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return_v a_o answer_n that_o he_o a_o christian_a king_n will_v not_o for_o the_o love_n of_o a_o temporal_a life_n subject_n himself_o to_o a_o pagan_a duke_n unless_o he_o become_v a_o christian_n first_o whereupon_o he_o be_v take_v and_o fix_v to_o a_o stake_n and_o shoot_v to_o death_n vol._n 1._o p._n 148._o f_o f_o fructuosus_fw-la bishop_n of_o tarraconia_n in_o spain_n be_v by_o emilianus_fw-la under_o the_o eight_o persecution_n in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 262._o to_o be_v burn_v because_o he_o will_v not_o worship_v idol_n say_v he_o worship_v not_o any_o dumb_a god_n of_o stock_n and_o block_n but_o one_o god_n the_o creator_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o be_v cast_v into_o the_o fire_n with_o his_o hand_n tie_v behind_o he_o his_o band_n be_v by_o the_o fire_n dissolve_v his_o hand_n unhurt_a and_o his_o body_n remain_v whole_a and_o he_o lift_v up_o his_o hand_n and_o praise_v god_n pray_v also_o that_o the_o fire_n may_v speedy_o dispatch_v he_o which_o then_o be_v 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