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speech_n which_o as_o they_o be_v in_o some_o place_n accept_v so_o in_o other_o be_v reject_v but_o neither_o the_o apostle_n nor_o any_o general_a council_n have_v prescribe_v any_o such_o canon_n to_o be_v use_v in_o the_o church_n now_o therefore_o i_o have_v lose_v nothing_o by_o epiphanius_n because_o he_o plain_o say_v that_o for_o which_o i_o allege_v he_o neither_o have_v m._n bishop_n gain_v by_o he_o any_o thing_n against_o i_o because_o he_o can_v give_v we_o no_o authority_n for_o the_o canon_n which_o epiphanius_n name_v for_o he_o and_o we_o give_v he_o very_o good_a authority_n for_o other_o canon_n that_o be_v against_o he_o 11._o but_o in_o this_o matter_n of_o falsification_n m._n bishop_n yet_o mean_v to_o show_v himself_o more_o false_a i_o object_v it_o 122._o it_o answer_v to_o the_o epistle_n sect_n 14_o p._n 122._o as_o a_o horrible_a impiety_n write_v in_o their_o law_n that_o they_o style_v the_o pope_n our_o lord_n god_n the_o pope_n he_o say_v that_o 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