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A56148 A catalogue of such testimonies in all ages as plainly evidence bishops and presbyters to be both one, equall and the same ... with a briefe answer to the objections out of antiquity, that seeme to the contrary. Prynne, William, 1600-1669. 1641 (1641) Wing P3922; ESTC S122412 42,609 43

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part_v 1._o parisiis_fw-la 1637._o p._n 500_o (b)_o ribadenerra_fw-la ibid._n p._n 3●8_n *_o idem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la p._n 313._o *_o idem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la p._n 303●_z 304._o *_o idem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la p_n 358._o *_o john_n crespin_n lestate_fw-la de_fw-la ●eglig●_z f_o 29_o with_o platina_n anas●a●ius_n and_o balz●●_z i●_z h●s_z life_n (a)_o john_n crespin_n ●●_z p._n 59_o brit._n eccles._n a●tiqu●_z p._n 620_o 621_o 625_o 633._o (b)_o crespin_n ●b_n p._n 266._o (c)_o crespin_n p._n 405_o 40●_z (d)_o c●espin_n p._n ●_z 404._o c●e●pin_n p._n 587._o gal●●●●u●monumetensis_fw-la l_o 9_o c._n 15._o ●●rald●●_z cambr._n li_n 2._o c._n 4._o ja●●bus_fw-la vsse●●●_z de_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la britt●a_n primordin_n p._n 81.532.538_o idem_fw-la p._n 876.1012.1140_o (d)_o the_o annal_n of_o i●eland_n i●_z camden_n bri●●●nia_n p._n 169._o *_o relation_n of_o ●_z con●erenc●_z p._n 169_o in_o the_o margin_n *_o 31._o h._n 8._o c_o 9.33_o h._n ●_z c._n 31.34_o h._n 8._o ●_z *_o in_o his_o britania_n 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