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and_o twenty_o schism_n in_o the_o roman_a church_n but_o onuphrius_n a_o more_o exact_a accountant_n 7._o onuphr_fw-ge in_o vita_fw-la clem._n 7._o reckon_v up_o thirty_o whereof_o some_o last_v ten_o some_o twenty_o and_o one_o fifty_o year_n the_o contemplation_n whereof_o have_v cause_v some_o to_o make_v a_o very_a shrewd_a objection_n against_o the_o perfect_a unity_n complete_a succession_n and_o divine_a infallibility_n so_o much_o boast_v of_o in_o that_o church_n i_o may_v and_o can_v easy_o here_o make_v particular_a instance_n of_o all_o these_o famous_a bicker_n scuffle_n and_o counterscuffle_n but_o the_o same_o be_v obvious_a to_o all_o that_o converse_v with_o book_n church_n dr._n stilling-fleet_n of_o the_o division_n of_o the_o rom._n church_n and_o something_o have_v be_v late_o worthy_o do_v to_o that_o purpose_n and_o it_o be_v a_o parergon_n to_o the_o drift_n of_o these_o paper_n we_o will_v no_o further_o engage_v in_o these_o quarrel_n than_o to_o note_v 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will_v not_o touch_v one_o of_o such_o a_o character_n make_v he_o a_o cardinal_n but_o the_o policy_n fail_v and_o it_o rather_o hasten_v his_o death_n for_o by_o that_o time_n his_o hat_n be_v come_v to_o calais_n his_o head_n be_v strike_v off_o at_o tower-hill_n reginald_n pool_n 5._o regin_v pool_n an._n d._n 1536._o sleidan_n câ—m_fw-la charles_n 5._o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_z cardinal_z be_v beyond_o the_o sea_n about_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o reformation_n write_v a_o book_n for_o the_o pope_n supremacy_n against_o the_o king_n and_o therein_o incite_v the_o emperor_n prepare_v against_o the_o turk_n to_o bend_v his_o force_n against_o his_o natural_a sovereign_n and_o native_a countryman_n as_o be_v worse_o than_o turk_n this_o book_n write_v by_o a_o natural_a bear_v subject_n of_o the_o king_n of_o england_n be_v then_o adjudge_v a_o sufficient_a overt_a act_n within_o the_o stat._n 25._o edward_n the_o three_o de_fw-fr proditionibus_fw-la and_o therefore_o high_a treason_n poli._n cook_n pl._n coron_n foe_n 14._o brook_z treason_n tit._n 24._o antiq._n brit._n in_o vita_fw-la poli._n and_o pool_n attaint_v thereupon_o but_o he_o keep_v out_o of_o the_o reach_n of_o justice_n after_o the_o death_n of_o p._n paul_n the_o three_o be_v just_a upon_o point_n of_o be_v elect_a pope_n but_o his_o own_o stupidity_n 1774._o act._n &_o mon._n foe_n 1774._o with_o the_o imputation_n of_o incontinency_n slur_v he_o of_o the_o dignity_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o queen_n mary_n over_o he_o come_v and_o what_o he_o do_v both_o to_o the_o live_n and_o dead_a our_o historian_n abundant_o testify_v and_o that_o the_o next_o day_n after_o the_o queen_n die_v cardinal_n pool_n et_fw-la sic_fw-la exit_fw-la papismus_fw-la in_o anglia_fw-it peter_n petow_v warw._n peter_n petow_n cambd._n britt_n in_o warw._n make_v cardinal_n and_o legaâ—_n a_o latere_fw-la by_o p._n paul_n the_o three_o in_o time_n of_o queen_n mary_n be_v come_v over_o in_o pursuance_n of_o 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