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which_o have_v wrought_v upon_o that_o lady_n to_o signify_v the_o emperor_n death_n unto_o the_o elder_a of_o his_o son_n and_o to_o deliver_v he_o his_o father_n testament_n which_o be_v commit_v to_o their_o trust_n they_o do_v not_o only_o work_v upon_o he_o to_o support_v their_o cause_n but_o to_o stickle_v in_o it_o so_o true_a be_v that_o of_o canus_n although_o it_o may_v be_v true_o verify_v of_o he_o and_o he_o 5._o haereticorum_fw-la diligentiam_fw-la &_o industriam_fw-la mirari_fw-la satis_fw-la non_fw-la quco_fw-la omnia_fw-la quip_n illi_fw-la susque_fw-la deque_fw-la miscent_fw-la ut_fw-la viri_fw-la pictate_v ensign_fw-la praesertim_fw-la si_fw-la reges_fw-la &_o imperatores_fw-la sint_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la part_n fâ—visse_fw-la videantur_fw-la 4_o but_o to_o proceed_v what_o luck_n soever_o the_o heretic_n of_o former_a age_n have_v in_o their_o plot_n and_o stratagem_n upon_o great_a person_n they_o find_v it_o otherwise_o in_o such_o other_o of_o their_o course_n as_o 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enemy_n of_o our_o religion_n be_v no_o more_o publish_v in_o the_o church_n
of_o saint_n george_n but_o only_o relative_o in_o reference_n to_o one_o particular_a passage_n insert_v by_o the_o arian_n into_o his_o history_n the_o process_n of_o the_o whole_a be_v this_o the_o cardinal_n make_v mention_n of_o the_o decree_n &_o canon_n of_o gelasius_n wherein_o the_o history_n of_o george_n the_o martyr_n be_v reckon_v as_o apocryphal_a and_o thereupon_o go_v on_o to_o tell_v we_o what_o pain_n himself_o have_v take_v in_o search_n of_o that_o explode_a story_n so_o brand_v by_o gelasius_n at_o last_o say_v he_o tumble_v about_o the_o vatican_n i_o find_v a_o certain_a history_n of_o st._n george_n full_a of_o prodigious_a lie_n and_o such_o as_o have_v not_o any_o likeliness_n with_o other_o miracle_n 23._o insunt_fw-la praeterea_fw-la illic_fw-la quaedam_fw-la accepta_fw-la ab_fw-la haereticis_fw-la atque_fw-la gentilibus_fw-la ut_fw-la conflictus_fw-la ille_fw-la georgij_fw-la cum_fw-la athanasio_fw-la mago_n alludit_fw-la nimirum_fw-la impius_fw-la author_n ad_fw-la georgium_n arianum_n episcopum_fw-la invasorem_fw-la sedis_fw-la alexandria_n etc._n etc._n athanasium_fw-la enim_fw-la magum_fw-la ab_fw-la arianis_fw-la appellatum_fw-la acta_fw-la conciliabuli_fw-la tyrij_fw-la satis_fw-la docent_fw-la beside_o say_v he_o there_o be_v some_o passage_n therein_o borrow_v no_o question_n from_o the_o heretic_n as_o how_o that_o george_n shall_v have_v great_a bicker_n with_o the_o magician_n athanasius_n the_o impious_a author_n questionless_a allude_v unto_o george_n of_o alexandria_n and_o that_o extreme_a hatred_n which_o he_o bear_v to_o holy_a athanasius_n who_o in_o the_o conventicle_n of_o tyre_n they_o accuse_v of_o sorcery_n thereupon_o he_o infer_v ex_fw-la quibus_fw-la sanè_fw-la apparet_fw-la totam_fw-la illam_fw-la fabulam_fw-la de_fw-la act_n georgij_fw-la fuisse_fw-la commentum_fw-la arianorum_n construe_v i_o this_o and_o we_o shall_v find_v baronius_n himself_o no_o enemy_n unto_o st._n george_n but_o only_o to_o the_o 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defence_n of_o the_o thing_n question_v that_o so_o we_o may_v the_o better_o see_v how_o much_o we_o may_v believe_v in_o this_o particular_a of_o king_n richard_n and_o st._n george_n and_o first_o if_o we_o consult_v the_o scripture_n 52.53_o we_o find_v that_o at_o the_o resurrection_n of_o our_o saviour_n the_o grave_n be_v open_v and_o many_o body_n of_o the_o saint_n which_o sleep_v arise_v and_o come_v out_o of_o the_o grave_n and_o go_v into_o the_o holy_a city_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o appear_v unto_o many_o this_o as_o it_o be_v a_o extraordinary_a dispensation_n and_o far_o above_o the_o common_a law_n and_o course_n of_o nature_n so_o be_v it_o for_o a_o special_a end_n to_o verify_v the_o resurrection_n of_o our_o saviour_n on_o who_o they_o do_v attend_v and_o to_o assure_v the_o faithful_a of_o the_o certainty_n of_o their_o future_a resurrection_n also_o a_o sign_n it_o be_v say_v reverend_a theophylact_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysostome_n more_o particular_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o token_n of_o the_o resurrection_n and_o for_o the_o close_a of_o all_o saint_n hierome_n ut_fw-la dominum_fw-la ostenderent_fw-la resurâ—gentem_fw-la so_o then_o although_o in_o ordinary_a course_n the_o saint_n be_v in_o the_o heaven_n of_o glory_n and_o that_o their_o body_n be_v corrupt_v in_o the_o earth_n yet_o upon_o special_a cause_n and_o at_o the_o pleasure_n of_o their_o god_n they_o may_v assume_v a_o humane_a shape_n and_o in_o that_o shape_n appear_v unto_o their_o brethren_n according_a to_o the_o will_n of_o he_o that_o send_v they_o for_o if_o the_o angel_n to_o who_o no_o body_n do_v belong_v have_v appear_v visible_a to_o many_o of_o god_n people_n in_o execution_n of_o the_o charge_n commit_v to_o they_o how_o much_o more_o easy_o may_v we_o believe_v the_o same_o of_o the_o saint_n depart_v that_o even_o they_o also_o at_o some_o time_n and_o on_o some_o great_a occasion_n have_v be_v employ_v by_o god_n in_o their_o own_o ordinary_a form_n and_o shape_n potamiaena_fw-la a_o virgin_n martyr_n 4._o be_v report_v by_o eusebius_n that_o she_o appear_v unto_o basilides_n her_o executioner_n the_o three_o night_n after_o her_o decease_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d put_v a_o crown_n upon_o his_o head_n foretell_v so_o that_o not_o long_o after_o he_o shall_v receive_v the_o crown_n of_o martyrdom_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n nay_o the_o same_o author_n tell_v we_o that_o many_o of_o the_o people_n of_o alexandria_n where_o she_o suffer_v be_v convert_v to_o the_o faith_n by_o the_o frequent_a apparition_n of_o that_o virgin_n other_o example_n also_o there_o be_v many_o and_o of_o angel_n also_o of_o the_o archangel_n michael_n danmonijs_fw-la there_o be_v report_n of_o several_a apparition_n upon_o mount_n garganus_n in_o naples_n upon_o saint_n michel_n mount_n in_o normandy_n and_o cornwall_n alij_fw-la and_o one_o unto_o king_n charles_n the_o 7._o on_o the_o bridge_n of_o orleans_n in_o his_o war_n against_o the_o english_a illustri_fw-la seu_fw-la miraculo_fw-la seu_fw-la viso_fw-la d._n michaelis_fw-la in_fw-la praelio_fw-la ad_fw-la pontem_fw-la aurelianae_fw-la civitatis_fw-la etc._n etc._n which_o be_v a_o chief_a occasion_n of_o the_o french_a order_n of_o st._n michael_n i_o know_v indeed_o that_o in_o time_n of_o late_a the_o priest_n have_v deal_v exceed_v faithles_o both_o with_o church_n and_o people_n in_o this_o kind_n their_o doctrine_n in_o the_o point_n of_o purgatory_n be_v such_o as_o can_v not_o well_o subsist_v without_o many_o foul_a imposture_n and_o counterfeit_a apparition_n of_o the_o dead_a insomuch_o that_o as_o once_o lyra_n say_v in_o ecclesia_fw-la dei_fw-la populus_fw-la saepe_fw-la decipitur_fw-la à _fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la fictis_fw-la miraculis_fw-la dan._n lucri_fw-la causa_fw-la god_n people_n many_o time_n be_v cozen_v by_o the_o priest_n with_o feign_a miracle_n so_o we_o may_v say_v also_o that_o for_o the_o 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