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 patriarch_n there_o be_v many_o nation_n two_o and_o twenty_o bishopric_n six_o hundred_o territory_n and_o more_o etc._n etc._n their_o chief_a patriarch_n be_v the_o patriarch_n of_o musall_n 16._o mirae_fw-la notitia_fw-la epis_fw-la lib._n 1_o cap_z 16._o in_o which_o city_n be_v record_v the_o nestorian_n to_o retain_v fifteen_o temple_n and_o the_o jacobite_n three_o which_o city_n be_v in_o time_n past_o seleucia_n to_o the_o bishop_n whereof_o be_v assign_v the_o next_o place_n of_o session_n in_o council_n after_o the_o bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n which_o name_n and_o authority_n in_o those_o part_v the_o bishop_n of_o musall_n now_o have_v there_o be_v one_o church_n of_o these_o christian_n in_o the_o great_a city_n of_o quinsay_n in_o china_n 64._o paul_n venet_n de_fw-fr regi_fw-la orient_a lib._n 2._o cap._n 64._o haiton_n king_n of_o armenia_n be_v himself_o in_o tartary_n and_o have_v wrtten_v a_o book_n thereof_o and_o of_o the_o aid_n he_o have_v from_o the_o great_a cam_n who_o be_v a_o christian_a and_o of_o the_o take_n of_o mesopotamia_n babylon_n and_o syria_n by_o the_o tartar_n from_o the_o sasen_n in_o former_a time_n the_o heresy_n of_o nestorius_n prevail_v much_o in_o these_o part_n of_o the_o world_n
of_o sternberg_n and_o coibus_fw-la the_o county_n of_o rapine_n and_o late_o the_o three_o dukedom_n of_o cleve_n gulick_n and_o berg_n of_o which_o the_o two_o former_a of_o they_o have_v either_o of_o they_o in_o circuit_n 130_o mile_n there_o be_v a_o old_a estimate_n make_v of_o germany_n by_o such_o as_o favour_v the_o papacy_n part_n sr._n ed._n sands_n loco_fw-la citato_fw-la suppose_v the_o pupast_n to_o be_v sixth_o part_n that_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o ferdinand_n the_o emperór_n there_o be_v not_o pass_v on_o twelve_o part_n of_o iâ—â—_n remay_v catholickle_v there_o can_v no_o exact_a relation_n be_v make_v of_o we_o protestant_n there_o at_o this_o day_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o daily_o alteratiomoause_v by_o the_o wainscot_n enquir_n hungary_n preface_n to_o brerw_n enquir_n in_o hungary_n the_o protestant_n dwell_v in_o great_a multitude_n and_o some_o thinkle_n they_o make_v agrâ—â—ter_a part_n especial_o be_v compare_v only_o with_o such_o as_o be_v there_o addict_v to_o the_o romish_a superstition_n and_o in_o transilvania_n in_o a_o manner_n the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n be_v protestant_n by_o the_o favour_n of_o gabniell_n batthorius_n inquir_n transilvania_n preface_n to_o mr._n brer_n inquir_n late_o their_o prince_n who_o do_v expel_v all_o such_o as_o be_v of_o the_o jesuitical_a faction_n for_o the_o archduke_n of_o austria_n and_o the_o archduke_n of_o gratzs_n country_n bohemia_n austria_n nobiles_fw-la fere_n omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o subditos_fw-la &_o clientes_fw-la judicia_fw-la exercent_fw-la exnumque_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la &_o necis_fw-la habent_fw-la potestatem_fw-la movarum_fw-la opinionum_fw-la veneno_fw-la infecti_fw-la sunt_fw-la these_o polit._n apot_n 6._o bohemia_n a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o people_n and_o especial_o of_o the_o nobility_n be_v that_o way_n affect_v in_o austria_n freedom_n of_o religion_n be_v grant_v by_o the_o emperor_n maxinullian_n and_o mathias_n and_o in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o bohemia_n and_o some_o place_n thereto_o adjoin_v in_o which_o have_v be_v 32000_o parish_n or_o town_n although_o the_o minister_n have_v be_v late_o expulse_v and_o the_o king_n doom_n conquer_v yet_o the_o protestant_n dwell_v in_o great_a number_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o polonia_n have_v under_o its_o dominion_n before_o polonia_n preface_n to_o brerwood_n before_o polonia_n lituania_n livonia_n podolia_n rusâ—ia_n the_o less_o volhinia_n massovia_n prussia_n which_o unite_a as_o it_o be_v within_o one_o roundish_n enclosure_n be_v in_o circuit_n about_o 2600_o mile_n and_o of_o no_o less_o space_n than_o spain_n and_o france_n lay_v together_o in_o this_o so_o large_a and_o ample_a kingdom_n the_o protestant_n in_o great_a number_n be_v diffuse_v through_o all_o quarter_n thereof_o have_v in_o every_o province_n their_o public_a church_n and_o congregation_n orderly_o sever_v and_o bound_v with_o diocese_n from_o whence_o be_v send_v some_o of_o the_o chief_a and_o most_o principal_a man_n of_o worth_n unto_o their_o general_a synod_n of_o which_o within_o these_o few_o year_n they_o have_v hold_v five_o with_o great_a celebrity_n as_o at_o sendomire_n ann._n 1570_o cracoria_fw-la 1573._o petricove_n 1578._o woodislane_n 1583._o and_o at_o torune_v 1595._o in_o poland_n there_o be_v also_o 8_o ruff_n or_o greek_a bishopric_n 213._o mira_n de_fw-fr notit_fw-fr opiscop_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 19_o pag._n 213._o the_o archbishop_n of_o kiow_n be_v their_o metropolitan_a they_o have_v also_o many_o armenian_n who_o have_v a_o bishop_n of_o their_o own_o resident_a at_o leopolis_n for_o the_o kingdom_n of_o france_n and_o the_o state_n of_o the_o protestant_n there_o name_v france_n preface_n before_o name_v in_o the_o year_n 1622._o i_o find_v this_o write_a viz._n in_o this_o mighty_a kingdom_n those_o as_o they_o usual_o style_v they_o of_o the_o religion_n beside_o the_o castle_n and_o fort_n that_o belong_v in_o a_o property_n to_o the_o duke_n of_o bullen_n the_o duke_n of_o rhoan_n the_o count_n of_o lavall_n the_o duke_n of_o trimovile_n monsieur_fw-fr chastillion_n the_o marshal_n of_o diguer_n the_o duke_n sally_n and_o other_o they_o be_v seize_v of_o above_o 70_o town_n have_v garrison_n of_o soldier_n govern_v by_o noble_n and_o gentleman_n of_o the_o religion_n they_o have_v 800_o minister_n retain_v pension_n out_o of_o the_o public_a finance_n and_o be_v so_o disperse_v through_o the_o chief_a province_n of_o the_o kingdom_n that_o in_o the_o principality_n of_o orange_n and_o poictou_n almost_o all_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o gascony_n half_o in_o languedoe_n normandy_n and_o other_o western_a province_n a_o strong_a party_n profess_v the_o religion_n now_o howsoever_o the_o king_n have_v take_v rochel_n and_o most_o of_o their_o fort_n into_o his_o hand_n yet_o they_o still_o enjoy_v their_o church_n and_o free_a liberty_n and_o have_v now_o many_o church_n or_o congregation_n at_o this_o day_n for_o the_o assurance_n of_o those_o of_o the_o reform_a religion_n see_v the_o edict_n of_o nantes_n enact_v by_o henry_n the_o three_o confirm_v by_o henry_n the_o 4_o and_o reestablish_v by_o lewis_n the_o thirteen_o print_v in_o london_n 1623._o in_o piedmont_n luooa_n and_o some_o other_o part_n of_o italy_n there_o be_v some_o protestant_n etc._n piedmont_n etc._n etc._n and_o also_o in_o the_o venetian_a territory_n and_o thus_o much_o of_o the_o country_n inhabit_v by_o the_o procestant_o the_o papist_n inhabit_v spain_n contain_v the_o kingdom_n of_o castille_n spain_n spain_n navarre_n portugal_n arragon_n granda_fw-mi and_o some_o other_o maginus_fw-la maginus_fw-la which_o be_v all_o in_o compass_n as_o maginus_fw-la write_v about_o 1893_o common_a mile_n be_v somewhat_o more_o in_o compass_n then_o the_o i_o will_v of_o great_a britain_n but_o not_o so_o well_o people_v 6.7.8_o damiae_n he_o go_v hispania_n p._n 6.7.8_o damianus_n a_o go_v reckon_v in_o spain_n ten_o archbishopricke_n and_o 48_o bishopric_n their_o revenue_n be_v very_o great_a as_o the_o archbishop_n of_o toledo_n have_v 150000_o ducat_n yearly_a and_o about_o 100000_o ducat_n more_o yearly_a to_o bestow_v the_o archbishop_n of_o sevil_n 24000_o etc._n etc._n boterus_n report_v that_o the_o clergy_n revenue_n be_v inestimable_a the_o inhabitant_n of_o spain_n be_v detain_v in_o superstition_n by_o the_o vigilancy_n of_o the_o inquisition_n &_o their_o own_o ignorance_n the_o laity_n be_v debar_v from_o read_v the_o sacred_a scripture_n in_o the_o vulgar_a without_o special_a licence_n whereby_o they_o may_v come_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o truth_n this_o country_n be_v much_o exhaust_v of_o people_n by_o reason_n or_o people_n the_o west_n indies_n &_o their_o daily_a war_n and_o in_o spain_n be_v a_o sort_n of_o people_n call_v maurani_fw-la who_o be_v say_v to_o have_v exceed_v the_o true_a christian_n in_o number_n 44._o s._n e._n sands_n relat_n sect_n 44._o in_o some_o of_o the_o 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