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convert_v both_o the_o king_n &_o people_n travail_v quite_o through_o britain_n phaganus_fw-la &_o deruianus_fw-la regem_fw-la cum_fw-la svo_fw-la populo_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la converterunt_fw-la peragrantes_fw-la britanniam_fw-la the_o old_a author_n that_o write_v s._n helen_n her_o life_n record_v how_o upon_o the_o baptism_n of_o king_n lucius_n all_o the_o people_n of_o the_o whole_a nation_n present_o flock_v together_o to_o be_v instruct_v in_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n and_o be_v baptize_v nec_fw-la mora_fw-la concurrentes_fw-la undique_fw-la totius_fw-la nationis_fw-la populi_fw-la regis_fw-la exemplum_fw-la insequuntur_fw-la eodemque_fw-la salutari_fw-la lavachro_fw-la mun_n dati_fw-la caelesti_fw-la regno_fw-la restituuntur_fw-la harding_n thus_o set_v it_o down_o in_o his_o old_a verse_n eleuthery_n the_o first_o at_o supplication_n 43._o harding_n chron._n c._n 51._o f._n 43._o of_o lucius_n send_v he_o two_o holy_a man_n that_o call_v be_v faggan_n and_o dwyen_n that_o baptize_v he_o and_o all_o his_o realm_n throughoute_n with_o hertes_o glad_a and_o labour_n devoute_a sigebertus_n say_v general_o of_o the_o britan_n without_o restriction_n that_o they_o britannorum_fw-la sigebert_n chron._n in_o regno_fw-la britannorum_fw-la receive_v christianity_n by_o the_o legate_n of_o pope_n eleutherius_fw-la send_v at_o the_o request_n of_o their_o king_n lucius_n britanni_n instantia_fw-la lucij_fw-la britanniarum_fw-la regis_fw-la per_fw-la legatos_fw-la eleutherij_fw-la papae_fw-la mysteria_fw-la christianitatis_fw-la perceperunt_fw-la walterus_n rollwink_n in_o his_o fasciculus_fw-la write_v that_o fuganus_fw-la and_o damianus_n the_o legate_n of_o pope_n eleutherius_fw-la baptize_v both_o king_n lucius_n and_o his_o people_n who_o upon_o the_o solemn_a baptism_n of_o their_o king_n submit_v themselves_o to_o christian_a religion_n eleutherius_fw-la 184._o walter_n rollw_n in_o fascicul_n temp_n a_o 184._o misit_fw-la legatos_fw-la lucio_n 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 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satrapis_fw-la &_o universo_fw-la senatu_fw-la optimatibus_fw-la que_fw-la meis_fw-la 4._o this_o renown_a emperor_n be_v far_o from_o claim_v primacy_n in_o spiritual_a affair_n in_o authoritative_o assemble_v counsel_n or_o any_o other_o respect_n yet_o be_v not_o the_o temporal_a duty_n &_o office_n of_o this_o good_a emperor_n want_v unto_o this_o sacred_a council_n but_o as_o our_o ancient_a christian_a king_n from_o our_o first_o conversion_n do_v
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locum_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la sacrosanctum_fw-la corpus_fw-la patibulo_fw-la affixum_fw-la pependerat_fw-la ab_fw-la incolis_fw-la perquirit_fw-la and_o the_o imperial_a letter_n of_o 18._o theod._n l._n 1._o c._n 17._o 18._o constantine_n her_o son_n have_v literas_fw-la pertulit_fw-la ipsa_fw-la imperatoris_fw-la mater_fw-la yet_o it_o seem_v by_o these_o letter_n of_o constantine_n to_o marianus_n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n principal_o about_o the_o build_n of_o a_o church_n in_o the_o place_n of_o the_o holy_a sepulchre_n that_o both_o supr_fw-la euseb_n l._n 3._o de_fw-fr vit._n constantini_n c._n 29_o theod._n hist_o ecc._n l._n 1._o c._n 17._o euseb_n c._n 28._o supr_fw-la this_o and_o the_o holy_a cross_n be_v find_v before_o for_o so_o these_o letter_n testify_v as_o they_o be_v extant_a in_o eusebius_n theodoret_n and_o other_o and_o eusebius_n say_v that_o this_o renown_a emperor_n do_v make_v a_o law_n for_o edife_v a_o famous_a church_n about_o the_o place_n of_o the_o 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necessarijs_fw-la abundanter_fw-la &_o copiose_fw-la subministratis_fw-la opus_fw-la eximium_fw-la amplum_fw-la &_o magnificum_fw-la fabricandum_fw-la curarent_fw-la all_o write_v together_o at_o the_o same_o time_n and_o long_o time_n longo_fw-la iam_fw-la tempore_fw-la after_o his_o bless_a mother_n do_v first_o find_v these_o sacred_a reliks_n as_o be_v before_o remember_v 4._o and_o the_o history_n hear_v of_o which_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n public_o receave_v &_o read_v in_o the_o festitie_n of_o the_o invention_n of_o the_o holy_a cross_n do_v seem_v to_o hold_v that_o this_o find_v thereof_o by_o s._n helen_n be_v long_o before_o the_o nicen_n council_n &_o soon_o after_o the_o apparition_n of_o the_o cross_n to_o constantine_n &_o his_o victory_n against_o maxentius_n she_o be_v admonish_v by_o heavenly_a vision_n to_o perform_v that_o religious_a duty_n post_fw-la insignem_fw-la victoriam_fw-la quam_fw-la constantinus_n imperator_fw-la divinitus_fw-la maij._n breniar_n rom._n in_o fest_n invent_v s._n crucis_fw-la 3._o maij._n accepto_fw-la signo_fw-la dominicae_fw-la crucis_fw-la e_fw-la x_o maxentio_fw-la reportavit_fw-la helena_n constantini_n matter_n in_o sommis_fw-la admonita_fw-la conquirendae_fw-la crucis_fw-la study_v hierosolymam_fw-la venit_fw-la and_o yet_o both_o sozomen_n and_o other_o testify_v that_o s._n helen_n have_v the_o emperor_n warrant_v to_o dig_v and_o purdge_n the_o place_n where_o the_o holy_a cross_n be_v find_v locus_fw-la ille_fw-la imperatoris_fw-la 29._o sozom._n hist_o eccl_n l._n 2._o c._n 1._o nicep_v callist_n eccl._n hist_o l._n 8._o c._n 29._o mandato_fw-la fuit_fw-la purgatus_fw-la which_o give_v more_o probability_n to_o that_o opinion_n of_o many_o author_n before_o that_o the_o holy_a cross_n be_v find_v out_o at_o the_o least_o where_o it_o be_v hide_v long_o before_o the_o glorious_a publish_n of_o it_o about_o this_o time_n to_o the_o world_n &_o this_o before_o constantine_n be_v emperor_n in_o the_o 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scot._n l._n 2_o aetat_fw-la 6._o a_o 139._o in_o imper._n adrian_n hier._n apud_fw-la eund_n capgr_n in_o s._n helena_n in_o or_o before_o the_o year_n 320._o and_o all_o the_o other_o superstition_n that_o be_v place_v there_o by_o the_o pagan_n to_o take_v away_o the_o memory_n name_n and_o honour_n of_o christ_n be_v utter_o extinguish_v and_o desolate_a 5._o and_o to_o give_v we_o more_o warrant_n and_o security_n herein_o those_o renown_a author_n which_o have_v deliver_v these_o relation_n set_v down_o this_o abomination_n of_o desolation_n to_o have_v stand_v in_o this_o most_o holy_a place_n in_o the_o 139._o year_n of_o christ_n so_o that_o the_o term_n of_o the_o continuance_n of_o it_o there_o 180._o year_n expire_v 5._o or_o 6._o year_n before_o the_o nicen_n council_n end_v by_o all_o account_n our_o english_a continuator_fw-la of_o florentius_n wigorniensis_n who_o have_v write_v before_o that_o the_o holy_a cross_n be_v first_o find_v out_o in_o the_o time_n of_o constantius_n father_n to_o constantine_n the_o great_a affirm_v that_o quiriacus_n otherwise_o name_v judas_n be_v the_o 26._o bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n hierosolymitanorum_fw-la continuator_fw-la flor._n wigorn._n in_o catal._n episcoporum_fw-la hierosolymitanorum_fw-la and_o find_v the_o holy_a cross_n at_o the_o earnest_a request_n of_o s._n helen_n episcopus_fw-la hierosolymorum_fw-la 26._o quiriacus_n qui_fw-la &_o judas_n ab_fw-la hoc_fw-la sancta_fw-la exigâ—nâ—e_fw-la helena_n crux_fw-la domini_fw-la cum_fw-la clavis_fw-la est_fw-la inuenta_fw-la when_o by_o other_o it_o be_v common_o hold_v that_o macharius_fw-la be_v bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n at_o this_o time_n and_o a_o diligent_a agent_n in_o this_o holy_a labour_n 6._o therefore_o i_o dare_v not_o absolute_o determine_v of_o the_o certainty_n of_o the_o time_n of_o this_o holy_a pilgrimage_n &_o labour_n of_o s._n helen_n in_o this_o kind_n but_o it_o be_v agree_v for_o certain_a that_o she_o undertake_v this_o journey_n by_o the_o admonition_n of_o god_n helena_n imperatoris_fw-la mater_fw-la divinitus_fw-la admonita_fw-la hierosolyman_n iter_fw-la caepit_fw-la she_o go_v to_o pray_v to_o visit_v 14._o socrat._v hist_o eccl_n l._n 2._o c._n 13._o ruffin_n hist_o l._n 1._o c._n 7._o sozom._n l._n 2._o hist_o c._n 1._o euseb_n vit._n constant_a l._n 3._o c._n 41._o theod._n hist_o eccl_n l._n 1._o c._n 18._o euseb_n de_fw-fr vit._n constant_n l._n 3._o c._n 13._o 14._o the_o holy_a place_n do_v due_a reverence_n or_o worship_n unto_o they_o venit_fw-la hierosolymam_fw-la cum_fw-la precandi_fw-la causa_fw-la tum_fw-la sancta_fw-la illa_fw-la loca_fw-la visendi_fw-la locis_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la seruatoris_fw-la erant_fw-la impressa_fw-la vestigia_fw-la debitam_fw-la venerationem_fw-la adhibuit_fw-la this_o devoute_a journey_n so_o long_o and_o tedious_a she_o undertake_v when_o she_o be_v very_o old_a almost_o fourscore_o year_n of_o age_n ea_fw-la taedium_fw-la itineris_fw-la senectae_fw-la etiam_fw-la labour_v contempta_fw-la suscepit_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la diu_fw-la post_fw-la illud_fw-la mortua_fw-la est_fw-la nata_fw-la annos_fw-la octoginta_fw-la 7._o in_o this_o pilgrimage_n as_o eusebius_n write_v she_o travail_v all_o the_o easte_n part_n give_v infinite_a gift_n in_o all_o city_n and_o place_n what_o she_o bestow_v upon_o poor_a people_n can_v scarce_o be_v reckon_v to_o some_o she_o give_v great_a sum_n of_o money_n other_o she_o abundant_o clothe_v
cum_fw-la quotidiè_fw-la à _fw-la credentibus_fw-la terra_fw-la tollatur_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la manet_fw-la eandemque_fw-la adhuc_fw-la speciem_fw-la veluti_fw-la impressis_fw-la signatam_fw-la vestigijs_fw-la seruat_fw-la 12._o and_o they_o further_o witness_v that_o the_o roof_n of_o the_o church_n by_o which_o christ_n ascend_v can_v not_o be_v cover_v interior_n domus_fw-la propter_fw-la dominici_n corporis_fw-la meatum_fw-la camerari_fw-la &_o tegi_fw-la non_fw-la potuit_fw-la by_o which_o passage_n every_o year_n upon_o the_o festivitie_n of_o christ_n ascension_n when_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o mass_n be_v end_v a_o storm_n of_o great_a wind_n use_v to_o descend_v and_o enforce_v all_o that_o be_v in_o the_o church_n to_o lie_v prostrate_a one_o the_o ground_n in_o die_fw-la ascensionis_fw-la dominicae_fw-la per_fw-la annos_fw-la singulos_fw-la missa_fw-la peracta_fw-la validi_fw-la flaminis_fw-la procella_fw-la desursum_fw-la venire_fw-la consuevit_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la adfuerint_fw-la terrae_fw-la prosternere_fw-la foundation_n sacrifice_n of_o mass_n and_o prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a at_o a_o especial_a altar_n of_o such_o foundation_n 13._o they_o affirm_v that_o in_o these_o church_n there_o be_v many_o holy_a altar_n and_o among_o the_o rest_n in_o the_o church_n of_o golgotha_n there_o be_v a_o altar_n one_o which_o sacrifice_n be_v special_o offer_v for_o noble_a parson_n new_o dead_a their_o body_n remain_v in_o the_o street_n during_o the_o time_n of_o mass_n infra_fw-la locum_fw-la dominicae_fw-la crucis_fw-la excisa_fw-la in_o petra_fw-la crypta_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la super_fw-la altar_n pro_fw-la defunctis_fw-la honoratis_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la solet_fw-la offerri_fw-la positis_fw-la interim_n in_fw-la platea_fw-la corporibus_fw-la 14._o she_o build_v also_o at_o jerusalem_n but_o after_o the_o build_n of_o these_o and_o other_o church_n in_o other_o place_n present_o to_o be_v relate_v a_o most_o ample_a and_o spacious_a church_n both_o for_o breadth_n and_o length_n in_o mount_n zion_n within_o the_o 30._o niceph._n callist_n eccles_n hist_o l._n 8._o c._n 30._o portch_n thereof_o she_o enclose_v round_o about_o the_o house_n in_o which_o the_o door_n be_v shut_v the_o disciple_n of_o christ_n be_v gather_v together_o for_o fear_n of_o the_o jew_n in_o which_o christ_n his_n last_o supper_n wash_v his_o apostle_n foot_n and_o the_o come_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v and_o in_o which_o s._n james_n be_v ordain_v first_o bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n in_o that_o church_n also_o be_v the_o marble_n pillar_n to_o which_o our_o saviour_n be_v bind_v when_o he_o be_v whip_v one_o the_o left_a side_n whereof_o the_o sepulchre_n of_o the_o prophet_n david_n be_v magnificent_o seat_v in_o a_o high_a place_n in_o urbem_fw-la sanctam_fw-la reversa_fw-la in_o zion_n amplissimum_fw-la longè_fw-la latèque_fw-la construxit_fw-la templum_fw-la in_fw-la cvius_fw-la postico_fw-la domum_fw-la conclusit_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la foribus_fw-la clausis_fw-la propter_fw-la metum_fw-la judaeorum_n discipuli_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la congregati_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la etiam_fw-la sacra_fw-la caena_fw-la peracta_fw-la sacraque_fw-la pedum_fw-la lotio_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la in_o caenaculo_fw-la adventus_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la primus_fw-la quoque_fw-la hierarcha_fw-la &_o episcopus_fw-la jacobus_n renuntiatus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la templo_fw-la marmorea_fw-la quoque_fw-la fuit_fw-la columna_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la cum_fw-la flagellis_fw-la caederetur_fw-la alligatus_fw-la est_fw-la seruator_fw-la in_o cvius_fw-la parte_fw-la sinistra_fw-la divi_z prophetae_fw-la davidis_fw-la sepulchrum_fw-la magnificè_fw-la in_o sublimi_fw-la collocatum_fw-la 15._o she_o found_v a_o other_o church_n to_o s._n peter_n prince_n of_o the_o apostle_n in_o the_o palace_n of_o caiphas_n in_o palatio_fw-la caiphae_n petro_n apostolorum_fw-la principi_fw-la templum_fw-la 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