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the_o holy_a ghost_n descend_v upon_o the_o apostle_n in_o the_o oratory_n of_o zion_n and_o in_o that_o day_n christ_n be_v incarnate_v in_o the_o womb_n of_o the_o perpetual_a virgin_n st._n marry_o and_o upon_o that_o day_n he_o shall_v come_v again_o to_o reward_v the_o just_a and_o punish_v the_o evil._n gregory_n also_o testify_v that_o the_o habessine_n abstain_v from_o no_o sort_n of_o labour_n upon_o the_o sabaoth_n but_o from_o the_o most_o servile_a sort_n of_o labour_n this_o custom_n continue_v long_o in_o the_o church_n till_o it_o be_v abrogate_a by_o degree_n for_o by_o the_o 22_o canon_n of_o the_o say_a council_n of_o laodicea_n the_o christian_n be_v forbid_v to_o work_v upon_o the_o sabaoth_n nevertheless_o the_o sacred_a lecture_n be_v continue_v for_o a_o time_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o canon_n above_o mention_v till_o at_o length_n those_o be_v also_o leave_v off_o perhaps_o because_o that_o the_o people_n have_v a_o licence_n to_o work_v there_o be_v but_o few_o 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the_o sinew_n mutilate_v the_o ethiopian_n sereje_n berum_n the_o forbid_a nerve_n the_o amharies_n shalada_n which_o very_o probable_o they_o may_v learn_v from_o the_o jew_n in_o their_o own_o country_n of_o which_o nation_n there_o be_v several_a colony_n in_o ethiopia_n but_o as_o to_o what_o be_v report_v concern_v queen_n candace_n eunuch_n we_o have_v already_o show_v that_o she_o be_v not_o queen_n of_o habessinia_n but_o of_o the_o ethiopian_n that_o inhabit_v the_o island_n of_o meroe_n and_o if_o the_o eunuch_n be_v a_o jew_n it_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o his_o lady_n the_o queen_n shall_v be_v so_o too_o other_o there_o be_v who_o tell_v we_o that_o menilehec_n successor_n in_o a_o short_a time_n return_v to_o the_o worship_n of_o idol_n which_o if_o it_o be_v true_a the_o assertion_n of_o the_o continuation_n of_o the_o jewish_a religion_n till_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n will_v prove_v altogether_o vain_a though_o in_o europe_n most_o certain_o the_o habessine_n be_v long_o suspect_v of_o judaisme_n and_o so_o be_v many_o to_o this_o day_n which_o king_n claudius_n observe_v by_o his_o disputation_n with_o gonsalo_n rodriguez_n and_o the_o write_n which_o he_o compose_v to_o refute_v the_o error_n of_o the_o habessine_n set_v forth_o a_o confession_n of_o which_o we_o have_v already_o cite_v several_a parcel_n as_o they_o relate_v to_o our_o business_n the_o chief_a scope_n of_o which_o be_v to_o remove_v that_o suspicion_n of_o judaisme_n from_o himself_o and_o his_o subject_n which_o in_o my_o opinion_n he_o very_o effectual_o do_v chap._n ii_o of_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o habessine_n to_o the_o christian_a faith_n the_o conversion_n of_o the_o habessine_n attribute_v to_o queen_n candace_n eunuch_n but_o contrary_a to_o authentic_a history_n candace_n no_o habessinian_n other_o tradition_n nothing_o better_a demonstrate_v when_o and_o by_o