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regi_fw-la britonum_fw-la qui_fw-la eum_fw-la cum_fw-la populo_fw-la svo_fw-la baptizarunt_fw-la solemniter_fw-la rege_fw-la lucio_n baptizato_fw-la subiectus_fw-la populus_fw-la eius_fw-la exemplo_fw-la fidei_fw-la colla_fw-la submisit_fw-la pacificè_fw-la the_o xvii_o chapter_n how_o in_o britain_n these_o holy_a legate_n place_v archbishop_n and_o bishop_n in_o our_o city_n archbishop_n in_o the_o place_n of_o archflaman_n and_o bishop_n for_o flamen_n and_o how_o by_o all_o writer_n such_o dignity_n be_v among_o the_o ancient_a pagan_n both_o in_o britain_n and_o other_o nation_n 1._o when_o the_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n of_o britain_n have_v thus_o prosperous_o proceed_v that_o the_o king_n and_o all_o his_o nobility_n be_v become_v christian_n as_o gildas_n nennius_n the_o antiquity_n of_o landaffe_n and_o other_o after_o they_o testify_v rex_fw-la cum_fw-la universis_fw-la britanniae_fw-la regulis_fw-la baptismum_fw-la susceperunt_fw-la and_o as_o a_o other_o copy_n of_o gildas_n agree_v with_o nennius_n read_v lucius_n britannicus_n rex_fw-la cum_fw-la universis_fw-la regulis_fw-la totius_fw-la britanniae_fw-la baptismum_fw-la susceperunt_fw-la and_o in_o the_o antiquity_n of_o landaffe_n lucius_n &_o totius_fw-la britanniae_fw-la primate_fw-la baptismum_fw-la susceperunt_fw-la and_o all_o school_n city_n druid_n teacher_n and_o scholar_n of_o idolatry_n be_v thus_o convert_v to_o christ_n as_o all_o our_o antiquary_n catholik_o and_o protestant_n have_v deliver_v so_o that_o all_o both_o ruler_n and_o subject_n both_o temporal_a and_o such_o as_o be_v then_o call_v spiritual_a have_v now_o embrace_v that_o religion_n and_o worship_n of_o god_n which_o as_o it_o be_v diametrical_o as_o it_o be_v repugnant_a to_o the_o superstion_n of_o the_o gentile_n in_o britain_n about_o their_o idol_n &_o term_v god_n so_o it_o utter_o condemn_v many_o of_o their_o barbarous_a and_o profane_a custom_n and_o observation_n in_o mere_o civil_a and_o human_a affair_n and_o proceed_n as_o i_o have_v in_o very_a many_o thing_n intolerable_a to_o be_v practise_v or_o permit_v give_v instance_n before_o therefore_o as_o the_o state_n of_o religion_n and_o reverence_n to_o god_n be_v now_o change_v and_o only_o hear_v want_v a_o external_a authoritative_a settle_v of_o a_o ecclesiastical_a hierarchy_n of_o bishop_n priest_n &_o clergy_n man_n to_o govern_v in_o religion_n and_o place_n or_o church_n for_o profess_v and_o public_a practice_n of_o the_o same_o which_o be_v now_o to_o be_v provide_v by_o these_o holy_a legate_n so_o king_n lucius_n as_o the_o vicar_n of_o christ_n in_o this_o kingdom_n in_o temporal_a thing_n as_o s._n eleutherius_fw-la style_v he_o in_o his_o epistle_n about_o this_o business_n write_v unto_o that_o holy_a pope_n for_o his_o direction_n also_o in_o this_o great_a affair_n of_o change_v his_o temporal_a law_n to_o make_v all_o sure_a that_o nothing_o shall_v be_v receive_v and_o establish_v hear_v either_o concern_v the_o 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print_v &_o publish_v by_o the_o protestant_n of_o basile_n may_v not_o be_v so_o shuffle_v over_o upon_o the_o bare_a word_n of_o one_o protestant_n of_o england_n against_o all_o his_o brethren_n in_o basile_n where_o by_o their_o authority_n the_o book_n be_v print_v and_o publish_v for_o a_o true_a ancient_a fenestella_n and_o it_o be_v a_o strange_a conceit_n of_o he_o to_o be_v utter_v to_o view_v to_o think_v to_o father_n this_o opinion_n first_o upon_o gratian_n as_o thus_o he_o do_v the_o defendor_n of_o this_o conceit_n be_v gratian_n who_o i_o doubt_v not_o we_o may_v account_v the_o first_o author_n of_o the_o same_o for_o i_o have_v prove_v in_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o this_o age_n at_o large_a both_o by_o catholics_n and_o protestant_n that_o diverse_a lyve_n and_o write_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n be_v of_o this_o opinion_n and_o prove_v it_o by_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o which_o appoint_v primat_n for_o those_o chief_a city_n 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wherein_o divers_a protestant_n inclyne_v to_o think_v s._n peter_n preach_v hear_v in_o britain_n before_o his_o come_n to_o rome_n and_o what_o probability_n that_o opinion_n have_v 1._o divers_a english_a protestant_n writer_n whether_o for_o love_n to_o s._n peter_n or_o dissick_n to_o rome_n know_v what_o great_a warrant_n there_o be_v for_o saint_n peter_n preach_v here_o incline_v to_o affirm_v it_o to_o have_v be_v before_o he_o come_v to_o rome_n among_o who_o the_o theater_n writer_n produce_v diverse_a testimony_n 5._o theatre_n of_o great_a britain_n l._n 9_o c._n 9_o §._o 5._o for_o his_o be_v in_o britain_n they_o add_v if_o peter_n be_v hear_v at_o all_o it_o be_v before_o he_o go_v to_o rome_n and_o that_o the_o gospel_n be_v preach_v here_o before_o it_o be_v in_o rome_n if_o peter_n be_v the_o first_o as_o some_o hold_n that_o preach_v there_o both_o probable_o diverse_a english_a protestant_n incline_v to_o think_v s._n peter_n preach_v in_o britain_n before_o he_o come_v to_o rome_n and_o how_o probable_o which_o may_v be_v more_o probable_a if_o we_o consider_v the_o huge_a multitude_n of_o christian_n fifteen_o thousand_o say_v baronius_n which_o disperse_v themselves_o into_o all_o part_n of_o the_o world_n upon_o the_o martyr_a of_o s._n stephen_n at_o jerusalem_n where_o we_o see_v that_o they_o make_v the_o come_n of_o s._n peter_n into_o this_o our_o nation_n to_o have_v be_v so_o soon_o after_o the_o ascension_n of_o christ_n that_o they_o seem_v to_o suppose_v it_o to_o have_v be_v before_o his_o come_n to_o rome_n and_o make_v it_o the_o more_o probable_a opinion_n their_o own_o phrase_n that_o it_o be_v soon_o after_o the_o martyrdom_n of_o s._n stephen_n which_o be_v to_o speak_v in_o their_o own_o word_n present_o upon_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n which_o be_v diverse_a supr_fw-la theatre_n supr_fw-la year_n before_o any_o authority_n teach_v he_o come_v to_o rome_n and_o their_o opinion_n before_o that_o britain_n receive_v the_o faith_n in_o the_o time_n of_o tiberius_n will_v make_v they_o of_o that_o mind_n be_v before_o prove_v that_o s._n peter_n be_v the_o first_o apostle_n that_o preach_v hear_v for_o which_o they_o bring_v his_o own_o testimony_n to_o s._n brithwald_n and_o other_o testimony_n and_o that_o which_o be_v write_v before_o of_o s._n mansuetus_n a_o bishop_n of_o this_o nation_n send_v to_o toul_n in_o lorraine_n by_o s._n peter_n in_o the_o time_n of_o caius_n caligula_n give_v some_o allowance_n to_o this_o opinion_n if_o we_o will_v follow_v those_o historian_n which_o write_v he_o be_v send_v thither_o at_o that_o time_n in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 40._o make_o it_o not_o unprobable_a but_o he_o be_v send_v from_o s._n peter_n be_v in_o or_o near_o this_o island_n 2._o the_o like_a i_o may_v say_v of_o s._n aristobulus_n make_v bishop_n as_o william_n eisengrenius_fw-la say_v in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 39_o who_o as_o common_o protestant_n will_v tell_v we_o hereafter_o be_v our_o bishop_n hear_v in_o britain_n and_o this_o the_o rather_o because_o we_o paul_n guliel_n eisengr_n centenar_n 1._o part_n 1._o do_v 7._o foe_n 67._o 66_o &_o do_v 8._o sophron._n patria_fw-la hierosol_n l._n delabor_v s._n petr._n &_o paul_n find_v that_o about_o the_o same_o time_n and_o in_o the_o same_o year_n if_o we_o may_v believe_v this_o author_n the_o same_o holy_a apostle_n s._n peter_n place_v s._n pancratius_n bishop_n of_o tauronienium_n and_o saint_n marcianus_n bishop_n of_o syrocufa_n in_o the_o island_n of_o sicilia_n near_o unto_o italy_n and_o diverse_a other_o far_o distant_a from_o jerusalem_n antioch_n or_o any_o eastern_a place_n of_o the_o abode_n of_o that_o great_a apostle_n as_o s._n clement_n with_o diverse_a other_o into_o the_o hither_o part_n of_o germany_n as_o the_o antiquity_n of_o those_o place_n be_v witness_v and_o if_o we_o call_v to_o memory_n the_o unspakeable_a labour_n and_o expedition_n use_v by_o this_o apostle_n in_o such_o sacred_a a_o business_n before_o remember_v &_o how_o in_o that_o time_n he_o be_v say_v to_o remain_v at_o antioch_n he_o visit_v as_o the_o scripture_n be_v evidence_n pontus_n galatia_n cappadocia_n asia_n and_o bythinia_n the_o hither_o part_n 1._o petr._n 1._o v._n 1._o of_o asia_n from_o whence_o we_o shall_v not_o find_v it_o a_o more_o difficult_a journey_n for_o that_o renown_a apostle_n to_o vouch_v safe_a to_o visit_v this_o island_n of_o britain_n if_o we_o consult_v with_o cosmographer_n in_o these_o affair_n then_o to_o come_v from_o antioch_n in_o syria_n the_o chief_a place_n of_o his_o residency_n at_o that_o time_n to_o visit_v all_o those_o country_n relate_a in_o which_o he_o preach_v as_o the_o scripture_n assure_v us._n but_o these_o be_v but_o conjecture_n upon_o which_o i_o may_v not_o find_v a_o historiall_a narration_n especial_o when_o we_o have_v a_o whole_a world_n of_o witness_n to_o the_o contrary_a that_o rome_n be_v the_o first_o place_n in_o the_o west_n whether_o s._n peter_n come_v and_o be_v chief_o direct_v unto_o and_o britain_n s._n peter_n come_v to_o rome_n before_o he_o come_v into_o britain_n the_o chief_a reason_n of_o the_o dispersion_n of_o the_o disciple_n at_o the_o martyrdom_n of_o s._n stephan_n be_v before_o answer_v how_o they_o preach_v only_o to_o the_o jew_n and_o the_o scripture_n be_v manifest_a that_o the_o apostle_n be_v then_o at_o jerusalem_n except_o the_o apostle_n and_o not_o disperse_v and_o the_o history_n of_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n keep_v 1._o act._n c._n 8._o v._n 1._o s._n peter_n preach_v in_o the_o east_n jonge_o after_o this_o to_o the_o jew_n and_o gentile_n until_o such_o time_n in_o the_o day_n of_o claudius_n emperor_n it_o please_v christ_n our_o bless_a saviour_n as_o many_o and_o great_a authority_n do_v warrant_v we_o to_o send_v and_o direct_v this_o his_o chief_a apostle_n to_o make_v a_o great_a part_n of_o his_o residency_n at_o rome_n the_o great_a and_o command_v imperial_a citte_n at_o that_o time_n in_o the_o world_n that_o he_o may_v the_o better_o by_o that_o mean_n preach_v the_o gospel_n both_o by_o himself_o christ._n s._n peter_n seat_v himself_o at_o rome_n foretell_v by_o holy_a scripture_n â—â—bbins_n and_o sibyl_n before_o christ._n and_o his_o disciple_n to_o these_o western_a nation_n and_o country_n of_o the_o world_n 3._o of_o this_o mission_n of_o s._n peter_n to_o rome_n esay_n the_o prophet_n though_o in_o more_o general_a term_n have_v long_o before_o admonish_v say_v as_o i_o have_v allege_v before_o that_o god_n will_v send_v of_o his_o apostle_n into_o italy_n of_o this_o the_o ancient_a rabbin_n before_o christ_n be_v witness_n as_o a_o jew_n himself_o have_v prove_v against_o the_o jew_n that_o rome_n shall_v be_v the_o chief_a place_n of_o the_o law_n and_o religion_n of_o the_o messiah_n sibylla_n erythraea_n long_o time_n before_o preach_v this_o rom._n hieronymus_n a_o sanct_a fide_fw-la l._n contra_fw-la judaeos_fw-la sibyl_n erithaer_fw-mi in_o l._n nasalographi_fw-la 1._o imperial_a scrip._n venetijs_fw-la a_o 1516_o per_fw-la patriarch_n venet._n approbat_fw-la &_o pontif._n rom._n to_o the_o gentile_n when_o prophesy_v of_o christ_n and_o his_o twelve_o apostle_n thus_o she_o foretell_v in_o ultima_fw-la aetate_fw-la humiliabitur_fw-la deus_fw-la &_o humiliabitur_fw-la proles_fw-la divina_fw-la jungetur_fw-la humanitati_fw-la deitas_fw-la iacebit_fw-la in_o faeno_fw-la agnus_fw-la puellari_fw-la officio_fw-la educabitur_fw-la deus_fw-la &_o homo_fw-la eliget_fw-la sibi_fw-la ex_fw-la piscatoribus_fw-la &_o deiectis_fw-la numerum_fw-la duodenarium_fw-la unumque_fw-la diabolum_fw-la non_fw-la in_o gladio_fw-la bellouè_fw-fr eneadem_fw-la urbem_fw-la regesque_fw-la subijciet_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o hamo_fw-la piscantis_fw-la in_fw-la deiectione_fw-la &_o pauperie_n superabit_fw-la divitias_fw-la superbiam_fw-la conculcabit_fw-la morte_fw-la propria_fw-la nocturno_fw-la suscitabit_fw-la &_o commutabitur_fw-la vivet_fw-la &_o regnabit_fw-la &_o consummabuntur_fw-la haec_fw-la omne_fw-la fietque_fw-la regeneratio_fw-la ultimo_fw-la bonos_fw-es iudicabit_fw-la &_o malos_fw-la surget_n stella_fw-la mirabilis_fw-la danaos_n illuminabit_fw-la orbem_fw-la illustrabit_fw-la in_o eneadem_fw-la latus_fw-la piscatoris_fw-la nomen_fw-la agni_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la fine_n seculi_fw-la virtute_fw-la perducet_fw-la ind_n in_o eneade_n iuncta_fw-la vinctos_fw-la à _fw-la diabolo_fw-la liberabiâ—_n in_o the_o last_o age_n god_n will_v be_v humble_v and_o the_o son_n of_o god_n will_v be_v humble_v the_o lamb_n shall_v lie_v in_o hay_n god_n and_o man_n shall_v be_v bring_v up_o by_o a_o virgin_n service_n he_o shall_v choose_v unto_o he_o out_o of_o fisher_n and_o mean_a person_n a_o number_n of_o twelve_o &_o one_o of_o they_o a_o devil_n he_o shall_v make_v subject_a unto_o he_o the_o city_n of_o aeneas_n rome_n &_o king_n not_o by_o sword_n &_o war_n but_o by_o the_o hook_n of_o a_o fisher_n in_o dejection_n &_o poverty_n he_o shall_v overcome_v riches_n he_o shall_v tread_v down_o pride_n with_o
testify_v and_o if_o he_o send_v s._n joseph_n hither_o out_o of_o francia_n it_o be_v that_o and_o no_o other_o francia_n from_o whence_o he_o send_v he_o the_o antiquity_n of_o glastenbury_n from_o the_o testimony_n of_o a_o ancient_a monk_n of_o s._n denis_n in_o france_n to_o one_o godfridus_n a_o monk_n of_o glastenbury_n relate_v that_o the_o church_n of_o glastenbury_n be_v consecrate_v by_o the_o high_a great_a bishop_n mean_v as_o it_o seem_v s._n peter_n the_o apostle_n the_o high_a great_a bishop_n in_o that_o time_n and_o that_o it_o be_v call_v the_o second_o rome_n for_o the_o multitude_n of_o affix_v epist_n godefrid_n monachi_fw-la glast_n antiquitates_fw-la glaston_n manus_fw-la tab_v affix_v saint_n bury_v there_o of_o the_o which_o s._n joseph_n be_v the_o first_o haec_fw-la gloriosissimi_fw-la martyris_fw-la dionisij_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la glastoniensis_fw-la de_fw-la qua_fw-la te_fw-la asseris_fw-la eandem_fw-la privilegij_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la habent_fw-la ista_fw-la in_o gallia_n illa_fw-la in_o britannia_fw-la uno_fw-la eodem_fw-la tempore_fw-la exortae_fw-la à _fw-la summo_fw-la &_o magno_fw-la pontifice_fw-la consecratae_fw-la vno_fw-la tamen_fw-la gradu_fw-la illa_fw-la supereminet_fw-la roma_fw-it etenim_fw-la secunda_fw-la voco_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la propter_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la inibi_fw-la requiescentium_fw-la quorum_fw-la primus_fw-la fuit_fw-la joseph_n ab_fw-la aramathia_n ille_fw-la nobilis_fw-la decurio_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o dominum_fw-la sepelivit_fw-la pro_fw-la cvius_fw-la sepultura_fw-la dominus_fw-la locum_fw-la illum_fw-la elegit_fw-la atque_fw-la benedixit_fw-la the_o xxiv_o chapter_n far_o prove_v that_o s._n philip_n the_o apostle_n be_v not_o in_o that_o gallia_n france_n next_o to_o britain_n neither_o be_v s._n joseph_n and_o his_o associate_n there_o or_o come_v from_o thence_o into_o britain_n 1._o beside_o the_o recite_v authority_n of_o s._n isidor_n or_o the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o life_n and_o death_n of_o saint_n among_o his_o work_n and_o the_o learned_a bishop_n freculpbus_n of_o which_o i_o have_v speak_v before_o for_o their_o opinion_n that_o hold_v s._n philip_n the_o apostle_n preach_v hymno_fw-la ordo_fw-la officij_fw-la muzarabici_n in_fw-la festo_fw-la s._n jacobi_fw-la apostoli_fw-la fratris_fw-la s._n joannâ—s_fw-la apostoli_fw-la &_o euangelistae_fw-la in_o hymno_fw-la in_o the_o next_o france_n or_o gallia_n i_o find_v the_o like_a mention_n in_o the_o ancient_a muzaraban_n public_a church_n office_n receive_v in_o the_o four_o toledan_a council_n at_o which_o s._n isidor_n archbishop_n of_o hispalis_n for_o all_o spain_n be_v precedent_n in_o this_o council_n mention_n be_v make_v where_o the_o apostle_n preach_v it_o be_v say_v philippus_n gallias_n that_o s._n philip_n preach_v in_o the_o country_n call_v galliae_fw-la which_o although_o i_o do_v not_o find_v allege_v by_o any_o protestant_n to_o confirm_v this_o opinion_n of_o s._n philip_n be_v in_o this_o next_o france_n yet_o because_o i_o seek_v the_o truth_n and_o be_o unwilling_a to_o conceal_v any_o thing_n that_o may_v either_o help_v or_o hinder_v the_o find_v four_o thereof_o i_o hear_v produce_v it_o and_o the_o rather_o because_o it_o give_v more_o countenance_n to_o that_o book_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la &_o morte_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la to_o have_v be_v write_v by_o s._n isidor_n precedent_n in_o that_o council_n and_o take_v as_o it_o seem_v that_o muzaraban_n office_n as_o warrant_v for_o his_o writing_n that_o s._n philip_n the_o apostle_n be_v in_o gallia_n as_o also_o freculphus_n follow_v the_o step_n of_o s._n isidor_n in_o the_o same_o assertion_n for_o better_a decide_n whereof_o because_o the_o muzaraban_n office_n be_v so_o brief_a as_o i_o have_v relate_v in_o this_o matter_n and_o i_o have_v set_v down_o the_o word_n of_o freculphus_n before_o i_o will_v and_o what_o s._n isidor_n or_o other_o author_n of_o that_o book_n have_v write_v of_o this_o business_n which_o be_v as_o follow_v philippus_n à _fw-fr bethsaida_n civitate_fw-la 75._o isidor_n hispal_n episcopus_fw-la l._n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la &_o morte_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la cap._n 75._o unde_fw-la &_o petrus_n gallis_fw-la praedicat_fw-la christum_fw-la barbarasque_fw-la gentes_fw-la vicinasque_fw-la tenebris_fw-la &_o tumenti_fw-la oceano_fw-la coniunctas_fw-la ad_fw-la scientiae_fw-la lumen_fw-la fideique_fw-la portum_fw-la deducit_fw-la deinde_fw-la in_o hierapoli_fw-it phrygiae_fw-la provinciae_fw-la urbe_fw-la crucifixus_fw-la lapidatusque_fw-la obijt_fw-la philip_n of_o the_o city_n bethsaida_n from_o whence_o also_o peter_n be_v preach_v christ_n to_o the_o gaul_n and_o bring_v barbarous_a nation_n and_o near_o to_o darkness_n and_o join_v to_o the_o swell_a ocean_n to_o the_o light_n of_o knowledge_n and_o tbe_n heaven_n of_o faith_n and_o after_o die_v crucifixed_a and_o stone_v in_o hierapolis_n a_o city_n of_o the_o province_n of_o phrygia_n the_o very_a word_n of_o freculphus_n before_o so_o that_o it_o be_v evident_a the_o one_o of_o these_o receive_v they_o from_o the_o other_o and_o after_o these_o hartmanus_n schedel_n use_v the_o same_o phrase_n philippus_n 1._o hartm_n sched_a chronic._n chron_n f._n 202._o p._n 1._o gallias_n accepit_fw-la that_o s._n philip_n have_v the_o country_n galliae_fw-la yet_o neither_o he_o nor_o any_o of_o the_o other_o make_v he_o the_o apostle_n of_o this_o next_o gallia_n or_o france_n neither_o do_v any_o of_o the_o historian_n of_o france_n or_o antiquity_n thereof_o best_o to_o be_v credit_v in_o such_o cause_n make_v mention_n of_o s._n philip_n or_o any_o other_o apostle_n beside_o s._n peter_n and_o s._n paul_n to_o have_v preach_v in_o that_o kingdom_n neither_o any_o other_o but_o such_o as_o be_v disciple_n unto_o they_o and_o not_o to_o s._n philip_n or_o any_o other_o of_o the_o apostle_n to_o have_v teach_v the_o faith_n of_o christ_n in_o that_o nation_n 2._o neither_o do_v any_o of_o our_o french_a historian_n once_o allege_v or_o interpret_v maij._n m._n pniel_n i_o tigeon_n m._n clem._n merch._n m._n 1._o le_fw-fr frere_n de_fw-fr leval_n in_o hist_o andre_n chesne_n hiss_v general_a d'angleterre_fw-fr d'escosse_n &_o d'irland_n pag._n 152._o bed_n martyrol_n call_v maij._n martyr_n rom._n 1._o die_v maij._n vsuard_n martyrol_n cod_n die_v dorotheus_n in_o synopsi_n in_o s._n phil._n magdeb._n cent_n 1._o in_o s._n philip_n apost_n prot._n comm_n book_n in_o f._n s._n philippi_n &_o calend._n 1_o maij._n either_o s._n isidor_n or_o freculphus_n to_o understand_v this_o next_o france_n by_o any_o gallia_n or_o place_n where_o they_o write_v s._n philip_n preach_v but_o expound_v they_o both_o as_o they_o only_o mean_v he_o preach_v in_o scythia_n and_o country_n far_o remote_a from_o this_o france_n and_o so_o they_o expound_v freculphus_n himself_o in_o the_o place_n allege_v vincentius_n abdias_n nicephorus_n sabellicus_n eusebius_n simeon_n metaphrastes_n clement_n of_o alexandria_n and_o polycrates_n be_v of_o that_o mind_n so_o likewise_o teach_v s._n bede_n the_o roman_a martyrologe_n vsuardus_n dorotheus_n the_o magdeburgian_n protestant_n and_o the_o protestant_n of_o england_n in_o their_o most_o authorise_a public_a church_n service_n book_n calendar_n and_o other_o and_o this_o be_v sufficient_o testify_v and_o express_v in_o the_o word_n of_o s._n isidor_n and_o freculphus_n before_o both_o of_o they_o plain_o avouch_v that_o the_o gaul_n and_o people_n to_o who_o s._n philip_n preach_v be_v barbarae_fw-la gentes_fw-la vicinae_fw-la tenebris_fw-la &_o tumenti_fw-la oceano_fw-la coniunctae_fw-la barbarous_a nation_n near_o inhabitant_n unto_o country_n of_o darkness_n and_o conjoin_v to_o the_o swell_a ocean_n which_o have_v no_o resemblance_n at_o all_o to_o this_o our_o gallia_n but_o quite_o contrary_a or_o different_a for_o this_o gallia_n be_v far_o remote_a from_o either_o of_o the_o pole_n arctic_a or_o antarctic_a and_o so_o by_o many_o degree_n remove_v from_o all_o nation_n live_v in_o darkness_n neither_o be_v the_o sea_n which_o be_v next_o to_o this_o gallia_n tumens_fw-la oceanus_n that_o ocean_n which_o be_v term_v the_o swell_a but_o oceanus_n scythicus_n the_o ocean_n of_o scythia_n where_o s._n philip_n by_o all_o antiquity_n preach_v neither_o be_v this_o gallia_n at_o that_o time_n or_o any_o other_o ever_o esteem_v a_o barbarous_a nation_n by_o any_o credible_a writer_n late_a or_o ancient_a christian_n or_o pagan_n catholic_a protestant_n or_o other_o but_o as_o a_o protestant_a cosmographer_n with_o other_o testify_v fuit_fw-la gallia_n ab_fw-la antiquis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la semper_fw-la culta_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o urbibus_fw-la 38._o sebastian_n munst_n cosmograph_n l._n 2_o cap._n 38._o quam_fw-la in_o oppidis_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o agris_fw-la hortis_fw-la &_o pratis_fw-la et_fw-la ut_fw-la strabo_fw-la scribit_fw-la qui_fw-la tempore_fw-la incarnationis_fw-la christi_fw-la vixit_fw-la nullus_fw-la tunc_fw-la fuit_fw-la angulus_fw-la in_o gallia_n incultus_fw-la praeter_fw-la lacus_fw-la &_o nemora_fw-la quae_fw-la culturam_fw-la non_fw-la admittunt_fw-la gallia_n be_v ever_o from_o ancient_a time_n replenish_v as_o well_o with_o city_n as_o with_o town_n as_o with_o field_n orchard_n and_o meadow_n and_o as_o strabo_n write_v who_o live_v in_o
the_o time_n of_o the_o incarnation_n of_o christ_n there_o be_v no_o corner_n in_o gallia_n uninhabited_a except_o lake_n and_o wood_n which_o admit_v not_o habitation_n and_o not_o only_a joannes_n annius_n out_o of_o xenophon_n s._n justine_n and_o other_o ancient_n 9_o joan._n annius_n comm._n in_o beros_n in_o orat_fw-la justin_n p._n 52._o bal._n l._n the_o scriptor_n cent_n 1._o in_o samothe_n io._n selden_n anaclet_n l._n 1._o cap._n 1._o nichol._n vigineâ—_n biblioth_n historial_n a_o mundi_fw-la 1900._o 2200._o etc._n etc._n io._n jolivettâ—s_n in_o descript_n gall._n apud_fw-la abr._n ortel_n 1._o 9_o but_o our_o protestant_a antiquary_n bale_n selden_n nicholas_n vignier_n john_n jolivet_n and_o other_o french_a historian_n assuer_fw-mi we_o that_o these_o gaul_n have_v learning_n and_o letter_n before_o the_o grecian_n and_o that_o from_o this_o gallia_n use_v the_o greek_a character_n they_o be_v bring_v into_o greece_n and_o that_o the_o roman_n themselves_o do_v use_v to_o send_v their_o youth_n and_o child_n into_o gallia_n especial_o massilia_n to_o be_v instruct_v in_o learning_n and_o civility_n therefore_o this_o can_v be_v any_o of_o those_o barbarous_a country_n relate_v by_o those_o author_n where_o s._n philip_n preach_v but_o by_o those_o description_n they_o may_v with_o more_o reason_n think_v s._n philip_n be_v in_o this_o our_o britain_n by_o some_o take_v for_o a_o part_n of_o gallia_n or_o a_o other_o continent_n and_o much_o more_o likely_a in_o those_o time_n to_o be_v a_o barbarous_a nation_n as_o it_o be_v near_o the_o region_n of_o darkness_n by_o the_o northpole_n and_o the_o swell_a ocean_n yet_o no_o author_n affirm_v he_o be_v hear_v and_o from_o hence_o hither_o be_v a_o contradiction_n he_o can_v not_o send_v s._n joseph_n 3._o moreover_o if_o s._n isidor_n and_o the_o other_o cite_v before_o for_o s._n philip_n his_o preach_v in_o gallia_n have_v thereby_o mean_v this_o gallia_n adjacent_a to_o britain_n they_o can_v not_o bring_v he_o either_o by_o land_n or_o sea_n into_o those_o barbarous_a nation_n where_o they_o affirm_v he_o long_o time_n live_v or_o hierapolis_n in_o phrigia_n where_o he_o be_v put_v to_o death_n but_o he_o must_v needs_o have_v pass_v through_o and_o preach_v in_o diverse_a other_o great_a interjacent_a nation_n between_o they_o and_o yet_o they_o name_v not_o one_o for_o s._n isidor_n himself_o confine_v this_o gallia_n with_o these_o bound_n juga_fw-la alpium_fw-la the_o top_n of_o the_o alps_n one_o the_o east_n side_n with_o the_o ocean_n sea_n one_o the_o west_n the_o pyrenaean_a gallia_n isidor_n l._n 14._o origin_n v._o gallia_n mountain_n one_o the_o south_n &_o the_o ryver_n of_o rhine_n and_o germany_n where_o by_o s._n isidor_n his_o own_o account_n and_o description_n of_o this_o gallia_n there_o be_v above_o a_o thousand_o mile_n between_o the_o country_n where_o he_o with_o all_o other_o say_v s._n philip_n live_v and_o die_v and_o the_o near_a part_n of_o this_o gallia_n unto_o any_o of_o they_o by_o all_o cosmographer_n preach_v in_o what_o gallia_n s._n philip_n the_o apostle_n preach_v neither_o shall_v we_o by_o this_o mean_n exclude_v s._n philip_n from_o preach_v to_o gaul_n in_o gallia_n or_o gallatia_n nor_o contradict_v the_o opinion_n of_o s._n isidor_n and_o freculphus_n but_o show_v what_o gallia_n it_o be_v they_o true_o do_v and_o must_v needs_o understand_v the_o very_a same_o nation_n far_o from_o this_o gallia_n where_o all_o writer_n agree_v he_o preach_v in_o the_o part_n of_o scythia_n and_o this_o by_o s._n isidor_n his_o own_o interpretation_n for_o he_o plain_o write_v of_o that_o gallia_n or_o gallatia_n where_o s._n philip_n by_o all_o antiquity_n origin_n isid_n l._n 14._o origin_n do_v live_v be_v name_v of_o the_o ancient_a people_n of_o the_o gaul_n by_o who_o it_o be_v possess_v dicta_fw-la à _fw-la priest_n gallorum_n gentibus_fw-la à _fw-la quibus_fw-la extitit_fw-la occupata_fw-la joannes_n zonaras_n make_v this_o matter_n clear_a divide_v the_o gaul_n into_o the_o gaul_n of_o europe_n vitellio_n io._n zonaras_n ann._n to_o 2._o in_o vitellio_n and_o not_o of_o europe_n but_o asia_n in_o express_a term_n so_o do_v zosimus_n diodorus_n siculus_n and_o other_o among_o who_o the_o last_o write_v in_o this_o manner_n 9_o zosim_fw-la l._n 4._o in_o gratiano_n &_o theodosio_n dâ—odor_n sicul._n â—er_n antiq_fw-la l._n 5._o c_o 9_o omnis_fw-la ea_fw-la regio_fw-la galatia_n id_fw-la est_fw-la gallia_n dicta_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la à _fw-la multis_fw-la nationibus_fw-la incolitur_fw-la natio_fw-la ut_fw-la plurimum_fw-la ad_fw-la arcton_n sita_fw-la regio_fw-la frigida_fw-la ut_fw-la quae_fw-la hiemis_fw-la tempore_fw-la pro_fw-la aqua_fw-la nivibus_fw-la oppleta_fw-la existat_fw-la glacies_fw-la quoque_fw-la immensa_fw-la adeo_fw-la regionem_fw-la occupo_fw-la ut_fw-la flumina_fw-la congelata_fw-la sint_fw-la peruia_fw-la transeuntibus_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la paucis_fw-la sed_fw-la exercitibus_fw-la quoque_fw-la cum_fw-la curribus_fw-la atque_fw-la impedimentis_fw-la all_o that_o region_n be_v call_v galatia_n that_o be_v to_o say_v gallia_n it_o be_v inhabit_v of_o many_o nation_n a_o country_n for_o the_o most_o part_n situate_v by_o the_o north_n a_o can_v region_n which_o in_o the_o time_n of_o winter_n for_o water_n be_v cover_v with_o snow_n and_o huge_a ice_n do_v so_o possess_v the_o region_n that_o the_o river_n be_v freeze_a be_v passable_a for_o travayler_n and_o not_o only_o for_o a_o few_o but_o for_o whole_a army_n also_o with_o their_o wagon_n and_o impediment_n and_o a_o little_a after_o he_o further_o add_v qui_fw-la ad_fw-la scythiam_n usque_fw-la habitant_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la galli_n quas_fw-la omnes_fw-la gentes_fw-la communi_fw-la nomine_fw-la romani_fw-la gallos_n appellant_n eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la subtus_fw-la arcton_n habitant_fw-la quique_fw-la scythiae_n sunt_fw-la propinqui_fw-la utpote_fw-la caeteris_fw-la agrestiores_fw-la 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that_o time_n 4._o and_o richardus_fw-la dinothus_n in_o his_o book_n of_o historical_a common_a place_n germanis_fw-la rich._n dinothus_n loc_fw-la come_v hist_o l._n 2._o c._n de_fw-fr germanis_fw-la cite_v diodorus_n siculus_n who_o have_v testify_v as_o much_o before_o prove_v that_o before_o the_o time_n of_o caius_n caligula_n the_o emperor_n next_o unto_o tiberius_n under_o who_o christ_n suffer_v his_o passion_n the_o name_n of_o germany_n be_v not_o kowne_a but_o all_o those_o country_n even_o to_o thracia_n be_v call_v gallia_n or_o gallatia_n all_o one_o in_o effect_n the_o roman_n common_o name_v they_o gallia_n and_o the_o greek_n gallatia_n 12._o hier._n gebuler_n l._n the_o libert_n germ._n c._n 12._o germanorum_n nomen_fw-la paulo_fw-la ante_fw-la caij_fw-la caesaris_fw-la tempora_fw-la caepit_fw-la innotescere_fw-la cum_fw-la antea_fw-la omnes_fw-la populi_fw-la a_o gallico_n oceano_fw-la ad_fw-la thraciam_fw-la usque_fw-la galatae_n vocarentur_fw-la which_o hieronimus_fw-la gebulerius_n also_o confirm_v testify_v that_o the_o roman_n themselves_o ancient_o call_v both_o the_o german_n and_o those_o which_o we_o now_o call_v gaul_n or_o french_a by_o the_o common_a name_n of_o gaul_n or_o gallia_n non_fw-la nescimus_fw-la veteres_fw-la romanos_fw-la 25._o trog_n pomp._n &_o just_o hist_o l._n 24._o &_o 25._o communi_fw-la gallorum_n nomine_fw-la cum_fw-la germanos_fw-la tum_fw-la gallos_n comprehendisse_fw-la which_o also_o justinus_n trogus_n pompeius_n with_o many_o other_o speek_v of_o the_o conquest_n of_o the_o gaul_n under_o the_o conduct_n of_o brennus_n common_o suppose_v to_o be_v a_o britain_n and_o brother_n to_o our_o king_n beline_n 400._o year_n before_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n do_v plain_o affirm_v gallorum_n ea_fw-la tempestate_fw-la tantae_fw-la faecunditatis_fw-la iwentus_fw-la fuit_fw-la ut_fw-la asiam_fw-la omnem_fw-la velut_fw-la examine_v aliquo_fw-la implerent_fw-la denique_fw-la neque_fw-la reges_fw-la 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