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thing_n which_o star_n when_o the_o wise_a man_n of_o the_o chaldean_n do_v behold_v in_o the_o night_n time_n they_o say_v it_o signify_v the_o new_a birth_n of_o god_n the_o like_a do_v euangel_n philo._n l._n 3._o chronogr_n a_o 3._o herodis_fw-la macrobius_n l._n 2._o saturnal_a dion_n cass_n in_o vita_fw-la augusti_fw-la suidas_n in_o augusto_n nicephor_n l._n 1._o hist_o ecclesiast_fw-la c._n 17._o euseb_n de_fw-fr praepar_fw-la euangel_n philo_n the_o jew_n macrobius_n dion_n and_o cassian_n pagan_n beside_o the_o scripture_n and_o christian_a writer_n testify_v of_o the_o martyrdom_n of_o so_o many_o thousand_o innocent_n by_o herode_fw-la and_o the_o relation_n of_o that_o as_o of_o such_o other_o event_n make_v present_o to_o augustus_n the_o emperor_n at_o rome_n who_o also_o about_o this_o time_n offer_v to_o his_o pagan_a god_n apollo_n pithius_fw-la their_o hechatombe_n great_a sacrifice_n of_o a_o hundred_o oxon_n can_v receive_v no_o other_o answer_n but_o this_o that_o 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soul_n can_v not_o be_v singular_o or_o careless_o pass_v over_o by_o so_o many_o worthy_a &_o wise_a britan_n alone_n they_o alone_o can_v not_o be_v stranger_n and_o unacquainted_a with_o the_o preach_n and_o prophecy_n so_o public_a and_o manifest_a to_o all_o as_o they_o be_v for_o if_o we_o may_v believe_v pagan_n or_o christian_n catholic_a or_o protestant_a writer_n for_o thus_o it_o be_v relate_v this_o sibylla_n endue_v with_o the_o spirit_n euseb_n matth._n westm_n aetat_fw-la 4._o cap._n 14._o protest_v annot_v ib._n in_o merg_n &_o judic._n sebastian_n munster_n cosmograph_n lib._n 2._o hertman_n schedel_n chronic_n aetat_fw-la 3._o fol._n 35._o august_n serm_fw-la contra_fw-la judaeos_fw-la lactant._n euseb_n of_o pprophecy_n preach_v in_o macedonia_n herostaia_n agalguldea_n cilicia_n and_o galatia_n then_o she_o go_v into_o ethiopia_n gabaon_n babylon_n africa_n lybia_n pentapolis_n and_o palestina_n audientes_fw-la igitur_fw-la romani_fw-la famam_fw-la eius_fw-la nuntiaucrunt_fw-la haec_fw-la omne_fw-la imperatori_fw-la mitten_n ergo_fw-la imperator_fw-la decernente_fw-la senatu_fw-la ad_fw-la eam_fw-la legatos_fw-la cum_fw-la magno_fw-la honore_fw-la vocatam_fw-la fecit_fw-la eam_fw-la adduci_fw-la romam_fw-la therefore_o the_o roman_n hear_v her_o fame_n tell_v all_o these_o thing_n to_o