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conficiendum_fw-la dispositis_fw-la utendi_fw-la alijs_fw-la permagnum_fw-la jumentorum_fw-la instratorum_fw-la quibus_fw-la veherentur_fw-la numerum_fw-la suppeditavit_fw-la the_o place_n for_o their_o assembly_n he_o provide_v to_o be_v his_o own_o palace_n in_o the_o city_n of_o niece_n and_o in_o the_o great_a hall_n thereof_o on_o either_o side_n convenient_a seat_n be_v place_v for_o that_o number_n cum_fw-la universi_fw-la convenissent_fw-la praeparatus_fw-la erat_fw-la a_o rege_fw-la locus_fw-la amplus_fw-la in_o regius_fw-la 7._o euseb_n supr_fw-la c._n 10._o theod._n histor_n eccl._n l._n 1._o c._n 7._o instructus_fw-la subsellijs_fw-la &_o solijs_fw-la quae_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la numero_fw-la sufficere_fw-la and_o do_v his_o due_a reverence_n to_o they_o will_v they_o to_o enter_v and_o consult_v of_o the_o matter_n question_v atque_fw-la it_o a_o debito_fw-la ipsis_fw-la honore_fw-la habito_fw-la iussit_fw-la introire_fw-la &_o consultare_fw-la de_fw-la re_fw-la 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aedes_fw-la perrexerunt_fw-la 7._o the_o council_n be_v end_v he_o make_v they_o a_o great_a and_o solemn_a banquet_n 20._o euseb_n sup_v c._n 14._o 15._o theod._n hist_o eccl._n l._n 1._o c._n 10._o sozomen_n hist_o eccl_n l._n 2._o c._n 14._o sozom._n eccles_n hist_o l._n 1._o c._n 20._o and_o reward_v every_o one_o of_o they_o with_o honourable_a gift_n cuique_fw-la pro_fw-la dignitate_fw-la muneribus_fw-la honorifice_fw-la donatus_fw-la fuit_fw-la and_o the_o council_n have_v by_o their_o spiritual_a power_n condemn_v arius_n and_o his_o favourer_n and_o decree_v he_o shall_v not_o cume_v to_o alexandria_n concilium_fw-la tum_fw-la arium_fw-la tum_fw-la suae_fw-la opinionis_fw-la fautores_fw-la pariter_fw-la abdicavit_fw-la decrevitque_fw-la ne_fw-la veniret_fw-la alexandriam_fw-la this_o holy_a emperor_n assist_v herein_o with_o his_o civil_a power_n bannish_a arius_n and_o set_v forth_o a_o edict_n to_o all_o people_n that_o they_o shall_v account_v both_o he_o and_o his_o 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