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〈◊〉_d a_o war_n 〈◊〉_d the_o 〈◊〉_d who_o have_v spread_v 〈◊〉_d through_o the_o two_o 〈◊〉_d he_o die_v at_o a_o little_a town_n call_v 〈◊〉_d through_o a_o sudden_a 〈◊〉_d of_o blood_n at_o this_o time_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d their_o own_o 〈◊〉_d have_v 〈◊〉_d themselves_o of_o all_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v first_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d too_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o monk_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o 〈◊〉_d in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o army_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o overthrow_n which_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o any_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dignity_n it_o 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o be_v confer_v at_o once_o but_o at_o certain_a distance_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o 〈◊〉_d who_o 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o city_n the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o faithful_a but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o upon_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o return_n to_o the_o orthodox_n faith_n they_o shall_v be_v 〈◊〉_d into_o the_o church_n upon_o condition_n they_o will_v undertake_v a_o 〈◊〉_d course_n of_o 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d themselves_o to_o fast_v and_o prayer_n all_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o 〈◊〉_d it_o 〈◊〉_d that_o their_o conversion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d at_o 〈◊〉_d approach_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o a_o bishop_n shall_v have_v power_n to_o 〈◊〉_d a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whosoever_o marry_v a_o widow_n or_o second_o 〈◊〉_d shall_v be_v degrade_v from_o his_o office_n in_o the_o church_n and_o that_o 〈◊〉_d upon_o their_o repentance_n shall_v be_v receive_v with_o only_a the_o imposition_n of_o hand_n
soon_o after_o his_o grow_a ambition_n prompt_v he_o to_o endeavour_v the_o gain_n of_o the_o western_a empire_n and_o therefore_o get_v together_o in_o a_o very_a little_a time_n a_o great_a army_n he_o begin_v his_o march_n upon_o that_o design_n this_o aetius_n have_v intelligence_n of_o forthwith_o send_v ambassador_n to_o tholouse_n to_o king_n theodorick_n to_o strike_v up_o a_o peace_n with_o who_o so_o strict_a a_o league_n be_v conclude_v that_o they_o both_o joint_o engage_v in_o the_o war_n against_o attila_n at_o a_o common_a charge_n and_o with_o equal_a force_n the_o roman_n and_o theodorick_n have_v for_o their_o auxiliary_n the_o alane_n burgundian_n frank_n saxon_n and_o indeed_o almost_o all_o the_o people_n of_o the_o west_n at_o length_n attila_n come_v upon_o they_o in_o the_o field_n of_o catalaunia_n and_o battle_n be_v join_v with_o great_a valour_n and_o resolution_n on_o either_o side_n the_o fight_n be_v long_o and_o sharp_a a_o voice_n be_v overhear_v none_o 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twenty_o two_o day_n leo_n i._n leo_n a_o tuscan_a son_n of_o quintianus_n live_v at_o the_o time_n when_o attila_n have_v return_v into_o hungary_n from_o the_o fight_n of_o catalonia_n and_o there_o recruit_v his_o army_n invade_v italy_n and_o first_o set_v down_o before_o aquileia_n a_o frontier_n city_n of_o that_o province_n which_o hold_v out_o a_o siege_n 〈◊〉_d three_o year_n despair_v hereupon_o of_o success_n he_o be_v just_a about_o to_o raise_v the_o leaguer_n when_o observe_v the_o stork_n to_o carry_v their_o young_a one_o out_o of_o the_o city_n into_o the_o field_n be_v encourage_v by_o this_o omen_n he_o renew_v his_o battery_n and_o make_v a_o fierce_a assault_n at_o length_n take_v the_o miserable_a city_n sack_n and_o burn_v it_o spare_v neither_o age_n nor_o sex_n but_o act_v agreeable_o to_o the_o title_n he_o assume_v to_o himself_o of_o be_v god_n scourge_n the_o huns_n have_v hereby_o gain_v a_o inlet_n into_o italy_n overrun_v all_o the_o country_n about_o venice_n possess_v themselves_o of_o the_o city_n and_o demolish_n milan_n and_o pavia_n from_o hence_o attila_n march_v towards_o rome_n and_o be_v come_v to_o the_o place_n where_o the_o menzo_n run_v into_o the_o po_n ready_a to_o pass_v the_o river_n the_o holy_a bishop_n leo_n out_o of_o a_o tender_a sense_n of_o the_o calamitous_a state_n of_o italy_n and_o of_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n and_o with_o the_o advice_n of_o valentinian_n go_v forth_o and_o meet_v he_o persuade_v he_o not_o to_o proceed_v any_o far_a but_o to_o take_v warning_n by_o alaricus_n who_o soon_o after_o his_o take_v that_o city_n be_v by_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n remove_v out_o of_o the_o world_n attila_n take_v the_o good_a bishop_n counsel_n be_v move_v thereunto_o by_o a_o vision_n which_o he_o see_v while_o they_o be_v discourse_v together_o of_o two_o man_n suppose_v to_o be_v s._n peter_n and_o s._n paul_n brandish_v their_o naked_a sword_n over_o his_o head_n and_o threaten_v he_o with_o death_n if_o he_o be_v refractory_a desist_v therefore_o from_o his_o design_n he_o return_v into_o hungary_n where_o not_o long_o after_o he_o be_v choke_v with_o his_o own_o blood_n violent_o break_v out_o at_o his_o nostril_n through_o excess_n of_o drink_v leo_n return_v to_o the_o city_n apply_v himself_o whole_o to_o the_o defence_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d faith_n which_o be_v now_o violent_o oppose_v by_o several_a kind_n of_o heretic_n but_o especial_o by_o the_o nestorian_n and_o eutychian_o nestorius_n 〈◊〉_d of_o constantinople_n affirm_v the_o bless_a virgin_n to_o be_v mother_n not_o of_o god_n but_o of_o man_n only_o that_o so_o he_o may_v make_v the_o humanity_n and_o divinity_n of_o christ_n to_o be_v two_o distinct_a person_n one_o the_o son_n of_o god_n the_o other_o the_o son_n of_o man._n but_o eutyches_n abbot_n of_o constantinople_n that_o he_o may_v broach_v a_o heresy_n in_o contradiction_n to_o the_o former_a utter_o confound_v the_o divine_a and_o humane_a nature_n of_o christ_n assert_v they_o to_o be_v one_o and_o not_o at_o all_o to_o be_v distinguish_v this_o heresy_n be_v condemn_v by_o flavianus_n bishop_n of_o constantinople_n with_o the_o consent_n of_o theodosius_n a_o synod_n be_v call_v at_o ephesus_n in_o which_o dioscorus_n bishop_n of_o alexandria_n be_v precedent_n eutyches_n be_v restore_v and_o flavianus_n censure_v but_o theodosius_n die_v and_o his_o successor_n marcianus_n prove_v a_o friend_n to_o the_o orthodox_n doctrine_n leo_n call_v a_o council_n at_o chalcedon_n wherein_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o six_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o bishop_n it_o be_v decree_v as_o a_o article_n of_o faith_n that_o there_o be_v two_o nature_n in_o christ_n and_o that_o one_o and_o the_o same_o christ_n be_v god_n and_o man_n by_o which_o consequent_o both_o nestorius_n and_o eutyches_n the_o pestilent_a patron_n of_o the_o
whereupon_o the_o senate_n and_o people_n of_o rome_n be_v divide_v into_o two_o party_n the_o dissension_n rise_v to_o such_o a_o height_n that_o to_o compromise_v the_o business_n a_o council_n be_v by_o mutual_a consent_n call_v at_o ravenna_n where_o the_o whole_a matter_n be_v discuss_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o theodoric_n he_o at_o length_n determine_v on_o the_o side_n of_o symmachus_n and_o confirm_v he_o in_o the_o pontificate_n who_o by_o a_o singular_a act_n of_o grace_n make_v his_o very_a competitour_n laurence_n bishop_n of_o nocera_n yet_o about_o four_o year_n after_o some_o busy_a and_o factious_a clergyman_n be_v countenance_v and_o assist_v by_o festus_n and_o probinus_n two_o of_o the_o senatorian_a order_n set_v up_o for_o laurence_n again_o upon_o which_o king_n theodoric_n be_v so_o high_o displease_v that_o he_o send_v peter_n bishop_n of_o 〈◊〉_d to_o rome_n to_o depose_v they_o both_o and_o possess_v himself_o of_o the_o chair_n but_o symmachus_n call_v a_o 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