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be_o thus_o resolve_v say_v plato_n not_o now_o but_o always_o that_o i_o be_o not_o to_o enthrall_v critone_n plato_n in_o critone_n my_o judgement_n to_o any_o of_o my_o friend_n but_o to_o reason_n yea_o to_o that_o reason_n which_o by_o discourse_n appear_v to_o be_v best_a who_o opinion_n be_v second_v by_o the_o chief_a of_o all_o his_o scholar_n that_o be_v by_o aristotle_n plato_n say_v he_o be_v my_o friend_n but_o truth_n that_o be_v 3._o arist_n moral_a l._n 1._o c._n 3._o make_v know_v by_o reason_n be_v more_o my_o friend_n so_o our_o wise_a and_o christian_a philosopher_n what_o will_v thou_o 20._o lactantio_n de_fw-fr vero_fw-la dei_fw-la simulaâ—hro_fw-la c._n 20._o do_v quoth_v lactantius_n will_v thou_o follow_v thy_o ancestor_n or_o reason_n rather_o so_o st._n cyprian_n we_o be_v not_o to_o prescribe_v by_o custom_n but_o to_o convince_v by_o reason_n yea_o let_v there_o be_v gather_v together_o in_o a_o general_a council_n the_o chief_a of_o the_o bishop_n and_o 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