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66._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d speak_v of_o this_o place_n give_v it_o the_o same_o title_n for_o give_v a_o account_n of_o scythianus_n the_o father_n of_o the_o manichean_a doctrine_n he_o say_v that_o he_o come_v to_o thebais_n to_o a_o city_n call_v hypselis_n and_o to_o conclude_v ptolemy_n 〈◊〉_d ptolemy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d make_v it_o the_o metropolis_n of_o the_o country_n call_v from_o it_o hypseliotes_n 21._o hypseliotes_n prim._n ep._n p._n 21._o dracontius_n be_v make_v a_o bishop_n in_o the_o territory_n of_o alexandria_n can_v have_v no_o city_n for_o his_o seat_n drac_n seat_n athan._n ep._n ad_fw-la drac_n our_o author_n pronounce_v too_o rash_o from_o this_o passage_n for_o the_o territory_n of_o alexandria_n be_v the_o same_o with_o its_o nomus_n or_o prefecture_n and_o in_o the_o same_o nomus_n there_o may_v be_v more_o city_n than_o one_o otherwise_o all_o egypt_n must_v have_v but_o six_o and_o thirty_o city_n for_o into_o so_o many_o nomi_fw-la 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descend_v in_o it_o how_o easy_a be_v it_o for_o these_o to_o make_v 1000_o bishop_n in_o a_o remote_a country_n when_o they_o have_v the_o confidence_n to_o put_v such_o gross_a fiction_n upon_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n but_o both_o have_v one_o end_n to_o flatter_v the_o pope_n who_o be_v now_o in_o some_o distress_n drive_v out_o of_o rome_n and_o reside_v at_o viterbo_n and_o therefore_o baron_fw-fr therefore_o deficientibus_fw-la romanis_n arnaldistis_fw-la universus_fw-la terrarum_fw-la orbis_n confluit_fw-la baron_fw-fr the_o new_a accession_n of_o so_o ample_a communion_n as_o that_o of_o a_o 1000_o remote_a bishop_n be_v to_o comfort_v he_o for_o the_o undutifulness_n of_o those_o near_a home_n and_o it_o be_v the_o usual_a artifice_n of_o that_o see_v when_o its_o authority_n decline_v at_o home_n to_o dress_v up_o some_o impostor_n who_o shall_v come_v from_o the_o end_n of_o the_o earth_n to_o worship_v the_o pope_n in_o the_o name_n of_o some_o great_a patriarch_n or_o 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h._n e._n l._n 3._o c._n 4_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seem_v to_o favour_v mr._n thorndike'_v opinion_n and_o make_v titus_n bishop_n of_o the_o church_n of_o crete_n in_o the_o three_o century_n we_o find_v two_o bishop_n of_o this_o island_n mention_v and_o each_o say_v mei_fw-la say_v ego_fw-la &_o consacerdotes_fw-la mei_fw-la to_o be_v a_o bishop_n of_o church_n there_o may_v be_v many_o more_o though_o they_o be_v not_o where_o mention_v but_o in_o leo_n the_o first_o be_v reign_v there_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v no_o more_o than_o eight_o for_o so_o many_o subscribe_v the_o synodical_a epistle_n ant._n epistle_n epistola_fw-la synod_n ad_fw-la leon._n imp._n apud_fw-la car._n a_o s._n paulo_n not._n ant._n of_o that_o island_n in_o a_o old_a notitia_fw-la of_o the_o patriarchat_n of_o c._n p._n crete_n have_v one_o and_o twenty_o bishop_n and_o in_o hierocles_n his_o civil_a notitia_fw-la this_o island_n have_v twenty_o three_o in_o the_o notitia_fw-la of_o nilus_n 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