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part_n of_o it_o may_v not_o be_v leave_v out_o which_o be_v tell_v by_o broâ—pton_n abbot_n of_o jorval_n viz._n that_o s._n gregory_n and_o his_o companion_n be_v come_v three_o day_n journey_n towards_o england_n and_o then_o sit_v down_o read_n in_o a_o meadow_n a_o grasshopper_n leap_v upon_o his_o book_n and_o make_v he_o leave_v off_o read_n then_o s._n gregory_n think_v serious_o upon_o this_o little_a creature_n name_n for_o his_o wit_n lay_v much_o that_o way_n he_o present_o find_v this_o mystery_n in_o it_o locusta_n say_v he_o quasi_fw-la loco_fw-la sta_fw-la which_o say_v brompton_n he_o speak_v by_o a_o prophetic_a spirit_n for_o messenger_n immediate_o come_v upon_o they_o from_o rome_n and_o stop_v their_o journey_n and_o sure_o he_o have_v be_v much_o to_o blame_v to_o undertake_v such_o a_o journey_n upon_o the_o instigation_n of_o one_o quibble_n if_o he_o have_v not_o be_v as_o ready_a to_o turn_v back_o upon_o the_o admonition_n of_o another_o but_o to_o set_v 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council_n for_o as_o claviâ—s_n observe_v 7._o god_n do_v not_o tie_v his_o church_n to_o the_o subtlety_n of_o astronomical_a calculation_n but_o to_o the_o common_a judgement_n of_o sense_n in_o which_o the_o aequinox_n have_v the_o latitude_n of_o four_o day_n with_o we_o and_o as_o many_o more_o in_o those_o more_o southern_a part_n the_o like_a liberty_n be_v use_v in_o the_o christian_a church_n before_o the_o nicene_n council_n for_o in_o the_o council_n of_o caesarea_n they_o do_v allow_v the_o celebration_n of_o easter_n before_o the_o aequinox_n which_o they_o then_o suppose_v to_o be_v march_n 25._o and_o yet_o they_o reckon_v three_o day_n before_o that_o among_o those_o on_o which_o the_o paschal_n sunday_n may_v fall_v as_o appear_v by_o the_o epistle_n of_o one_o philippus_n about_o the_o council_n of_o caesarea_n extant_a in_o the_o work_v of_o bede_n aequinoâ—tio_fw-la wherein_o he_o say_v that_o after_o the_o resurrection_n or_o ascension_n of_o our_o saviour_n the_o 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april_n to_o the_o 11._o kal._n of_o may_n viz._n from_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o of_o march_n to_o the_o one_o and_o twenty_o of_o april_n inclusive_a and_o withal_o they_o add_v that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v lawful_a for_o any_o to_o exceed_v these_o limit_n and_o yet_o afterward_o these_o limit_n be_v so_o far_o exceed_v that_o the_o latin_a church_n in_o leo_n '_o s_o time_n make_v the_o cycle_n of_o the_o paschal_n sunday_n to_o consist_v of_o thirty_o three_o day_n and_o the_o alexandrian_a cycle_n take_v in_o two_o day_n more_o viz._n the_o twenty_o four_o and_o twenty_o five_o of_o april_n because_o they_o find_v the_o former_a limit_n too_o straight_o unless_o they_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o they_o call_v it_o i._n e._n that_o the_o anniversary_n day_n of_o our_o saviour_n passion_n shall_v always_o fall_v between_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o of_o march_n and_o one_o and_o twenty_o of_o april_n §_o 11._o the_o first_o person_n who_o publish_v a_o paschal_n canon_n be_v hippolytus_n bishop_n of_o porto_n a._n d._n 222._o above_o a_o hundred_o year_n before_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a which_o be_v find_v a._n d._n 1551._o and_o set_v forth_o by_o scaliger_n with_o note_n upon_o it_o in_o which_o canon_n he_o make_v the_o near_a paschal_n sunday_n to_o be_v the_o sixteen_o of_o the_o moon_n which_o be_v march_n 20._o beginning_n the_o lunar_a month_n march_v 5._o which_o be_v one_o day_n before_o the_o nicene_n aequinox_n and_o five_o before_o that_o of_o caesarea_n and_o in_o which_o he_o reckon_v the_o paschal_n sunday_n not_o from_o the_o fifteen_o to_o the_o one_o and_o twenty_o but_o from_o the_o sixteen_o to_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o by_o which_o we_o may_v easy_o see_v what_o reason_n wilfrid_n have_v to_o make_v the_o then_o practice_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n to_o have_v be_v the_o universal_a practice_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n for_o the_o two_o fundamental_o of_o the_o rule_n then_o in_o 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twenty_o 464._o just_a as_o the_o british_a and_o scottish_a chruche_n do_v as_o appear_v by_o the_o second_o five_o and_o eighteen_o of_o his_o cycle_n publish_v out_o of_o mss._n by_o aegidius_n bucherius_n with_o learned_a annotation_n and_o so_o make_v no_o scruple_n at_o all_o of_o that_o which_o wilfrid_n and_o bede_n make_v such_o a_o great_a matter_n of_o viz._n of_o keep_v easter_n day_n upon_o the_o fourteen_o and_o therein_o comply_v with_o those_o notable_a heretic_n call_v the_o quartodecimani_n but_o anatolius_n in_o the_o preface_n to_o his_o canon_n be_v so_o far_o from_o suppose_v a_o universal_a consent_n of_o the_o church_n in_o his_o time_n that_o he_o complain_v of_o very_o different_a and_o contrary_a cycle_n that_o be_v then_o in_o use_n some_o follow_a hippolytus_n his_o cycle_n of_o sixteen_o other_o the_o jewish_a cycle_n of_o
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