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and_o can_v be_v gainsay_v by_o this_o time_n then_o my_o adversary_n see_v i_o hope_v that_o such_o be_v the_o evident_a strength_n of_o this_o argument_n as_o that_o he_o with_o all_o his_o wit_n and_o learning_n will_v never_o be_v able_a to_o make_v any_o good_a answer_n thereunto_o 10_o in_o my_o former_a book_n cap._n 1._o pag._n 13._o 14._o 15._o i_o also_o show_v that_o against_o the_o title_n and_o appellation_n of_o universal_a bishop_n or_o head_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n do_v two_o bishop_n of_o rome_n oppose_v themselves_o namely_o pelagius_n and_o gregory_n the_o great_a when_o it_o be_v first_o affect_v by_o john_n the_o patriarch_n and_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n and_o that_o nevertheless_o afterward_o a_o bishop_n of_o rome_n namely_o boniface_n the_o three_o get_v &_o obtain_v it_o of_o phocas_n the_o emperor_n hereunto_o my_o adversary_n answer_v as_o bellarmine_n likewise_o do_v that_o this_o fact_n of_o