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emperor_n own_o aversation_n against_o nestorius_n to_o back_v he_o he_o prevail_v and_o a_o second_o council_n be_v summon_v to_o ephesus_n 19_o year_n after_o the_o first_o consist_v of_o 130_o bishop_n and_o the_o presidency_n of_o the_o council_n be_v by_o chrysaphius_n his_o power_n with_o the_o emperor_n determine_v to_o dioscorus_n by_o special_a commission_n pope_n leo_n be_v invite_v but_o his_o answer_n be_v that_o he_o neither_o will_v nor_o can_v come_v he_o can_v not_o because_o at_o that_o time_n rome_n be_v distress_v by_o the_o huns_n and_o he_o will_v not_o because_o it_o be_v not_o become_v the_o state_n of_o the_o apostolic_a chair_n to_o appear_v in_o any_o council_n but_o however_o he_o send_v his_o legate_n with_o letter_n to_o the_o council_n little_o suspect_v those_o irregularity_n that_o ensue_v but_o by_o the_o artifice_n of_o dioscorus_n they_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o suffer_v to_o be_v read_v and_o upon_o it_o the_o legate_n quit_v the_o council_n and_o upon_o that_o all_o
reign_n of_o the_o emperor_n leo_n his_o method_n of_o preserve_v the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n by_o way_n of_o encyclical_a correspondence_n pope_n leo_n concurrence_n p._n 260._o §_o xvii_o of_o the_o emperor_n leo_n and_o the_o tyrant_n basiliscus_n the_o great_a mischief_n of_o zeno_n henoticon_n or_o act_n of_o comprehension_n of_o the_o acephali_n and_o the_o haesitantes_fw-la i._n e._n the_o moderate_a men._n of_o the_o numberless_a schism_n occasion_v in_o the_o church_n by_o this_o heal_a instrument_n p._n 296._o §_o xix_o the_o reign_n of_o anastasius_n his_o outrageous_a zeal_n for_o the_o henoticon_n his_o persecution_n in_o pursuance_n of_o moderation_n till_o at_o last_o the_o design_n end_v in_o war_n tumult_n and_o rebellion_n p._n 335._o §_o xx._n justin_n restitution_n of_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n the_o reunion_n of_o the_o eastern_a and_o western_a church_n thereby_o the_o tumult_n of_o the_o scythian_a and_o acaemetan_a monk_n his_o law_n against_o the_o heretic_n p._n 349._o §_o xxi_o a_o general_a vindication_n of_o the_o justinian_n code_n a_o short_a history_n of_o both_o the_o code_o theodosian_a and_o justinian_n tribonian_n integrity_n vindicate_v in_o his_o recite_v the_o law_n of_o former_a emperor_n against_o the_o accusation_n of_o gothofred_n p._n 366._o §_o xxii_o all_o justinian_n own_o novel_n vindicate_v from_o any_o invasion_n upon_o the_o power_n of_o the_o church_n and_o prove_v to_o have_v be_v nothing_o else_o than_o canon_n enact_v into_o law_n p._n 376._o §_o xxiii_o all_o his_o action_n vindicate_v against_o alemannus_n and_o the_o anecdota_n the_o history_n of_o the_o contest_v about_o the_o tria_fw-la capitula_fw-la with_o a_o account_n of_o the_o extravagant_a behaviour_n of_o pope_n vigilius_n p._n 391._o §_o xxiv_o the_o contest_v between_o paul_n the_o 5_o and_o the_o state_n of_o venice_n the_o cause_n of_o all_o the_o displeasure_n of_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n against_o justinian_n the_o anecdota_n prove_v to_o be_v spurious_a and_o none_o of_o procopius_n his_o write_n p._n 426._o §_o xxv_o justinian_n vindicate_v from_o the_o charge_n of_o cruelty_n p._n 443._o §_o xxvi_o the_o unparalleled_a gentleness_n of_o his_o reign_n the_o empress_n theodora_n antonia_n and_o the_o great_a belisarius_n vindicate_v from_o the_o calumny_n of_o the_o anecdota_n p._n 455._o §_o xxvii_o a_o account_n of_o justinian_n persian_a vandalick_a and_o gothick_n war_n p._n 479._o §_o xxviii_o the_o reason_n of_o his_o side_v with_o the_o venetae_fw-la against_o the_o prasmi_n i._n e._n the_o tory_n against_o the_o whig_n p._n 497._o §_o xxix_o his_o vindication_n from_o folly_n and_o knavery_n p._n 502._o §_o xxx_o item_n from_o covetousness_n and_o prodigality_n p._n 510._o §_o xxxi_o item_n from_o oppression_n in_o put_v the_o law_n in_o execution_n p._n 523._o §_o xxxii_o item_n from_o inconstancy_n and_o falsehood_n to_o his_o friend_n from_o vanity_n from_o forgery_n from_o lust_n from_o unkindness_n and_o overâ—kindness_n to_o his_o clergy_n p._n 547._o §_o xxxiii_o a_o answer_n to_o the_o whole_a rhapsody_n of_o small_a cavil_n and_o calumny_n p._n 573._o errata_fw-la pag._n 2._o l._n 3._o they_o keep_v it_o themselves_o read_v they_o keep_v it_o to_o themselves_o p._n 192._o l._n 2._o wel_fw-mi r._n well_o p._n 200._o l._n 6._o hair_n r._n hare_n p._n 224._o l._n 2._o tie_v r._n lie_v p._n 267._o l._n 8._o rehearse_v r._n rehear_n p._n 310._o l._n 8._o possession_n r_o possession_n p._n 336._o l._n 12._o syntax_n r._n sin-tax_a p._n 354._o l._n 27._o upon_o r._n up_z p._n 378._o l._n 29._o and_o r._n a_o p._n 394._o l._n 28._o onâ—y_a r._n on_o the_o contrary_n p._n 404._o l._n penult_n summary_n r._n summon_v p._n 406._o l._n 7._o bishop_n r._n bishop_n p._n 429._o l._n 19_o eusebius_n r._n eichelius_n p._n 432._o l._n ult_n helâ—sted_a r._n helmsted_n p._n 439._o l._n 29._o oversâ—en_a r._n over-keen_a p._n 456._o l._n 18._o patriarchate_n r._n patriciate_n 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