n l._n de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr &_o mort_fw-fr sanctorum_fw-la c._n 73._o philipp_n bergom_n ad_fw-la an._n 43._o breu._n rom._n in_o fest_n s._n jacobi_fw-la 25._o julij_fw-la of_o that_o book_n 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other_o teach_v in_o ireland_n so_o that_o the_o error_n of_o these_o man_n in_o this_o matter_n do_v so_o much_o as_o it_o can_v against_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o spaniard_n deprive_v they_o of_o that_o holy_a apostle_n and_o yet_o for_o his_o be_v in_o ireland_n prove_v nothing_o at_o all_o for_o as_o all_o man_n know_v hiberia_fw-la and_o hibernia_n be_v quite_o different_a country_n and_o hiberia_fw-la vincentius_n his_o word_n be_v never_o take_v for_o ireland_n but_o for_o spain_n therefore_o whosoever_o will_v with_o the_o magdeburgian_n protestant_n change_n vincentius_n his_o hiberia_fw-la into_o their_o own_o in_o this_o case_n imagine_v hibernia_n which_o vincentius_n do_v not_o name_n must_v needs_o by_o his_o authority_n the_o only_a or_o chief_a ground_n they_o have_v deprive_v both_o ireland_n and_o spain_n of_o the_o presence_n of_o s._n james._n for_o vincentius_n only_o name_v hiberia_fw-la to_o be_v the_o place_n where_o this_o apostle_n preach_v which_o by_o 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into_o english_a be_v thus_o when_o the_o apostle_n do_v disperse_v themselves_o into_o several_a part_n and_o country_n jame_v a_o apostle_n of_o christ_n do_v preach_v the_o word_n of_o god_n without_o fear_n in_o the_o country_n of_o hiberia_fw-la spain_n where_o he_o do_v choose_v 7._o disciple_n torquel_n second_n inladette_n cilefont_n eufrase_n celee_n ysichoe_n and_o do_v announce_v their_o error_n and_o sow_v in_o they_o the_o word_n of_o god_n which_o long_o time_n remain_v without_o fruit_n and_o when_o the_o last_o day_n do_v approach_v he_o 7._o hymn_n eccl._n tolet_n de_fw-fr s._n jacobo_fw-la apud_fw-la baron_n annot_v in_o martyrolog_n rom._n die_v 25._o julâ—j_fw-la baron_fw-fr annotat_fw-la supr_fw-la in_o jacobo_n arnoldus_fw-la mirm._n theat_n conuers_n gent._n in_o s._n jacobo_fw-la fratre_fw-la joa._n act._n c._n 8._o 9_o 10._o etc._n etc._n theatre_n of_o great_a brit._n l._n 6._o pag._n 202._o c._n 9_o act._n 15._o v._n 7._o lead_v they_o with_o he_o to_o jerusalem_n and_o there_o receive_v martyrdom_n hitherto_o the_o very_a word_n of_o vincentius_n whereby_o be_v only_o express_v that_o he_o preach_v in_o spain_n and_o from_o thence_o return_v to_o jerusalem_n again_o 5._o the_o same_o be_v testify_v also_o by_o the_o ancient_a public_a hymn_n of_o he_o use_v in_o the_o church_n of_o toletum_n in_o spain_n make_v by_o s._n isidore_n though_o many_o think_v he_o never_o preach_v at_o all_o in_o spain_n and_o if_o he_o do_v as_o baronius_n well_o prove_v it_o be_v only_o to_o the_o jew_n which_o be_v there_o and_o not_o in_o hibernia_n ireland_n his_o countryman_n for_o the_o time_n of_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o apostle_n for_o preach_v to_o the_o gentile_n be_v not_o yet_o make_v this_o be_v as_o the_o spaniard_n say_v in_o the_o 37._o year_n of_o christ_n within_o 4._o year_n of_o his_o ascension_n at_o which_o time_n and_o after_o they_o only_o preach_v unto_o the_o gentile_n as_o the_o holy_a scripture_n themselves_o be_v witness_v 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unto_o wiseman_n not_o to_o die_v but_o leave_v a_o worse_o for_o a_o better_a life_n svo_fw-la filio_fw-la tanto_fw-la tamque_fw-la eximio_fw-la imperatore_n ipsi_fw-la praesto_fw-la assistente_fw-la sedulo_fw-la inseruiente_fw-la &_o manus_fw-la ipsius_fw-la tenente_fw-la finem_fw-la ita_fw-la vivendi_fw-la fecit_fw-la ut_fw-la beatissima_fw-la quidem_fw-la jure_fw-la optimo_fw-la non_fw-la mori_fw-la prudentibus_fw-la videretur_fw-la sed_fw-la vitam_fw-la caducam_fw-la &_o fragilem_fw-la cum_fw-la caelesti_fw-la &_o aeterna_fw-la revera_fw-la commutare_fw-la her_o body_n 31._o euseb_n lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr const_n c._n 46._o martyrol_n rom._n 18._o aug._n socrat._v hist_n l._n 2._o cap._n 13._o niceph._n l._n 8._o c._n 31._o honour_v with_o renown_a obsequy_n attend_v with_o a_o wonderful_a company_n of_o waiter_n on_o it_o be_v so_o convey_v from_o rome_n unto_o constantinople_n and_o there_o lay_v in_o a_o imperial_a sepulchre_n eius_fw-la autem_fw-la tabernaculum_fw-la splendidis_fw-la exequijs_fw-la decoratum_fw-la nam_fw-la maxima_fw-la satellitum_fw-la turba_fw-la ad_fw-la civitatem_fw-la quae_fw-la principem_fw-la locum_fw-la tenet_fw-la imperij_fw-la deportatum_fw-la fuit_fw-la ibique_fw-la regali_fw-la sepulchro_fw-la conditum_fw-la 25._o as_o she_o be_v glorious_a in_o heaven_n so_o on_o earth_n her_o feast_n in_o the_o latin_a church_n be_v fláuia_fw-la martyrol_n rom._n supr_fw-la vsuard_n &_o ado._n eod_a die_v menolog_n graec._n 12._o cal._n jul._n inscript_n antiq._n ante_fw-la valuas_fw-la eccles_n s._n gereonis_fw-la colon._n petr._n merssaeus_n catal._n elect._n eccl._n in_o archiep._n colon._n io._n pitseus_n de_fw-fr illustr_n brit._n script_n aetate_fw-la 4._o in_fw-la sancta_fw-la helen_n io._n bal._n l._n script_n brit._n centur_fw-la 1._o in_o helen_n fláuia_fw-la celebrate_v the_o 18._o day_n of_o august_n in_o the_o greek_a the_o 20._o of_o june_n and_o in_o old_a monument_n propose_v for_o and_o most_o honourable_o and_o singular_o name_v a_o pattern_n and_o example_n for_o great_a king_n and_o prince_n and_o a_o empress_n full_a of_o grace_n as_o in_o the_o old_a church_n of_o s._n gereon_o in_o collen_n one_o of_o her_o noble_a foundation_n regibus_fw-la exemplum_fw-la sacroque_fw-la chrismate_fw-la plena_fw-la condidit_fw-la hoc_fw-la templum_fw-la sancti_fw-la gereonis_fw-la helena_n constantinus_n manasses_n call_v she_o faeminam_fw-la beatissiman_n a_o late_a english_a writer_n write_v that_o from_o christ_n to_o her_o time_n there_o scarce_o be_v to_o be_v find_v a_o woman_n more_o adorn_v with_o all_o virtue_n and_o learned_a in_o all_o science_n a_o christo_fw-la nato_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la illud_fw-la tempus_fw-la vix_fw-la viderat_fw-la sol_fw-la faeminam_fw-la omnibus_fw-la virtutibus_fw-la ornatiorem_fw-la &_o in_o omnibus_fw-la scientijs_fw-la doctiorem_fw-la and_o to_o give_v unto_o she_o protestant_n praise_n not_o too_o lavish_a in_o commend_v such_o holy_a saint_n they_o be_v enforce_v to_o confess_v helena_n augusta_n seremissimi_fw-la coeli_fw-la regis_fw-la haeres_fw-la &_o unica_fw-la filia_fw-la magni_fw-la constantini_n caesaris_fw-la mater_fw-la incomparabili_fw-la decore_fw-la fide_fw-la religione_fw-la bonitate_fw-la &_o pia_fw-la magnificentia_fw-la eusebio_n etiam_fw-la testae_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la resplenduit_fw-la orbem_fw-la inter_fw-la omnes_fw-la aetatis_fw-la suae_fw-la faeminas_fw-la nulla_fw-la inveniebatur_fw-la eâ_fw-la in_o liberalibus_fw-la artibus_fw-la doctior_fw-la nulla_fw-la in_o instrumentis_fw-la musicis_fw-la peritior_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o linguis_fw-la nationum_fw-la copiosior_fw-la innatam_fw-la habebat_fw-la ingenij_fw-la claritudinem_fw-la oris_fw-la facundiam_fw-la ac_fw-la morum_fw-la ornatissimam_fw-la compositionem_fw-la hebricè_fw-la graecè_fw-la &_o latinè_n erudita_fw-la marito_fw-la constantio_n chloro_fw-la caesar_fw-la eboraci_fw-la defuncto_fw-la cum_fw-la anna_n illa_fw-la euangelica_fw-la in_o sancta_fw-la viduitate_fw-la perduravit_fw-la ad_fw-la ultimum_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la diem_fw-la tota_fw-la christianae_n religioni_fw-la dedita_fw-la sunt_fw-la enim_fw-la authores_fw-la qui_fw-la narrent_fw-la peristam_fw-la cessante_fw-la persecutione_n pacem_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la datam_fw-la ad_fw-la tantam_fw-la philosopbiae_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la eam_fw-la ferunt_fw-la pervenisse_fw-la ut_fw-la ediderit_fw-la de_fw-la providentia_fw-la dei_fw-la librum_fw-la unum_fw-la de_fw-fr immortalitate_fw-la animae_fw-la librum_fw-la 1._o etc._n etc._n the_o empress_n helena_n mother_n of_o constantine_n the_o emperor_n for_o her_o incomparable_a beauty_n faith_n religion_n goodness_n and_o pious_a magnificence_n as_o eusebius_n himself_o witness_v be_v renown_v throughout_o all_o the_o world_n among_o all_o woman_n of_o that_o age_n none_o be_v find_v more_o learned_a in_o liberal_a art_n none_o more_o skilful_a in_o musical_a instrument_n none_o more_o copious_a in_o the_o language_n of_o nation_n she_o have_v a_o natural_a promptness_n of_o wit_n eloquence_n of_o speech_n and_o most_o commendable_a conversation_n in_o life_n excellenlly_n learned_a in_o hebrew_n greek_n and_o latin_a her_o husband_n constantius_n chlorus_n emperor_n die_v at_o york_n with_o holy_a anne_n speak_v of_o in_o the_o gospel_n she_o persevere_v in_o holy_a widow_n hood_n until_o her_o death_n whole_o devote_a to_o christian_a religion_n and_o author_n say_v that_o by_o she_o peace_n be_v give_v to_o church_n she_o be_v report_v to_o have_v come_v to_o so_o great_a knowledge_n in_o learning_n that_o she_o write_v a_o book_n of_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n one_o of_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n one_o the_o rule_n of_o well_o lyve_a one_o of_o epistle_n to_o her_o son_n constantin_n one_o of_o her_o revelation_n one_o to_o s._n anthony_n the_o abbot_n one_o of_o greek_a 5._o pontic_a virun_n hist_o brit._n l._n 5._o verse_n extant_a in_o ponticus_n virunnius_n his_o time_n as_o he_o write_v extant_a adhuc_fw-la carmina_fw-la quae_fw-la dam_n graeca_v quae_fw-la illius_fw-la fuisse_fw-la perhibentur_fw-la thus_o this_o glorious_a saint_n and_o empress_n end_v her_o life_n so_o holy_a &_o virtuous_a as_o sozomen_n write_v that_o none_o can_v 1._o sozomen_n hist_o eccl._n lib._n â—_o cap._n 1._o be_v more_o honourable_a &_o renown_v then_o it_o be_v vita_fw-la quam_fw-la hic_fw-la degebat_fw-la eius_fw-la generis_fw-la fuit_fw-la ut_fw-la neque_fw-la splendidior_fw-la neque_fw-la illustrior_fw-la esse_fw-la potuerit_fw-la 26._o baronius_n and_o the_o roman_a writer_n dare_v not_o for_o certain_a deliver_v or_o in_o 326._o baron_fw-fr &_o spond_n annal._n a_o 326._o particular_a set_v down_o the_o year_n of_o her_o death_n but_o say_v it_o be_v not_o know_v quoto_fw-la anno_fw-la domini_fw-la defuncta_fw-la fuerit_fw-la incompertum_fw-la habetur_fw-la but_o our_o english_a historian_n both_o catholic_n &_o protestant_n be_v more_o confident_a &_o say_v she_o die_v in_o the_o 337._o year_n of_o christ_n be_v then_o as_o other_o also_o testify_v 80._o year_n old_a octogenaria_fw-la cap._n io._n pitseus_n aetat_fw-la 4._o in_o s._n helena_n joh._n bal._n l._n the_o script_n britan._n in_o helena_n flavia_n baron_fw-fr &_o spond_n supr_fw-la sozomen_n l._n 2._o hist_o cap._n 1._o eus_n l._n 3._o vit_fw-fr const_n cap._n 45._o euseb_n l._n 4._o vit_fw-fr const_n baron_fw-fr &_o spond_n annal._n a_o 335._o marian._n scot._n aetat_fw-la 6._o a_o 385._o euseb_n supr_fw-la cap._n 40._o socrat._v hist_o eccl._n l._n 1._o cap._n obdormivit_fw-la in_o domino_fw-la quinto_fw-la calendas_fw-la septembris_fw-la anno_fw-la redemptionis_fw-la humanae_fw-la 337._o and_o baronius_n do_v not_o write_v to_o the_o contrary_a but_o rather_o incline_v to_o confirm_v it_o when_o write_v of_o the_o year_n
cap._n 66._o supr_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la ullum_fw-la a_o condito_fw-la mundo_fw-la sub_fw-la sole_a visum_fw-la est_fw-la all_o the_o noble_n of_o his_o army_n which_o worship_v he_o when_o he_o live_v keep_v their_o old_a manner_n &_o custom_n at_o certain_a time_n enter_v in_o and_o prostrate_v themselves_o one_o the_o groond_n salute_v the_o emperor_n after_o his_o death_n lie_v in_o his_o coffin_n as_o if_o he_o have_v still_o be_v constantine_n great_a reverence_n give_v by_o the_o christian_n to_o the_o de_fw-fr ad_fw-la body_n of_o constantine_n lyve_v the_o senate_n and_o all_o other_o magistrate_n worship_v his_o body_n with_o like_a reverence_n all_o kind_n of_o people_n even_o woman_n and_o child_n in_o infinite_a number_n come_v to_o see_v this_o solemnity_n &_o these_o thing_n be_v thus_o perform_v many_o day_n this_o bless_a emperor_n be_v he_o alone_o which_o reign_v when_o he_o be_v dead_a and_o to_o he_o alone_o god_n himself_o be_v author_n thereof_o all_o honour_n which_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v give_v he_o when_o he_o live_v be_v give_v after_o his_o death_n for_o he_o be_v the_o only_a emperor_n which_o in_o all_o the_o action_n of_o his_o life_n pious_o and_o religious_o worship_v god_n the_o king_n of_o all_o &_o his_o son_n christ_n jesus_n he_o alone_o by_o right_n obtain_v this_o honour_n by_o the_o will_n of_o god_n to_o have_v that_o which_o be_v bury_v in_o death_n to_o reign_v among_o man_n totius_fw-la exercitus_fw-la deuce_n &_o comites_fw-la omniumque_fw-la principum_fw-la caetus_fw-la quibus_fw-la antea_fw-la in_o more_fw-it fuit_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la venerari_fw-la pristinum_fw-la morem_fw-la &_o consuetudinem_fw-la conseruamtes_fw-la statis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la introeuntes_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la in_o capsula_fw-la iacentem_fw-la tanquam_fw-la viwm_fw-la etiam_fw-la post_fw-la mortem_fw-la humi_fw-la procumbentes_fw-la salutabant_fw-la horum_fw-la reverentiam_fw-la eodem_fw-la pietatis_fw-la officio_fw-la subsecutus_fw-la est_fw-la senatus_n &_o omnes_fw-la reliqui_fw-la magistratus_fw-la tum_o vero_fw-la cuiusuis_fw-la ordinis_fw-la hominum_fw-la etiam_fw-la muliercularum_fw-la &_o puerorum_fw-la infinita_fw-la turba_fw-la ad_fw-la idem_fw-la spectaculum_fw-la confluebat_fw-la haec_fw-la per_fw-la multos_fw-la dies_fw-la factitata_fw-la solus_fw-la vero_fw-la iste_fw-la beatus_fw-la imperator_fw-la etiam_fw-la mortuus_fw-la regnavit_fw-la cum_fw-la ei_fw-la soli_fw-la post_fw-la hominum_fw-la memoriam_fw-la vel_fw-la ipso_fw-la deo_fw-la authore_fw-la omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la solebant_fw-la honores_fw-la tanquam_fw-la superstiti_fw-la tribuerentur_fw-la num_fw-la cum_fw-la be_v solus_fw-la ex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la imperatoribus_fw-la regem_fw-la omnium_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o christum_fw-la eius_fw-la omnibus_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la actionibus_fw-la pie_n sancteque_fw-la coluerit_fw-la jure_fw-la sane_fw-la etiam_fw-la hunc_fw-la honorem_fw-la solus_fw-la adeptus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntate_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la morte_fw-la sepultum_fw-la erat_fw-la tamen_fw-la apud_fw-la homines_fw-la regnaret_fw-la 9_o they_o also_o make_v his_o picture_n and_o in_o they_o worship_v he_o as_o though_o he_o 69._o cap._n 69._o be_v still_o lyve_v and_o paint_v he_o as_o reign_v in_o heaven_n neque_fw-la haec_fw-la voce_fw-la tantum_fw-la &_o clamoribus_fw-la significabant_fw-la verumetiam_fw-la re_fw-la ipsa_fw-la declarabant_fw-la cum_fw-la ea_fw-la vita_fw-la functum_fw-la pictis_fw-la tabellis_fw-la tanquam_fw-la viwm_fw-la colerent_fw-la nam_fw-la cum_fw-la caeli_fw-la effigiem_fw-la in_o tabella_fw-la proprijs_fw-la death_n constantine_n worship_v in_o his_o picture_n after_o his_o death_n coloribus_fw-la expressissent_fw-la depingunt_fw-la eum_fw-la super_fw-la caelestes_fw-la orb_n in_fw-la ethaereeo_fw-la caelum_fw-la requiescentem_fw-la thus_o his_o body_n be_v honourable_o keep_v unburied_a until_o his_o son_n constantius_n come_v none_o of_o they_o be_v present_a at_o his_o death_n then_o be_v with_o great_a solemnity_n bring_v to_o the_o apostle_n church_n where_o the_o priest_n and_o people_n decease_v the_o priest_n and_o other_o pray_v for_o the_o soul_n of_o their_o emperor_n constantine_n decease_v with_o tear_n and_o mourn_v pray_v unto_o god_n for_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o emperor_n populus_fw-la frequens_fw-la una_fw-la cum_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la lachrymis_fw-la &_o sane_fw-la magno_fw-la cum_fw-la gemmitu_fw-la preces_fw-la pro_fw-la animo_fw-la imperatoris_fw-la deo_fw-la fundebant_fw-la and_o so_o with_o sacred_a ceremony_n and_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o mass_n and_o holy_a prayer_n he_o be_v join_v to_o the_o people_n 71._o cap._n 70._o 71._o of_o god_n in_o heaven_n licet_fw-la contemplari_fw-la ter_z beatae_fw-la animae_fw-la tumulum_fw-la apostolici_fw-la nominis_fw-la decease_v mass_n say_v for_o he_o decease_v appellaâ—ione_fw-la decorari_fw-la &_o dei_fw-la populum_fw-la aggregari_fw-la divinisque_fw-la ceremonijs_fw-la &_o mystico_fw-la sacrificio_fw-la sanctarumque_fw-la precationum_fw-la societate_fw-la perfrui_fw-la 10._o nicephorus_n write_v that_o the_o holiness_n and_o piety_n of_o this_o renown_a emperor_n image_n the_o relic_n of_o constantino_n work_v many_o miracle_n so_o his_o image_n be_v so_o miraculous_o approve_v after_o his_o death_n that_o god_n give_v such_o a_o infallible_a gift_n of_o heal_v and_o miracle_n both_o to_o his_o grave_n and_o image_n that_o all_o disease_n whatsoever_o be_v certain_o cure_v by_o the_o only_o touch_v of_o they_o magna_fw-la gloria_fw-la bonorum_fw-la conciliator_n deus_fw-la virum_fw-la eum_fw-la veluti_fw-la fidelem_fw-la ministrum_fw-la accumulavit_fw-la 55._o niceph._n hist_o eccl._n l._n 8._o cap._n 55._o sanationum_fw-la &_o miraculorum_fw-la gratia_fw-la &_o urnae_fw-la &_o statuae_fw-la ipsius_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o porpheretici_fw-la marmoris_fw-la columna_fw-la posita_fw-la est_fw-la immissa_fw-la ut_fw-la 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