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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d refer_v to_o vigilius_n eutychius_n and_o apollinaris_n and_o this_o same_o book_n speak_v of_o the_o council_n of_o ephesus_n say_v in_o like_a manner_n in_o this_o council_n preside_v calestin_n bishop_n of_o rome_n cyril_n of_o alexandria_n juvenal_n of_o jerusalem_n memnon_n of_o ephesus_n and_o so_o likewise_o of_o other_o general_a counsel_n of_o chalcedon_n constantinople_n the_o second_o nicene_n and_o the_o rest_n where_o the_o greek_a word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o latin_a interpreter_n render_v it_o huic_fw-la concillo_fw-la praefuerunt_fw-la i._o they_o be_v chief_a in_o this_o council_n name_v always_o the_o pope_n for_o company_n among_o the_o rest_n and_o that_o most_o common_o when_o himself_o be_v not_o there_o in_o person_n and_o sometime_o no_o man_n for_o he_o as_o namely_o in_o the_o council_n which_o we_o now_o speak_v of_o bellarmine_n yet_o urge_v out_o of_o that_o epistle_n which_o baronius_n allege_v that_o 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