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pet._n 1._o five_o 1._o nor_o any_o other_o kingdom_n or_o nation_n mention_v in_o any_o author_n of_o credit_n and_o antiquity_n and_o to_o be_v paralel_v with_o he_o who_o i_o have_v cite_v approve_a even_o in_o this_o point_n with_o all_o catholic_n and_o the_o most_o judicious_a indifferent_o mind_v and_o best_a learned_a protestant_n can_v constant_o affirm_v and_o prove_v that_o they_o have_v receive_v such_o benefit_n and_o blessing_n from_o s._n peter_n as_o this_o our_o brittany_n which_o to_o visit_v he_o go_v so_o far_o stay_v therein_o so_o long_o and_o enrich_v as_o with_o so_o many_o and_o unansweareable_a grace_n and_o favour_n continue_v they_o so_o long_o until_o he_o be_v admonish_v from_o heaven_n to_o return_v from_o hence_o to_o rome_n as_o before_o his_o come_v thither_o he_o also_o be_v as_o metaphrastes_n die_v 29._o junij_fw-la s._n leo_n serm_n de_fw-fr apostol_n with_o other_o write_v direct_v to_o come_v help_v we_o in_o the_o west_n and_o if_o we_o will_v 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succession_n in_o our_o primative_a church_n of_o brittany_n many_o author_n both_o ancient_a and_o late_a writer_n and_o of_o these_o late_a time_n both_o catholic_n and_o protestant_n be_v witness_n that_o s._n aristobulus_n one_o of_o the_o seaventie_o and_o two_o disciple_n of_o christ_n our_o lord_n be_v bishop_n of_o this_o our_o kingdom_n of_o brittany_n dorothaeus_n bishop_n of_o tyrus_n dorothaeus_n lib._n de_fw-la septuaginta_fw-la duobus_fw-la discipulis_fw-la in_o aristobulo_fw-la and_o the_o maenologe_n of_o the_o greek_n be_v plain_o of_o this_o mind_n the_o first_o in_o his_o book_n entitle_v de_fw-la septuaginta_fw-la duobus_fw-la discipulis_fw-la of_o the_o seaventie_o two_o disciple_n write_v aristobulus_n ab_fw-la apostolo_n ad_fw-la romanos_fw-la commemoratos_fw-la episcopus_fw-la britanniae_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la aristobulus_n one_o of_o the_o seaventie_o two_o disciple_n of_o who_o s_n paul_n speak_v in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n be_v make_v bishop_n of_o brittany_n and_o to_o put_v we_o out_o of_o doubt_n that_o he_o do_v not_o mistake_v name_n britania_o for_o bythinia_n as_o a_o protestant_n writer_n will_v seem_v to_o expound_v he_o when_o he_o write_v dorotheus_n say_v aristobulus_n who_o the_o apostle_n to_o the_o roman_n remember_v be_v make_v a_o bishop_n in_o brittany_n or_o bithania_n stowe_n histor_n titul_a the_o roman_n in_o agricola_n i_o think_v this_o man_n will_v hardly_o find_v any_o bythania_n in_o the_o world_n we_o read_v of_o bethania_n often_o in_o the_o gospel_n and_o s._n john_n say_v cap._n 11._o v._n 18._o bethany_n be_v nigh_o unto_o jerusalem_n about_o fifteen_o farlong_n off_o as_o our_o protestant_n translate_v and_o their_o note_n there_o upon_o be_v that_o be_v about_o tow_n mile_n protest_v annot_v marginal_a in_o c._n 11.11_o io._n v._o 18._o which_o be_v too_o near_o to_o jerusalem_n to_o be_v a_o bishop_n see_v and_o the_o old_a provincial_a make_v mention_n of_o no_o such_o and_o if_o by_o bythania_n he_o mean_v the_o country_n bythinia_n the_o region_n of_o lesser_a asia_n against_o thracia_n and_o next_o troas_n which_o be_v also_o sometime_o call_v bebrycia_n after_o mygdonia_n and_o by_o s._n peter_n bythinia_n in_o the_o apostle_n time_n and_o after_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o dorothaeus_n mean_v it_o not_o for_o in_o the_o next_o name_n which_o be_v s._n tyticus_n he_o say_v that_o he_o be_v make_v bishop_n of_o chalcedonia_n of_o bythinia_n tyticus_n meminit_fw-la &_o huius_fw-la paulus_n primus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la chalcedoniae_n fuit_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o bythinia_n est_fw-la doroth._n supra_fw-la in_o tyticho_n therefore_o of_o necessity_n by_o this_o author_n and_o the_o rest_n so_o affirm_v it_o without_o doubt_n or_o any_o exception_n s._n aristobulus_n needs_o must_v be_v bishop_n of_o this_o our_o kingdom_n of_o brittany_n no_o other_o place_n then_o of_o that_o name_n fit_a for_o a_o bishop_n in_o the_o know_a world_n to_o apply_v it_o unto_o and_o thus_o testify_v the_o ancient_a maenologe_n of_o the_o greek_n with_o other_o both_o catholic_n and_o protestant_n of_o who_o i_o have_v here_o note_v some_o maenolog_n graecor_fw-la die_v 15._o martij_fw-la baron_n annot_v in_o martyrol_n rom._n eod_a die_v arnold_n mirman_n in_o theatr._n conuers_n gent._n auth._n of_o the_o exam._n of_o the_o calend._n praefat_fw-la and_o in_o the_o 3._o conuers_n syr._n ed._n hoby_n counterf_n pag._n 48._o thom._n rogers_n upon_o the_o article_n of_o relig._n articul_fw-la 36._o pag._n 197._o protest_v theatre_n of_o brit._n l._n 6._o cambden_n belg._n that_o this_o holy_a bishop_n be_v either_o consecrate_v here_o or_o send_v hither_o by_o s._n peter_n we_o may_v not_o question_v be_v so_o general_o confess_v by_o protestant_n before_o that_o no_o other_o apostle_n do_v or_o then_o can_v perform_v that_o office_n and_o if_o the_o identity_n of_o the_o name_n deceave_v we_o not_o this_o our_o holy_a bishop_n or_o archbishop_n be_v father_n in_o law_n to_o s._n peter_n his_o wyves_n father_n and_o brother_n to_o s_o barnabas_n the_o apostle_n send_v into_o these_o west_n part_n by_o s._n peter_n for_o as_o simon_n metaphrastes_n write_v s._n simon_n metaphr_n die_v 26._o junij_fw-la accepit_fw-la petrus_n filiam_fw-la aristobuli_fw-la fratris_fw-la barnabae_n apostoli_fw-la ex_fw-la ea_fw-la genuit_fw-la filium_fw-la unum_fw-la &_o unam_fw-la filiam_fw-la peter_n marry_v the_o daughter_n of_o aristobulus_n brother_n of_o barnabas_n the_o apostle_n and_o have_v by_o she_o one_o son_n and_o one_o daughter_n martyrolog_n rom._n 15._o martij_fw-la godw._n and_o be_v call_v in_o the_o roman_a martyrologe_n as_o a_o protestant_n bishop_n true_o tell_v apostolorum_fw-la discipulus_fw-la the_o disciple_n of_o the_o apostle_n conuers_n of_o brit._n it_o whole_o disable_v he_o from_o be_v disciple_n to_o s._n paul_n who_o alone_o of_o the_o apostle_n beside_o s._n peter_n be_v in_o this_o kingdom_n for_o the_o scripture_n themselves_o be_v witness_v actor_n cap._n 13._o v._n 2_o 3.4_o