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jaâ—…_n hâ—…er_n iliâ—…des_n 4._o miâ—…beus_n poison_v by_o philip._n philip_n his_o treachery_n gordiâ—…_n his_o speech_n to_o the_o soldier_n gordiaâ—…us_n slay_v gordianus_n his_o virtue_n an._n do._n 245._o an._n do._n 245._o victor_n eutropius_n aurelius_n viâ—…r_n sabellicâ—…_n orosius_n eusebius_n pomp._n laetus_n euseb._n eccles._n hist._n lib._n 6._o cap._n 33._o sabellic_n 〈◊〉_d 7._o lib._n 7._o polychroâ—…_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 21._o goth_n infest_v misia_n and_o thracia_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d decius_n enforce_v to_o be_v emperor_n philippus_n and_o his_o caesar_n slay_v eâ—…trop_n capitol_n euseb._n eccles._n â—…ist_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 38._o an._n do._n 250._o decius_n his_o parentage_n 〈◊〉_d a_o 〈◊〉_d scourge_v of_o the_o chriâ—…_n apocal._n 13._o 〈◊〉_d orâ—…_n ambr._n lâ—…b_n 2._o de_fw-fr virgin_n euseb._n eccles._n hist._n lib._n 6._o cap._n 41._o vincent_n niceph._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 27._o vinc._n lib._n 11._o e._n 52._o sabellicus_n euseb._n eccles._n hist._n lib._n 6._o cap._n 38._o psal._n 2._o 9_o pomponius_n letus_fw-la jornandes_n decius_n and_o his_o caesar_n their_o death_n cassiodor_n decius_n his_o reign_n euseb._n eccles._n hist._n lib._n 7._o cap._n 1._o an._n do._n 252._o gallus_n elect_a emperor_n his_o parentage_n pomp._n latâ—…_n bloudâ—…_n sabellicus_n gallus_n persecute_v the_o christian_n euseb._n eccles._n hist._n lib._n 7._o cap._n 1._o universal_a pestilence_n through_o all_o the_o world_n paul_n orosius_n aemilian_a maurus_n his_o victory_n gaâ—…_n and_o his_o son_n 〈◊〉_d bâ—…op_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hist._n lib._n 7._o cap._n 9_o an._n do._n 253._o aemilian_a maurus_n his_o descent_n entropiâ—…_n aemilius_n maurus_n his_o end_n and_o continuance_n of_o his_o reign_n anno_fw-la dom._n 254._o herodot_n in_o clio._n dan._n 4._o 27._o valerianus_n his_o descent_n treb._n pollio_n valeriaâ—…_n a_o protector_n of_o the_o christian_n paul_n orosius_n a_o necromancer_n seduce_v valelerian_n apocal._n c._n 13._o dionysâ—…_n in_o epist._n ad_fw-la hermamâ—…_n apud_fw-la eusebiâ—…_n sabellicuâ—…_n volateranus_fw-la valerianus_n take_v prisoner_n by_o sapor_n trebel_n pollio_n pompon_n lâ—…tus_fw-la aureliâ—…s_n victor_n eusebius_n in_o serm_n ad_fw-la conuenâ—…_n sanctorum_fw-la valeriaâ—…s_n have_v his_o eye_n pull_v out_o flay_v alive_a an._n do._n 261._o rome_n in_o disturbance_n for_o election_n of_o a_o emperor_n marianus_n with_o his_o
till_o the_o death_n of_o claudius_n whence_o it_o must_v follow_v that_o if_o peter_n be_v here_o at_o all_o it_o be_v before_o ever_o he_o go_v to_o rome_n and_o that_o the_o gospel_n be_v preach_v here_o before_o it_o be_v in_o rome_n if_o peter_n be_v the_o first_o as_o some_o hold_v that_o preach_v there_o both_o which_o may_v be_v the_o more_o propable_a if_o we_o consider_v the_o huge_a multitude_n of_o christian_n fifteen_o thousand_o say_v baronius_n which_o disperse_v themselves_o into_o all_o part_n of_o the_o world_n upon_o the_o martyr_a of_o s._n steven_n at_o jerusalem_n which_o be_v present_o upon_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n and_o that_o joseph_n of_o arimathea_n be_v one_o of_o that_o number_n baronius_n do_v confess_v i_o be_o here_o content_v to_o step_v over_o that_o monkish_a tale_n report_v by_o aluredus_n rivallensis_n the_o writer_n of_o king_n edward_n the_o confessor_n peter_n life_n that_o a_o holy_a man_n forsooth_o studious_a and_o careful_a for_o a_o 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christ_n to_o these_o western_a part_n of_o the_o world_n and_o among_o they_o as_o may_v appear_v to_o this_o island_n of_o britain_n as_o both_o sophronius_n 9_o patriarch_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o theodoret_n a_o ancient_a doctor_n of_o the_o church_n do_v affirm_v and_o approve_v say_v that_o fisher_n publican_n and_o the_o tentmaker_n meaning_n s._n paul_n which_o bring_v the_o evangelicall_a light_n unto_o all_o nation_n reveal_v the_o same_o unto_o the_o britain_n that_o paul_n come_v into_o illyricum_n gallia_n and_o spain_n and_o fill_v all_o those_o part_n with_o his_o doctrine_n both_o eusebius_n dorotheus_n 18._o and_o epiphanius_n do_v testify_v and_o of_o this_o general_a ambassage_n the_o apostle_n himself_o say_v that_o the_o sound_n of_o the_o gospel_n go_v through_o the_o earth_n and_o be_v hear_v unto_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n which_o his_o say_n can_v more_o fit_o be_v apply_v to_o any_o other_o nation_n then_o unto_o we_o of_o britain_n who_o land_n by_o 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