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rather_o bithania_n where_o it_o be_v evident_a they_o deny_v his_o be_v hear_v but_o rather_o in_o some_o place_n of_o like_a name_n which_o may_v easy_o be_v prove_v out_o of_o dorotheus_n himself_o who_o direct_o teach_v that_o s._n aristobulus_n one_o of_o the_o 72._o disciple_n &_o disciple_n of_o s._n peter_n as_o hereafter_o be_v bishop_n of_o britain_n absolute_o which_o he_o neither_o will_v nor_o true_o can_v have_v say_v if_o such_o a_o apostle_n have_v preach_v &_o be_v martyr_v &_o consequent_o be_v bishop_n in_o this_o britain_n for_o it_o will_v evident_o appear_v in_o the_o aristobulo_n doroth._n supr_fw-la in_o aristobulo_n due_a place_n hereafter_o even_o by_o these_o protestant_n that_o s._n aristobulus_n be_v a_o bishop_n hear_v long_o before_o the_o time_n they_o have_v assign_v to_o s._n simon_n zelotes_n &_o continue_v hear_v long_o time_n after_o his_o death_n and_o great_a ingratitude_n it_o have_v be_v both_o of_o the_o british_a and_o saxon_a christian_n if_o so_o renown_v a_o apostle_n of_o christ_n one_o of_o the_o twelve_o have_v both_o preach_v and_o be_v martyr_v hear_v and_o as_o a_o late_a writer_n without_o 296._o author_n of_o the_o engl._n martyrologe_n 28._o octobr._n pag._n 296._o any_o authority_n seem_v to_o think_v ordain_v priest_n and_o deacon_n erect_a church_n and_o the_o like_a if_o no_o monument_n have_v be_v keep_v thereof_o no_o church_n no_o chapel_n no_o altar_n erect_v to_o his_o honour_n &_o memory_n when_o we_o fee_v it_o far_o otherwise_o in_o all_o nation_n where_o any_o apostle_n preach_v and_o suffer_v martyrdom_n and_o in_o this_o kingdom_n where_o s._n peter_n only_o preach_v &_o die_v not_o we_o see_v the_o most_o ancient_a church_n of_o this_o land_n except_o to_o the_o bless_a virgin_n mary_n be_v dedicate_v unto_o he_o in_o our_o first_o public_a receive_n of_o christian_n religion_n as_o those_o two_o in_o london_n s._n peter_n church_n at_o westminster_n &_o in_o
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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