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fray_n thomas_n de_fw-fr padilla_n and_o many_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n the_o great_a i_o will_v of_o socotorie_n be_v also_o inhabit_v by_o those_o christian_n of_o st._n thome_n st._n thomas_n also_o preach_v in_o the_o kingdom_n sinas_fw-la and_o convert_v a_o great_a company_n to_o christianity_n there_o as_o xaverus_n the_o jesuite_n write_v also_o the_o portugall_n find_v a_o infinite_a number_n of_o christian_n in_o china_n the_o christian_n in_o africa_n under_o the_o patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n the_o christian_n call_v cophti_n be_v no_o other_o than_o the_o christian_n of_o egypt_n who_o have_v be_v call_v aegophti_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d touch_v their_o ecclesiastical_a government_n they_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n who_o patriarchall_a seat_n be_v at_o this_o present_a translate_v 679._o cbyt_fw-la de_fw-fr stat_fw-la eccles_n pag._n 26._o scalig._n de_fw-fr emendat_fw-la tempor_fw-la lib._n 7._o pag._n 679._o and_o so_o 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