30._o chap._n iii_o how_o doctor_n wicliffe_n of_o oxford_n espy_v in_o a_o church_n at_o athens_n a_o franciscan_a friar_n a_o kiss_n of_o a_o maidof_n honour_n belong_v to_o the_o princess_n thalia_n bring_v s._n frances_n to_o surprise_v they_o who_o of_o mere_a idiotism_n applaud_v the_o fall_n pag._n 38._o chap._n iu._n doctor_n wicliffe_n connent_n saint_n frances_n and_o the_o kiss_a friar_n before_o apollo_n saint_n frances_n defend_v the_o cause_n and_o discover_v seven_o sort_n of_o kiss_n apollo_n refute_v his_o defence_n condemn_v the_o friar_n and_o abolish_v all_o monastical_a order_n pag._n 39_o chap._n v._n apollo_n censure_v thalia_n and_o her_o gentlewoman_n for_o their_o lascivious_a prank_n and_o reform_v the_o comical_a court_n pag._n 50._o chap._n vi_o the_o author_n of_o the_o nun_n discovery_n at_o lisbon_n exhibit_v a_o complaint_n to_o apollo_n against_o father_n foster_n the_o friar_n confessor_n to_o the_o english_a nunnery_n at_o lisbon_n for_o commit_v carnal_a copulation_n with_o sundry_a of_o they_o apollo_n make_v a_o discourse_n of_o auticular_a confession_n adjudge_v foster_n to_o ixion_n wheel_n and_o suppress_v all_o nunnery_n pag._n 59_o chap._n vii_o thomas_n becket_n of_o canterbury_n accuse_v before_o apollo_n walter_n de_fw-fr mapes_n archdeacon_n of_o oxford_n in_o king_n henry_n the_o second_o time_n for_o defend_v the_o marriage_n of_o priest_n against_o the_o pope_n of_o rome_n decree_n pag._n 65._o chap._n viii_o walter_n de_fw-fr mapes_n be_v command_v by_o apollo_n to_o defend_v his_o position_n against_o the_o pope_n and_o becket_n who_o according_o obey_v and_o prove_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o clergyman_n marriage_n both_o by_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o scripture_n and_o of_o the_o ancient_a father_n pag._n 68_o apollo_n reverse_v the_o pope_n canon_n make_v against_o the_o marriage_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o to_o that_o purpose_n send_v out_o a_o proclamation_n pag._n 73._o chap._n ix_o apollo_n upon_o 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scripture_n and_o of_o the_o primitie_n church_n apollo_n pronounce_v a_o definitive_a sentence_n against_o the_o pope_n on_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o waldense_n and_o albigienses_n pag._n 85._o chap._n xii_o berengarius_fw-la renew_v his_o opinion_n of_o the_o lord_n supper_n and_o prove_v both_o by_o the_o scripture_n and_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o most_o ancient_a father_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n that_o the_o same_o be_v to_o be_v take_v after_o a_o spiritual_a manner_n and_o in_o commemoration_n of_o the_o lord_n death_n pag._n 91._o chap._n xiii_o the_o romish_a church_n accuse_v the_o church_n of_o aethiopia_n for_o deny_v to_o acknowledge_v she_o to_o be_v the_o mother_n and_o catholic_a church_n the_o patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n challenge_v the_o prâ—macie_n over_o that_o church_n and_o prove_v the_o pope_n of_o rome_n to_o be_v a_o intruder_n and_o to_o have_v no_o right_n at_o all_o over_o the_o church_n of_o aeâ—hiopia_n apollo_n determine_v the_o difference_n by_o discover_v the_o way_n how_o the_o pope_n get_v the_o supremacy_n over_o the_o western_a church_n and_o how_o both_o he_o and_o the_o general_a counsel_n err_v in_o matter_n of_o faith_n pag._n 96._o chap._n fourteen_o scotus_n the_o master_n of_o subtle_a question_n convent_v sir_n geffrey_n chaucer_n for_o call_v the_o pope_n antichrist_n and_o compare_v the_o romish_a church_n to_o the_o gripe_a griffon_n and_o the_o true_a church_n to_o the_o tender_a pelican_n pag._n 110._o chap._n xv._n sir_n geffrey_n chaucer_n be_v provoke_v by_o scotus_n to_o defend_v his_o cause_n prove_v the_o pope_n to_o be_v the_o great_a and_o universal_a antichrist_n prophesy_v in_o the_o scripture_n pag._n 121._o chap._n xvi_o apollo_n judgement_n of_o chaucer_n apology_n conclude_v that_o the_o pope_n be_v the_o great_a antichrist_n pag._n 131_o chap._n xvii_o apollo_n sentence_n promulgate_v for_o the_o impurity_n of_o the_o church_n militant_a doctor_n whitgift_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n complain_v against_o cartwright_n browne_n and_o other_o puritan_n separist_n for_o invaigh_v against_o their_o superior_n apollo_n condemn_v this_o sect_n exhort_v they_o to_o unity_n and_o to_o return_v to_o the_o bosom_n of_o their_o mother_n church_n pag._n 133_o chap._n xviii_o the_o memorable_a synod_n of_o that_fw-mi accuse_v arminius_n before_o apollo_n for_o broach_v out_o of_o new_a opinion_n in_o the_o church_n to_o trouble_v the_o brain_n of_o the_o weak_a apollo_n confute_v arminius_n and_o show_v what_o a_o sober_a mind_a christian_n ought_v to_o conceive_v of_o deep_a mystery_n arminius_n be_v command_v to_o recant_v pag._n 137_o the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o first_o part._n pag._n 146._o the_o content_n of_o the_o chapter_n of_o the_o second_o part_n of_o the_o golden_a fleece_n chap._n i._n malines_n and_o misselden_n two_o merchant_n of_o great_a britain_n do_v several_o declare_v their_o opinion_n touch_v the_o decay_n of_o trade_n and_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o underballance_n of_o their_o native_a commodity_n with_o the_o foreign_a which_o be_v bring_v into_o that_o kingdom_n apollo_n bewail_v their_o misery_n and_o command_v a_o further_a enquiry_n to_o be_v make_v of_o the_o cause_n pag._n 1._o chap._n ii_o apollo_n cause_v a_o jury_n to_o be_v impanel_v out_o of_o the_o university_n of_o oxford_n cambridge_n s._n andrew_n aberdine_n and_o the_o college_n at_o dublin_n to_o find_v out_o these_o person_n which_o sell_v ecclesiastical_a lining_n the_o presentour_n discover_v some_o bring_v they_o before_o apollo_n his_o majesty_n censure_n with_o his_o discourse_n of_o the_o right_n of_o tithe_n pag._n 6._o chap._n iii_o upon_o a_o bill_n of_o complaint_n exhibit_v by_o aeschines_n and_o papinian_n against_o reward_n unequal_o confer_v on_o person_n of_o mean_a desert_n and_o descent_n apollo_n pronounce_v a_o peremptory_a doom_n pag._n 15._o chap._n four_o hugh_n broughton_n upon_o some_o discontentment_n take_v in_o see_v his_o inferior_n promote_v to_o eminent_a place_n before_o himself_o complain_v unto_o apollo_n that_o florio_n deane_n of_o thaliaes_n chapel_n profane_v the_o sacred_a name_n of_o the_o litany_n by_o sing_v the_o same_o intermix_v with_o trivial_a toy_n apollo_n cause_v florio_n to_o repeat_v his_o litany_n pa._n 18._o chap._n v._n apollo_n after_o some_o show_n of_o distaste_n against_o florio_n for_o his_o new_a moral_a litany_n at_o the_o last_o give_v he_o leave_v to_o defend_v it_o florio_n in_o a_o brief_a oration_n declare_v the_o reason_n why_o be_v innent_v such_o a_o strange_a form_n of_o litany_n apollo_n pronounce_v his_o censure_n pag._n 26_o chap._n vi_o apollo_n ask_v the_o author_n of_o the_o golden_a fleece_n wherefore_o his_o countryman_n of_o wales_n have_v the_o commodionsnesse_n of_o the_o sea_n with_o a_o large_a scope_n of_o land_n be_v notwithstanding_o very_o much_o impoverish_v of_o late_a the_o author_n impute_v the_o cause_n unto_o the_o multitude_n of_o law_n suit_v pag._n 29._o chap._n vii_o orpheus_n junior_a exhibit_n a_o petition_n unto_o apollo_n to_o diminish_v the_o number_n of_o lawyer_n and_o to_o punish_v their_o offence_n apollo_n answer_n show_v how_o they_o may_v be_v restrain_v and_o punish_v pag._n 36._o chap._n viii_o bartolus_n and_o plowden_n by_o the_o instigation_n of_o the_o jesuitical_a faction_n do_v appeach_v orpheus_n junior_a before_o apollo_n for_o certain_a offence_n suppose_v to_o be_v commit_v by_o he_o pag._n 40._o chap._n ix_o apollo_n command_v orpheus_n junior_a to_o answer_v the_o accusation_n of_o bartolus_n and_o plowden_n who_o obey_v extoilesh_n charity_n tax_v coney-catch_v and_o hatred_n and_o commend_v the_o law_n apollo_n smile_v to_o see_v the_o impudency_n of_o these_o lawyer_n yet_o not_o to_o seem_v partial_a in_o his_o servant_n cause_n he_o command_v orpheus_n to_o defend_v himself_o who_o thus_o begin_v pag._n 44._o chap._n x._o the_o learned_a university_n of_o great_a britain_n do_v find_v 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his_o lamentation_n and_o comfort_v himself_o it_o be_v in_o vain_a and_o too_o late_o for_o a_o man_n to_o seek_v the_o reverse_v of_o the_o divine_a judgement_n when_o he_o have_v not_o the_o grace_n to_o go_v to_o the_o physician_n before_o he_o fall_v sick_a it_o be_v a_o sacrilegious_a sin_n in_o the_o pope_n to_o make_v man_n believe_v that_o it_o lie_v in_o his_o power_n to_o redeem_v any_o man_n soul_n from_o the_o place_n where_o the_o almighty_a have_v seat_v it_o see_v that_o he_o can_v add_v one_o year_n more_o to_o his_o own_o life_n then_o be_v allot_v he_o by_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n nor_o borrow_v one_o minute_n of_o a_o hour_n to_o allay_v the_o pang_n of_o his_o own_o death_n the_o very_a best_n have_v enough_o to_o do_v to_o save_v their_o own_o soul_n without_o presume_v to_o undergo_v a_o fruitless_a labour_n for_o another_o man_n yea_o though_o these_o three_o man_n be_v among_o they_o noah_n daniel_n and_o job_n they_o shall_v deliver_v 14._o but_o their_o 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