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particular_a our_o knight_n desire_v to_o discredit_v let_v we_o hear_v what_o he_o say_v first_o he_o cit_v out_o of_o caesarius_n a_o monk_n as_o he_o call_v he_o 59_o pag._n 59_o that_o there_o be_v a_o question_n make_v in_o paris_n after_o s._n thom._n his_o death_n whether_o he_o be_v damn_v or_o save_v roger_n the_o norman_a who_o have_v be_v a_o special_a enemy_n to_o the_o archbishop_n say_v that_o he_o be_v damn_v for_o that_o heresisted_a his_o king_n &_o peter_n a_o parisian_a that_o be_v chaunt_a of_o that_o church_n hold_v that_o he_o be_v a_o true_a martyr_n this_o story_n out_o of_o caesarius_n be_v in_o part_n true_a but_o yet_o powder_v with_o so_o many_o falsity_n &_o corruption_n partly_o by_o s_n r._n f._n and_o partly_o by_o john_n fox_n from_o who_o he_o take_v it_o as_o it_o be_v a_o world_n to_o see_v and_o show_v evident_o that_o a_o man_n may_v believe_v nothing_o they_o allege_v further_o than_o he_o see_v it_o with_o his_o eye_n for_o first_o they_o 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