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deerat_fw-la therefore_o much_o more_o we_o may_v judge_v that_o the_o holy_a parent_n their_o christian_a british_a family_n and_o friend_n who_o from_o the_o first_o come_v of_o s._n peter_n to_o rome_n have_v minister_v in_o such_o duty_n unto_o he_o be_v not_o want_v to_o perform_v this_o last_o and_o agricolae_fw-la antiquit._fw-la glast_n capgr_n cat._n in_o s._n joseph_n hard._n in_o chron_n stow_z hist_o cornelius_n tacit._n in_o vita_fw-la agricolae_fw-la farewell_n obsequy_n to_o that_o great_a apostle_n both_o in_o respect_n their_o great_a love_n and_o effection_n to_o s._n peter_n be_v sufficient_a testimoniall_n thereof_o and_o above_o all_o other_o they_o may_v more_o free_o perform_v it_o than_o many_o other_o for_o the_o roman_n do_v not_o intermeddle_v then_o with_o the_o britan_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n but_o leave_v such_o affair_n to_o their_o own_o government_n and_o british_a governor_n as_o we_o see_v in_o their_o king_n then_o aruiragus_n marius_n coillus_n and_o lucius_n all_o friend_n and_o favourer_n religion_n that_o neither_o s._n pudens_n s._n claudia_n any_o of_o their_o family_n or_o any_o britain_n be_v then_o punishable_a by_o the_o roman_n for_o religion_n of_o christian_n before_o lucius_n be_v convert_v to_o the_o faith_n open_o to_o profess_v it_o and_o none_o of_o they_o join_v with_o the_o pagan_a roman_n in_o their_o religion_n which_o we_o can_v affirm_v so_o free_o of_o france_n where_o claudius_n have_v forbid_v the_o use_n of_o their_o old_a religion_n which_o in_o britain_n neither_o he_o nor_o any_o other_o emperor_n have_v do_v but_o the_o christian_a britan_n do_v both_o at_o home_n and_o else_o where_o under_o the_o roman_n quiet_o enjoy_v the_o free_a use_n of_o the_o religion_n of_o christ_n until_o the_o persecution_n of_o dioclesian_n 4._o if_o any_o man_n object_n that_o s._n pudens_n husband_n to_o s._n claudia_n be_v a_o roman_a and_o so_o subject_a to_o their_o law_n in_o religion_n i_o answer_v first_o that_o it_o be_v evident_a before_o that_o the_o father_n of_o s._n claudia_n a_o christian_a and_o chief_a commander_n in_o that_o family_n be_v yet_o lyve_a and_o long_a time_n after_o second_o i_o answer_v that_o s._n pudens_n himself_o be_v but_o a_o municeps_fw-la and_o no_o roman_a partaker_n thereby_o of_o the_o roman_a privilege_n and_o immunity_n but_o not_o subject_a to_o their_o penalty_n especial_o in_o thing_n concern_v religion_n as_o be_v testify_v by_o aulus_n gellius_n and_o other_o their_o own_o writer_n municipes_fw-la sunt_fw-la cive_v romani_fw-la ex_fw-la municipijs_fw-la suis_fw-la svo_fw-la legibus_fw-la aul._n gellius_n noct._n attic_a l._n 16._o c._n 13._o io._n selden_n analect_n p._n 39_o cicero_n l._n 2._o de_fw-la legibus_fw-la jure_fw-la &_o legibus_fw-la suis_fw-la utentes_fw-la muneris_fw-la tantum_fw-la cum_fw-la populo_fw-la romano_n honorarij_fw-la participes_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la munere_fw-la capessendo_fw-la appellati_fw-la videntur_fw-la nullis_fw-la alijs_fw-la necessitatibus_fw-la neque_fw-la ulla_fw-la populi_fw-la romani_fw-la lege_fw-la astricti_fw-la marcus_n tullius_n cicero_n have_v the_o like_a even_o in_o matter_n of_o religion_n and_o diverse_a other_o therefore_o a_o protestant_a antiquary_n bold_o conclude_v that_o by_o the_o roman_a law_n the_o municipes_fw-la such_o as_o s._n pudens_n be_v may_v be_v of_o what_o religion_n they_o will_v without_o controlment_n tanta_fw-la municipiorum_fw-la videtur_fw-la fuisse_fw-la libertas_fw-la ut_fw-la maiorum_fw-la ac_fw-la avitis_fw-la sibique_fw-la proprijs_fw-la sacris_fw-la uti_fw-la minime_fw-la prohiberentur_fw-la supr_fw-la selden_n supr_fw-la the_o xxxiv_o chapter_n entreat_v of_o the_o time_n of_o pope_n linus_n vespasian_n emperor_n and_o marius_n king_n of_o britain_n and_o of_o our_o christian_n in_o those_o day_n both_o at_o rome_n in_o britain_n and_o other_o place_n 1._o the_o chief_a governor_n of_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n s._n peter_n have_v now_o happy_o by_o holy_a martyrdom_n end_v his_o labour_n in_o this_o world_n and_o obtain_v his_o crown_n and_o reward_n in_o heaven_n as_o a_o other_o succeed_v he_o in_o that_o
be_v baptize_v his_o subject_n follow_v his_o example_n westm_n matth._n westm_n in_o such_o order_n that_o in_o a_o short_a time_n there_o be_v not_o hear_v any_o infidel_n to_o be_v find_v quod_fw-la cum_fw-la factum_fw-la fuisset_fw-la concurrerunt_fw-la ad_fw-la baptismum_fw-la nationes_fw-la diversae_fw-la exemplum_fw-la regis_fw-la sequentes_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o brevi_fw-la nullus_fw-la inveniretur_fw-la infidelis_fw-la hartmannus_n schedel_n report_v catalogue_n hartni_fw-la scedel_n chron._n chronic._n f._n 115._o p._n 2._o epist_n s._n patricij_fw-la apud_fw-la capgrau_n in_o vita_fw-la eius_fw-la leland_n assert_v arthurij_fw-la &_o antiq._n glast_n scriptor_n aquavitae_fw-la s._n helenae_n apud_fw-la capgrau_n in_o catalogue_n as_o other_o before_o that_o these_o legate_n baptize_v the_o king_n and_o his_o people_n regem_fw-la ipsum_fw-la ac_fw-la populum_fw-la the_o historical_a relation_n of_o s._n patrick_n common_o call_v his_o epistle_n witness_v that_o they_o convert_v both_o the_o king_n &_o people_n travail_v quite_o through_o britain_n phaganus_fw-la &_o deruianus_fw-la regem_fw-la cum_fw-la svo_fw-la populo_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la converterunt_fw-la peragrantes_fw-la britanniam_fw-la the_o old_a author_n that_o write_v s._n helen_n her_o life_n record_v how_o upon_o the_o baptism_n of_o king_n lucius_n all_o the_o people_n of_o the_o whole_a nation_n present_o flock_v together_o to_o be_v instruct_v in_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n and_o be_v baptize_v nec_fw-la mora_fw-la concurrentes_fw-la undique_fw-la totius_fw-la nationis_fw-la populi_fw-la regis_fw-la exemplum_fw-la insequuntur_fw-la eodemque_fw-la salutari_fw-la lavachro_fw-la mun_n dati_fw-la caelesti_fw-la regno_fw-la restituuntur_fw-la harding_n thus_o set_v it_o down_o in_o his_o old_a verse_n eleuthery_n the_o first_o at_o supplication_n 43._o harding_n chron._n c._n 51._o f._n 43._o of_o lucius_n send_v he_o two_o holy_a man_n that_o call_v be_v faggan_n and_o dwyen_n that_o baptize_v he_o and_o all_o his_o realm_n throughoute_n with_o hertes_o glad_a and_o labour_n devoute_a sigebertus_n say_v general_o of_o the_o britan_n without_o restriction_n that_o they_o britannorum_fw-la sigebert_n chron._n in_o regno_fw-la britannorum_fw-la receive_v christianity_n by_o the_o legate_n of_o pope_n eleutherius_fw-la send_v at_o the_o request_n of_o their_o king_n lucius_n britanni_n instantia_fw-la lucij_fw-la britanniarum_fw-la regis_fw-la per_fw-la legatos_fw-la eleutherij_fw-la papae_fw-la mysteria_fw-la christianitatis_fw-la perceperunt_fw-la walterus_n rollwink_n in_o his_o fasciculus_fw-la write_v that_o fuganus_fw-la and_o damianus_n the_o legate_n of_o pope_n eleutherius_fw-la baptize_v both_o king_n lucius_n and_o his_o people_n who_o upon_o the_o solemn_a baptism_n of_o their_o king_n submit_v themselves_o to_o christian_a religion_n eleutherius_fw-la 184._o walter_n rollw_n in_o fascicul_n temp_n a_o 184._o misit_fw-la legatos_fw-la lucio_n regi_fw-la britonum_fw-la qui_fw-la eum_fw-la cum_fw-la populo_fw-la svo_fw-la baptizarunt_fw-la solemniter_fw-la rege_fw-la lucio_n baptizato_fw-la subiectus_fw-la populus_fw-la eius_fw-la exemplo_fw-la fidei_fw-la colla_fw-la submisit_fw-la pacificè_fw-la the_o xvii_o chapter_n how_o in_o britain_n these_o holy_a legate_n place_v archbishop_n and_o bishop_n in_o our_o city_n archbishop_n in_o the_o place_n of_o archflaman_n and_o bishop_n for_o flamen_n and_o how_o by_o all_o writer_n such_o dignity_n be_v among_o the_o ancient_a pagan_n both_o in_o britain_n and_o other_o nation_n 1._o when_o the_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n of_o britain_n have_v thus_o prosperous_o proceed_v that_o the_o king_n and_o all_o his_o nobility_n be_v become_v christian_n as_o gildas_n nennius_n the_o antiquity_n of_o landaffe_n and_o other_o after_o they_o testify_v rex_fw-la cum_fw-la universis_fw-la britanniae_fw-la regulis_fw-la baptismum_fw-la susceperunt_fw-la and_o as_o a_o other_o copy_n of_o gildas_n agree_v with_o nennius_n read_v lucius_n britannicus_n rex_fw-la cum_fw-la universis_fw-la regulis_fw-la totius_fw-la britanniae_fw-la baptismum_fw-la susceperunt_fw-la and_o in_o the_o antiquity_n of_o landaffe_n lucius_n &_o totius_fw-la britanniae_fw-la primate_fw-la baptismum_fw-la susceperunt_fw-la and_o all_o school_n city_n druid_n teacher_n and_o scholar_n of_o idolatry_n be_v thus_o convert_v to_o christ_n as_o all_o our_o antiquary_n catholik_o and_o protestant_n have_v deliver_v so_o that_o all_o both_o ruler_n and_o subject_n both_o temporal_a and_o such_o as_o be_v then_o call_v spiritual_a have_v now_o embrace_v that_o religion_n and_o worship_n of_o god_n which_o as_o it_o be_v diametrical_o as_o it_o be_v repugnant_a to_o the_o superstion_n of_o the_o gentile_n in_o britain_n about_o their_o idol_n &_o term_v god_n so_o it_o utter_o condemn_v many_o of_o their_o barbarous_a and_o profane_a custom_n and_o observation_n in_o mere_o civil_a and_o human_a affair_n and_o proceed_n as_o i_o have_v in_o very_a many_o thing_n intolerable_a to_o be_v practise_v or_o permit_v give_v instance_n before_o therefore_o as_o the_o state_n of_o religion_n and_o reverence_n to_o god_n be_v now_o change_v and_o only_o hear_v want_v a_o external_a authoritative_a settle_v of_o a_o ecclesiastical_a hierarchy_n of_o bishop_n priest_n &_o clergy_n man_n to_o govern_v in_o religion_n and_o place_n or_o church_n for_o profess_v and_o public_a practice_n of_o the_o same_o which_o be_v now_o to_o be_v provide_v by_o these_o holy_a legate_n so_o king_n lucius_n as_o the_o vicar_n of_o christ_n in_o this_o kingdom_n in_o temporal_a thing_n as_o s._n eleutherius_fw-la style_v he_o in_o his_o epistle_n about_o this_o business_n write_v unto_o that_o holy_a pope_n for_o his_o direction_n also_o in_o this_o great_a affair_n of_o change_v his_o temporal_a law_n to_o make_v all_o sure_a that_o nothing_o shall_v be_v receive_v and_o establish_v hear_v either_o concern_v the_o duty_n and_o office_n of_o man_n to_o god_n or_o man_n to_o man_n one_o towards_o a_o other_o but_o what_o shall_v have_v direction_n or_o allowance_n authority_n godwin_n conu_n of_o brit._n p._n 26._o the_o ecclesiastical_a hierarchy_n of_o archbishop_n bishop_n priest_n and_o other_o clergy_n man_n now_o settle_v hear_v by_o the_o pope_n authority_n from_o the_o see_v apostolic_a of_o rome_n of_o this_o second_o i_o will_v speak_v when_o i_o have_v in_o some_o manner_n finish_v or_o deliver_v the_o first_o the_o settle_n or_o sound_v our_o ecclesiastical_a hierarchy_n and_o government_n in_o such_o affair_n 2._o that_o these_o roman_a legate_n do_v present_o upon_o our_o conversion_n appoint_v the_o see_v of_o bishop_n and_o archbishop_n according_a to_o the_o place_n and_o number_n of_o the_o flamen_n and_o archflaman_n of_o the_o pagan_n be_v so_o general_o receive_v for_o a_o undeniable_a truth_n in_o antiquity_n as_o a_o protestant_a bishop_n singular_o except_v one_o other_o of_o his_o profession_n hear_v name_v he_o that_o he_o perceive_v not_o any_o that_o have_v gainsay_v it_o before_o master_n doctor_n sutcliffe_n but_o contrariwise_o diverse_a both_o ancient_a and_o learned_a be_v to_o be_v find_v that_o have_v partly_o broach_v it_o and_o partly_o applaud_v the_o same_o and_o yet_o this_o bold_a face_a man_n against_o all_o learned_a antiquity_n in_o his_o own_o confession_n please_v to_o call_v it_o a_o devise_n so_o childish_a and_o ridiculous_a as_o he_o can_v but_o wonder_v that_o any_o man_n of_o learning_n and_o judgement_n shall_v approve_v it_o and_o bring_v no_o more_o reason_n than_o he_o do_v authority_n for_o this_o his_o singularity_n only_o he_o say_v that_o fenestella_n which_o direct_o teach_v this_o dignity_n of_o archflaman_n among_o the_o gentile_n be_v not_o the_o ancient_a fenestella_n which_o be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o tiberius_n the_o emperor_n but_o a_o man_n of_o late_a time_n than_o that_o which_o basile_n fenestella_n print_v &_o publish_v by_o the_o protestant_n of_o basile_n may_v not_o be_v so_o shuffle_v over_o upon_o the_o bare_a word_n of_o one_o protestant_n of_o england_n against_o all_o his_o brethren_n in_o basile_n where_o by_o their_o authority_n the_o book_n be_v print_v and_o publish_v for_o a_o true_a ancient_a fenestella_n and_o it_o be_v a_o strange_a conceit_n of_o he_o to_o be_v utter_v to_o view_v to_o think_v to_o father_n this_o opinion_n first_o upon_o gratian_n as_o thus_o he_o do_v the_o defendor_n of_o this_o conceit_n be_v gratian_n who_o i_o doubt_v not_o we_o may_v account_v the_o first_o author_n of_o the_o same_o for_o i_o have_v prove_v in_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o this_o age_n at_o large_a both_o by_o catholics_n and_o protestant_n that_o diverse_a lyve_n and_o write_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n be_v of_o this_o opinion_n and_o prove_v it_o by_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o which_o appoint_v primat_n for_o those_o chief_a city_n of_o province_n where_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o gentile_n their_o archflaman_n be_v resident_a and_o rule_v and_o give_v order_v this_o usadge_n shall_v be_v observe_v by_o posterity_n and_o this_o protestant_a bishop_n contradict_v himself_o in_o this_o matter_n for_o first_o make_v gratian_n author_n hereof_o present_o he_o thus_o add_v of_o he_o true_a
constantino_n parebat_fw-la in_fw-la summa_fw-la laetitia_fw-la vitam_fw-la egerunt_fw-la and_o be_v not_o only_o quiet_a under_o he_o but_o thus_o live_v in_o great_a joy_n and_o do_v increase_v be_v honour_v and_o reward_v by_o he_o creveruntque_fw-la in_o dies_fw-la magis_fw-la magisque_fw-la tam_fw-la benevoli_fw-la tamque_fw-la pacis_fw-la &_o concordiae_fw-la studiosi_fw-la beneficijs_fw-la ornatae_fw-la 6._o and_o relate_v his_o experiment_n to_o prove_v constant_a christian_n before_o remember_v and_o how_o he_o admit_v such_o for_o his_o near_a friend_n and_o counsellor_n in_o amicorum_fw-la atque_fw-la adeo_fw-la consiliariorum_fw-la numero_fw-la habere_fw-la decrevit_fw-la he_o gather_v from_o hence_o that_o the_o gaul_n britan_n and_o other_o under_o he_o be_v by_o he_o exempt_v from_o the_o penal_a law_n of_o the_o persecutor_n he_o take_v they_o away_o and_o make_v they_o frustrate_v in_o his_o dominion_n hinc_fw-la capere_fw-la coniecturam_fw-la licet_fw-la neque_fw-la 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