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their_o ambassador_n to_o other_o prince_n those_o king_n be_v superior_a and_o great_a than_o those_o ambassador_n who_o they_o send_v but_o the_o king_n of_o rome_n do_v send_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n as_o their_o ambassador_n to_o other_o prince_n ergo_fw-la the_o king_n of_o rome_n be_v superior_a and_o great_a than_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n the_o mayor_n be_v apparent_a by_o induction_n of_o particular_n &_o by_o ordinary_a &_o common_a experience_n in_o the_o world_n the_o minor_a be_v manifest_a by_o ecclesiastical_a history_n which_o testify_v that_o king_n theodoricke_n send_v john_n bishop_n of_o rome_n platina_n lib_fw-la pontific_n in_o johan._n 1_o et_fw-la anact_n in_o agapeto_fw-la diaconus_fw-la platina_n as_o his_o ambassador_n to_o the_o emperor_n justine_n and_o that_o king_n theodatus_fw-la send_v likewise_o agapetus_n bishop_n of_o rome_n as_o his_o ambassador_n to_o the_o emperor_n justinian_n and_o therefore_o the_o conclusion_n must_v needs_o follow_v 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