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see_v more_o of_o the_o council_n at_o the_o latter_a end_n sect_n v._o arabic_n canon_n forge_v no_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a object_n yet_o it_o be_v a_o marvellous_a thing_n that_o the_o romanist_n shall_v dare_v to_o impose_v upon_o so_o great_a and_o learned_a a_o primate_n as_o the_o late_a archbishop_n laud_n that_o by_o the_o three_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a the_o patriarch_n be_v in_o the_o same_o manner_n over_o all_o those_o that_o be_v under_o his_o authority_n as_o he_o who_o hold_v the_o see_v of_o rome_n be_v head_n and_o prince_n of_o the_o patriach_n resemble_v saint_n peter_n and_o his_o equal_a in_o authority_n answ_n when_o it_o be_v most_o evident_a to_o the_o mean_a capacity_n that_o will_v search_v into_o it_o that_o that_o be_v no_o canon_n of_o the_o true_a council_n of_o nice_a and_o that_o in_o stead_n of_o the_o three_o it_o be_v the_o thirty_o nine_o of_o the_o suppositious_a and_o forge_a canon_n as_o they_o be_v set_v 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the_o government_n of_o the_o western_a church_n anno_fw-la 773._o the_o same_o number_n appear_v and_o in_o hincmarus_n m._n s._n the_o same_o be_v prove_v from_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o tripartite_a history_n ruffinus_n the_o carthaginian_a council_n the_o epistle_n of_o ciril_n of_o alex._n atticus_n of_o constant_a and_o the_o twelve_o action_n of_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n and_o if_o we_o may_v believe_v a_o pope_n viz._n stephen_n in_o gratian_n say_v the_o roman_a church_n do_v allow_v of_o no_o more_o 20._o gra._n this_fw-mi 16._o c._n 20._o than_o twenty_o the_o truth_n be_v put_v beyond_o all_o question_n last_o both_o by_o the_o proceed_n of_o the_o african_a father_n in_o the_o case_n of_o zosimus_n about_o the_o nicene_n canon_n when_o a_o early_a and_o diligent_a search_n make_v it_o evident_a and_o also_o by_o the_o codex_fw-la canonum_fw-la eccl._n afric_n p._n 58._o where_o it_o be_v express_o say_v there_o be_v 363._o p._n 363._o but_o twenty_o canon_n 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