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scilicet_fw-la nubiam_fw-la &_o magnam_fw-la aethiopiae_fw-la partem_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la regiones_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o indiam_fw-la plusquam_fw-la quadraginta_fw-la regna_fw-la 〈◊〉_d asserunt_fw-la continentes_fw-la omnes_fw-la autem_fw-la sunt_fw-la christiani_n a_o beato_n mattheo_n apostoâ—o_n &_o aliis_fw-la a_o postolicis_fw-la viris_fw-la adfidem_fw-la christi_fw-la conversi_fw-la jac_fw-la vitriac_n cardinal_n histor_n orient_a cap._n 76._o boter_fw-mi relat_n univer_n li._n 2._o part_n 3._o de_fw-fr giacobiti_n ecclesia_fw-la patriarchalis_fw-la huius_fw-la nationis_fw-la in_o mesopotamia_n extra_fw-la civitatem_fw-la moradim_v etc._n etc._n thom._n a_o jeâ—u_fw-fr de_fw-fr the_o jacobite_n or_o dioscorian_n these_o christian_n be_v call_v jacobite_n some_o say_v from_o jacob_n the_o patriarch_n of_o who_o lineage_n they_o pretend_v to_o be_v other_o write_v that_o they_o be_v so_o call_v of_o jacobus_n syrus_n who_o be_v also_o call_v zanzalus_n they_o be_v also_o call_v dioscorian_n of_o dioscorus_n patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n these_o christian_n as_o cardinal_n vitriacus_n
say_v inhabit_v the_o great_a part_n of_o asia_n some_o of_o they_o live_v among_o the_o saracen_n other_o have_v their_o own_o proper_a country_n as_o in_o africa_n nubia_n and_o a_o great_a part_n of_o aethiopia_n and_o all_o the_o region_n unto_o india_n contain_v as_o they_o report_v more_o than_o 40_o kingdom_n these_o christian_n be_v convert_v by_o st._n matthew_n and_o other_o apostolic_a man_n to_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n the_o jacobite_n now_o be_v disperse_v in_o the_o city_n of_o mesopotamia_n babylonia_n and_o syria_n and_o of_o other_o place_n for_o their_o ecclesiastical_a government_n they_o be_v subject_a to_o a_o patriarch_n of_o their_o own_o who_o patriarchall_a church_n be_v in_o the_o monastery_n of_o saphran_n near_o to_o the_o city_n merdin_n in_o the_o north_n part_n of_o mesopotamia_n but_o he_o keep_v residence_n in_o caramite_n the_o ancient_a metropolis_n of_o mesopot_n amia_fw-la 14._o eutichae_n errores_fw-la uno_fw-la cum_fw-la svo_fw-la authore_fw-la condemnant_fw-la qui_fw-la dvas_fw-la naturas_fw-la in_o â—nâ—m_fw-la confundebat_fw-la at_o ipsi_fw-la contrâ—_n have_v opinionem_fw-la asserunt_fw-la dvas_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la naturas_fw-la esse_fw-la unitas_fw-la unamque_fw-la factam_fw-la naturâ—m_fw-la personatam_fw-la de_fw-fr duab_n we_o nature_n be_v non_fw-la personatis_fw-la sine_fw-la mixtione_fw-la tamen_fw-la aut_fw-la confusione_n apud_fw-la tho_n a_o jesu_n de_fw-fr conver_n lib_n 7_o par_fw-fr 1._o cap._n 14._o these_o jacobite_n as_o leonard_n bishop_n of_o sidon_n visitor_n to_o pope_n greg_n the_o 13_o in_o the_o east_n region_n do_v condemn_v eutiches_n and_o his_o error_n who_o confound_v the_o two_o nature_n of_o christ_n and_o they_o affirm_v two_o nature_n to_o be_v unite_v in_o christ_n &_o one_o personate_v nature_n to_o be_v make_v of_o the_o two_o nature_n not_o personate_v without_o mixtion_n or_o confusion_n they_o renounce_v eutiches_n and_o honour_n dioscorus_n the_o maronites_n the_o maronites_n be_v find_v in_o aleppo_n damascus_n tripoli_n of_o syria_n and_o cyprus_n 19_o mirae_fw-la not_o episco_n lib_n 1_o cap._n 19_o but_o their_o main_a habitation_n be_v in_o the_o mountain_n of_o lebanus_n which_o contain_v in_o circuit_n above_o 700_o mile_n and_o be_v possess_v only_o by_o the_o maronit_n who_o for_o that_o privileidge_n namely_o gâ—nt_fw-la tho._n a_o jesu_n lib._n 7._o pâ—â—_n 1._o cap._n 22._o the_o conver_n omni_fw-la gâ—nt_fw-la to_o keep_v themselves_o free_a from_o the_o mixture_n of_o the_o mahometan_n pay_v the_o turk_n large_a tribute_n the_o patriarch_n of_o the_o maronites_n have_v under_o his_o jurisdiction_n 8_o or_o 9_o bishop_n and_o keep_v residence_n for_o the_o most_o part_n in_o lebanus_n keep_v ever_o the_o name_n of_o peter_n their_o patriarch_n have_v late_o communion_n with_o the_o pope_n as_o before_o dâ—orieâ—te_fw-la boter_fw-mi rel_n pa._n 3._o lib._n 2_o de_fw-la maronitis_fw-la sonoda_fw-it minima_fw-la natione_fw-la christina_n dâ—orieâ—te_fw-la but_o with_o some_o reservation_n boterus_n write_v that_o the_o be_v the_o least_o christian_n nation_n of_o the_o east_n whether_o maronites_n inhabit_v damascus_n aleppo_n cyprus_n and_o other_o place_n have_v also_o communion_n with_o the_o pope_n or_o no_o i_o do_v not_o find_v christian_n under_o the_o patriarch_n of_o musall_n false_o call_v nestorian_n these_o christian_n inhabit_v mingle_v with_o mahometan_n and_o pagan_n a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o orient_a for_o beside_o the_o country_n of_o babjlon_n assyria_n and_o mesopotamia_n parthia_n and_o media_n wherein_o very_a many_o of_o they_o be_v find_v enquir_n brerwood_n pag._n 139_o enquir_n these_o christian_n be_v scatter_v far_o and_o wide_o in_o the_o east_n both_o northerly_a in_o cataya_n and_o southerly_a to_o india_n nestorâ—_n boter_fw-la relat_n par_fw-fr 3_o lib._n 2._o de_n nestorâ—_n so_o that_o in_o marcus_n paulus_n venetus_n his_o history_n of_o the_o east_n region_n and_o other_o we_o find_v mention_v of_o they_o and_o of_o no_o sort_n of_o christian_n but_o they_o in_o very_o many_o part_n and_o province_n of_o tartary_n as_o namely_o in_o cassar_n samarchan_n carcham_n chinchitalas_n tangut_n cariam_n mangi_n tenduc_n etc._n etc._n in_o so_o much_o that_o beyond_o the_o river_n tigris_n eastward_o there_o be_v not_o any_o other_o sort_n of_o christian_n to_o be_v find_v for_o aught_o i_o have_v read_v except_o the_o portugal_n and_o the_o convent_v make_v by_o they_o in_o indâ—a_n and_o the_o late_a migration_n of_o the_o armenian_n into_o perfia_n graeci_fw-la vitriac_n histor_n orient_a cap._n 77._o pag_n 149._o hi_o nestoriam_fw-la cum_fw-la jacobinis_fw-la long_o plures_fw-la esse_fw-la dieuntur_fw-la quam_fw-la latini_fw-la vel_fw-la graeci_fw-la the_o cardinal_n vitriacus_n a_o man_n well_o experience_v in_o some_o part_n of_o the_o orient_a have_v leave_v register_v that_o these_o christian_n with_o the_o jacobite_n exceed_v in_o multitude_n the_o christian_n of_o the_o greek_a or_o latin_a church_n about_o 400_o year_n ago_o citat_fw-la bote_n loco_fw-la citat_fw-la the_o king_n of_o tenduc_n a_o christian_n rule_v far_o and_o wide_o in_o the_o north-east_n part_n of_o asia_n as_o have_v under_o his_o dominion_n beside_o tenduc_n which_o be_v his_o own_o native_a and_o peculiar_a kingdom_n all_o the_o neighbour_a province_n which_o be_v at_o that_o time_n for_o a_o great_a part_n christian_n but_o after_o that_o his_o empire_n be_v bring_v to_o ruin_v and_o he_o subdue_v by_o chinge_n a_o rebel_n of_o his_o own_o dominion_n and_o the_o first_o founder_n of_o the_o tartarian_a empire_n which_o happen_v about_o the_o year_n provincia_fw-la marcus_n paulus_n venetus_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 64_o maior_fw-la pars_fw-la provintiae_fw-la observat_fw-la fidem_fw-la christianam_fw-la et_fw-la by_o christiani_n primas_fw-la tenent_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la provincia_fw-la 1190_o the_o state_n of_o christian_a religion_n become_v in_o short_a time_n alter_v in_o those_o part_n for_o i_o find_v in_o marcus_n paulus_n who_o live_v within_o 50_o year_n after_o vitriacus_n and_o be_v a_o man_n of_o more_o experience_n in_o those_o part_n than_o he_o as_o have_v spend_v 17_o year_n together_o in_o tartary_n and_o partly_o in_o the_o emperor_n court_n and_o partly_o in_o travel_v over_o those_o region_n about_o the_o emperor_n affair_n that_o except_o the_o province_n of_o tenduc_n 20_o whereof_o marcus_n paulus_n confess_v the_o great_a part_n to_o have_v profess_v the_o christian_a religion_n at_o his_o be_v in_o tartary_n the_o rest_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n be_v partly_o mahometan_n and_o partly_o idolator_n and_o christian_n but_o a_o few_o 69_o dico_fw-la pauci_fw-la comparatione_fw-la priorum_fw-la temporum_fw-la non_fw-la in_o se_fw-la nam_fw-la sunt_fw-la nobis_fw-la latinis_fw-la multo_fw-la plures_fw-la compend_v cosmograp_v pag._n 69_o postell_n write_v that_o they_o be_v but_o a_o few_o in_o comparison_n of_o former_a time_n not_o of_o themselves_o they_o be_v many_o more_o than_o the_o latin_n be_v borchardus_fw-la who_o live_v since_o paulus_n venetus_n have_v leave_v record_n that_o in_o some_o of_o those_o part_n there_o be_v more_o christian_n than_o mahometan_n and_o he_o speak_v of_o his_o own_o experience_n that_o in_o cilicia_n and_o armenia_n subject_n to_o the_o tartar_n that_o he_o find_v in_o a_o manner_n at_o the_o inhabitant_n mere_a christian_n william_n de_fw-fr rubriquis_fw-la also_o report_v that_o these_o christian_n inhabit_v fifteen_o city_n in_o cathay_n and_o that_o they_o have_v a_o bishop_n in_o the_o city_n segin_v parchas_n gulielm_n we_o de_fw-es rubriquis_fw-la lib._n 27._o cite_v by_o parchas_n and_o that_o they_o have_v also_o a_o patriarch_n in_o balduc_n gent._n thom._n a_o jesu_n lib._n 7_o par_fw-fr 1._o cap._n 4._o pa._n 358._o de_fw-la conv_fw-la omn_fw-la gent._n in_o persia_n thomas_n a_o jesu_n also_o write_v that_o under_o one_o of_o these_o 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