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senator_n the_o emperor_n fâ—ith_n according_a to_o that_o
of_o basiliscus_n confirm_v with_o a_o oath_n that_o it_o be_v so_o and_o that_o they_o believe_v no_o otherwise_o than_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n believe_v the_o thing_n itself_o i_o forbear_v to_o rehearse_v lest_o i_o shall_v seem_v too_o tedious_a thus_o it_o fare_v with_o the_o bishop_n and_o thus_o religion_n come_v to_o be_v hereupon_o cap._n 10._o observation_n hereupon_o turn_v up_o and_o down_o and_o faith_n and_o creed_n at_o the_o pleasure_n of_o man_n and_o as_o it_o list_v they_o peter_n be_v banish_v the_o church_n of_o antioch_n stephen_n succeed_v he_o who_o the_o people_n of_o antioch_n dart_n stephen_n at_o antioch_n murder_v with_o dart_n dispatch_v with_o little_a dart_n much_o like_o sharp_a spear_n who_o calandio_n succeed_v who_o persuade_v all_o that_o come_v near_o he_o to_o accurse_v basilicus_n calandio_n who_o succeed_v persuade_v all_o to_o curse_v both_o timothy_n and_o the_o letter_n of_o basilicus_n both_o timothy_n and_o the_o general_a 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and_o man_n be_v unstable_a as_o water_n whilst_o they_o know_v not_o the_o rock_n of_o age_n to_o be_v their_o strength_n and_o establishment_n in_o reference_n unto_o god_n john_n persist_v still_o in_o his_o quarrel_n of_o deposition_n get_v felix_n bishop_n of_o rome_n to_o send_v vitalius_n and_o misinus_n two_o bishop_n to_o the_o emperor_n to_o depose_v peter_n of_o his_o bishopric_n as_o a_o heretic_n and_o to_o send_v acacius_n unto_o he_o to_o render_v a_o account_n and_o to_o purge_v himself_o of_o such_o crime_n as_o john_n have_v lay_v to_o his_o charge_n because_o he_o have_v communicate_v with_o peter_n before_o the_o messenger_n come_v to_o zeno_n cyril_n head_n of_o the_o vigilant_a slackness_n cap._n 19_o the_o vigilant_a monk_n pursue_v the_o business_n by_o cyril_n they_o blame_v felix_n for_o slackness_n monk_n so_o call_v charge_v felix_n with_o slackness_n of_o duty_n see_v so_o many_o grievous_a practice_n take_v place_n against_o the_o true_a and_o sincere_a faith_n felix_n then_o write_v unto_o misinus_n that_o he_o shall_v do_v nothing_o before_o he_o have_v confer_v with_o cyril_n and_o learn_v of_o he_o what_o be_v to_o be_v do_v felix_n write_v not_o only_o unto_o zeno_n but_o unto_o other_o to_o put_v they_o afresh_o cap._n 20._o felix_n solicit_v the_o emperor_n afresh_o in_o mind_n of_o the_o council_n at_o chalcedon_n and_o of_o the_o persecution_n in_o africa_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o theodorichus_fw-la another_o epistle_n he_o write_v unto_o acacius_n zeno_n return_v he_o that_o he_o fight_v with_o his_o shadow_n in_o give_v a_o ear_n to_o john_n report_n and_o contend_v with_o his_o adversary_n perjury_n he_o turn_v a_o deaf_a ear_n tell_v he_o john_n be_v put_v by_o for_o perjury_n for_o he_o be_v the_o man_n that_o bind_v himself_o with_o a_o oath_n that_o he_o will_v never_o be_v bishop_n of_o alexandria_n yet_o afterward_o be_v find_v perjure_v and_o to_o commit_v every_o kind_n of_o sacrilege_n that_o peter_n be_v not_o 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they_o banish_v macharius_fw-la the_o egyptian_a and_o macarius_n the_o alexandrian_a their_o father_n banish_v be_v call_v and_o ringleader_n of_o they_o viz._n macharius_fw-la the_o egyptian_a and_o macarius_n the_o alexandrian_a nor_o do_v basilius_n of_o caesarea_n in_o cappadocia_n escape_v his_o hand_n who_o emperor_n cap._n 21._o basilius_n and_o gregory_n of_o nazianzum_fw-la send_v for_o by_o the_o emperor_n together_o with_o gregory_n of_o nazianzum_fw-la be_v very_o famous_a valens_n send_v for_o he_o in_o haste_n to_o antioch_n and_o charge_v he_o to_o be_v bring_v before_o the_o precedent_n at_o the_o tribunal_n seat_n the_o precedent_n demand_v passage_n basilius_n bring_v before_o the_o precedent_n the_o passage_n of_o he_o why_o and_o wherefore_o he_o like_v no_o better_a of_o the_o emperor_n religion_n basil_n unfeigned_o &_o free_o speak_v his_o mind_n of_o the_o emperor_n religion_n yet_o high_o commend_v the_o faith_n of_o one_o substance_n when_o the_o precedent_n threaten_v he_o with_o present_a death_n i_o will_v to_o god_n say_v he_o it_o will_v fall_v out_o so_o well_o on_o my_o side_n that_o i_o may_v leave_v this_o carcase_n of_o i_o in_o the_o quarrel_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o defence_n of_o my_o head_n and_o captain_n when_o the_o precedent_n advise_v he_o again_o and_o again_o to_o remember_v himself_o better_a he_o say_v as_o i_o be_o to_o day_n resolution_n basils_n noble_a resolution_n so_o thou_o shall_v find_v i_o to_o morrow_n but_o i_o pray_v god_n thou_o alter_v not_o thy_o mind_n basil_n be_v lay_v in_o prison_n that_o whole_a day_n galate_n the_o emperor_n sleep_n basil_n imprison_v the_o emperor_n son_n galate_n siâ—k_v his_o wife_n trouble_v in_o her_o sleep_n son_n a_o youthly_a tender_a lad_n be_v then_o dangerous_o sick_a and_o out_o of_o hope_n of_o recovery_n by_o the_o physician_n dominica_n be_v trouble_v exceed_o in_o her_o sleep_n with_o ugly_a shape_n and_o devil_n of_o which_o she_o tell_v the_o emperor_n and_o that_o the_o child_n be_v visit_v with_o basil_n assign_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o sickness_n to_o be_v the_o abuse_n of_o basil_n sickness_n for_o the_o contumely_n and_o reproach_n he_o have_v do_v unto_o basil_n the_o bishop_n the_o emperor_n mark_v her_o word_n and_o muse_v a_o while_n at_o length_n resolve_v and_o send_v for_o basil_n and_o say_v if_o thy_o they_o he_o send_v for_o basil_n the_o passage_n between_o they_o faith_n and_o opinion_n be_v true_a pray_v that_o my_o son_n die_v not_o of_o this_o disease_n basil_n say_v if_o thou_o will_v promise_v to_o i_o to_o believe_v as_o i_o do_v and_o if_o thou_o will_v bring_v the_o church_n to_o uniformity_n and_o concord_n thy_o child_n no_o doubt_n shall_v live_v the_o emperor_n not_o agree_v unto_o this_o god_n say_v basil_n deal_v with_o the_o child_n as_o please_v he_o immediate_o he_o be_v set_v at_o die_v basil_n set_v at_o liberty_n the_o child_n die_v liberty_n and_o forthwith_o the_o child_n die_v long_o have_v rome_n a_o day_n of_o peace_n and_o quietness_n by_o reason_n that_o cause_n cap._n 24._o rome_n quiet_a because_o the_o emperor_n and_o rome_n be_v of_o the_o same_o faith_n they_o fall_v into_o discord_n themselves_o vrsinus_n strive_v to_o succeed_v damasus_n be_v the_o cause_n the_o emperor_n that_o there_o reside_v and_o in_o the_o western_a part_n be_v of_o the_o same_o faith_n with_o rome_n as_o i_o have_v former_o declare_v and_o under_o valentinian_n they_o have_v it_o now_o for_o he_o trouble_v no_o sect_n but_o of_o themselves_o they_o fall_v into_o a_o uproar_n about_o the_o election_n of_o a_o bishop_n upon_o liberius_n his_o disease_n damasus_n be_v choose_v and_o ursinus_n a_o deacon_n will_v have_v have_v it_o who_o get_v certain_a base_a and_o obscure_a bishop_n say_v the_o history_n who_o in_o a_o odd_a corner_n of_o the_o cathedral_n call_v sicona_n have_v his_o consecration_n the_o people_n hereupon_o be_v in_o uproar_n and_o the_o multitude_n be_v so_o great_a and_o the_o 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