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even_o think_v that_o any_o of_o the_o church_n shall_v be_v so_o foolish_a as_o to_o worship_v the_o martyr_n and_o then_o he_o tell_v he_o that_o they_o do_v not_o worship_n the_o saint_n relic_n and_o be_v so_o far_o from_o it_o that_o they_o do_v not_o worship_n or_o adore_v even_o the_o sun_n itself_o riparium_fw-la itself_o nos_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-fr dico_fw-la martyrum_fw-la reliquias_fw-la sed_fw-la ne_fw-la solemn_a quidem_fw-la non_fw-la angelos_n non_fw-la archangelos_fw-la colimus_fw-la &_o adoramus_fw-la d._n hieron_n advers._fw-la vigilant_a ad_fw-la riparium_fw-la nay_o not_o the_o angel_n nor_o the_o archangel_n here_o we_o see_v s._n hierom_n confute_v the_o accusation_n of_o worship_v of_o relic_n by_o show_v that_o the_o church_n do_v not_o worship_v the_o sun_n itself_o nor_o the_o angel_n or_o archangel_n themselves_o which_o be_v creature_n so_o