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again_o to_o rome_n from_o whence_o he_o come_v to_o milane_n and_o photice_n which_o be_v city_n in_o the_o continent_n in_o which_o when_o he_o have_v constitute_v bishop_n and_o priest_n he_o come_v into_o brittany_n where_o when_o he_o have_v stay_v a_o long_a time_n and_o draw_v many_o nation_n not_o name_v to_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n he_o have_v a_o angelical_a vision_n which_o say_v o_o peter_n the_o time_n of_o thy_o resolution_n be_v at_o hand_n and_o thou_o must_v go_v to_o rome_n in_o which_o when_o thou_o have_v suffer_v death_n by_o the_o cross_n thou_o shall_v receive_v the_o reward_n of_o justice_n therefore_o when_o he_o have_v glorify_v god_n and_o give_v thanks_n for_o it_o and_o remain_v some_o day_n with_o the_o britan_n and_o illuminate_v many_o with_o the_o word_n of_o grace_n and_o found_v church_n &_o ordain_v both_o bishop_n priest_n and_o deacons_n he_o return_v again_o to_o rome_n in_o the_o twelu_v year_n of_o the_o emperor_n nero._n hitherto_o the_o 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pet._n 1._o five_o 1._o nor_o any_o other_o kingdom_n or_o nation_n mention_v in_o any_o author_n of_o credit_n and_o antiquity_n and_o to_o be_v paralel_v with_o he_o who_o i_o have_v cite_v approve_a even_o in_o this_o point_n with_o all_o catholic_n and_o the_o most_o judicious_a indifferent_o mind_v and_o best_a learned_a protestant_n can_v constant_o affirm_v and_o prove_v that_o they_o have_v receive_v such_o benefit_n and_o blessing_n from_o s._n peter_n as_o this_o our_o brittany_n which_o to_o visit_v he_o go_v so_o far_o stay_v therein_o so_o long_o and_o enrich_v as_o with_o so_o many_o and_o unansweareable_a grace_n and_o favour_n continue_v they_o so_o long_o until_o he_o be_v admonish_v from_o heaven_n to_o return_v from_o hence_o to_o rome_n as_o before_o his_o come_v thither_o he_o also_o be_v as_o metaphrastes_n die_v 29._o junij_fw-la s._n leo_n serm_n de_fw-fr apostol_n with_o other_o write_v direct_v to_o come_v help_v we_o in_o the_o west_n and_o if_o we_o will_v follow_v the_o roman_a tradition_n baron_n annotat_fw-la in_o 9_o maij_fw-la in_o pudente_a that_o domus_fw-la pudentis_fw-la erat_fw-la primum_fw-la hospitium_fw-la s._n petri_n romae_fw-la the_o house_n of_o pudens_n be_v the_o first_o lodging_n of_o s_o peter_n of_o rome_n we_o be_v more_o strict_o bind_v to_o rome_n and_o rome_n to_o we_o that_o be_v the_o house_n of_o our_o renown_a christian_n contrywoman_n lady_n claudia_n as_o our_o protestant_n writer_n tell_v us._n matth._n parker_n antiq_fw-la britan._n pag._n 2.3_o godwyn_n conuers_n of_o brittany_n cambd._n in_o britan._n theatre_n of_o brit._n l._n 6._o now_o let_v we_o inquire_v and_o set_v down_o in_o particular_a so_o near_o as_o such_o a_o desolation_n and_o loss_n of_o antiquity_n as_o england_n have_v often_o suffer_v will_v give_v we_o leave_v of_o this_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n in_o particular_a which_o s._n peter_n consecrate_v for_o we_o to_o find_v and_o begin_v the_o first_o hierarchicall_a order_n and_o 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bishop_n of_o brittany_n and_o to_o put_v we_o out_o of_o doubt_n that_o he_o do_v not_o mistake_v name_n britania_o for_o bythinia_n as_o a_o protestant_n writer_n will_v seem_v to_o expound_v he_o when_o he_o write_v dorotheus_n say_v aristobulus_n who_o the_o apostle_n to_o the_o roman_n remember_v be_v make_v a_o bishop_n in_o brittany_n or_o bithania_n stowe_n histor_n titul_a the_o roman_n in_o agricola_n i_o think_v this_o man_n will_v hardly_o find_v any_o bythania_n in_o the_o world_n we_o read_v of_o bethania_n often_o in_o the_o gospel_n and_o s._n john_n say_v cap._n 11._o v._n 18._o bethany_n be_v nigh_o unto_o jerusalem_n about_o fifteen_o farlong_n off_o as_o our_o protestant_n translate_v and_o their_o note_n there_o upon_o be_v that_o be_v about_o tow_n mile_n protest_v annot_v marginal_a in_o c._n 11.11_o io._n v._o 18._o which_o be_v too_o near_o to_o jerusalem_n to_o be_v a_o bishop_n see_v and_o the_o old_a provincial_a make_v mention_n of_o no_o such_o and_o if_o by_o bythania_n he_o mean_v the_o country_n bythinia_n the_o region_n of_o lesser_a asia_n against_o thracia_n and_o next_o troas_n which_o be_v also_o sometime_o call_v bebrycia_n after_o mygdonia_n and_o by_o s._n peter_n bythinia_n in_o the_o apostle_n time_n and_o after_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o dorothaeus_n mean_v it_o not_o for_o in_o the_o next_o name_n which_o be_v s._n tyticus_n he_o say_v that_o he_o be_v make_v bishop_n of_o chalcedonia_n of_o bythinia_n tyticus_n meminit_fw-la &_o huius_fw-la paulus_n primus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la chalcedoniae_n fuit_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o bythinia_n est_fw-la doroth._n supra_fw-la in_o tyticho_n therefore_o of_o necessity_n by_o this_o author_n and_o the_o rest_n so_o affirm_v it_o without_o doubt_n or_o any_o exception_n s._n aristobulus_n needs_o must_v be_v bishop_n of_o this_o our_o kingdom_n of_o brittany_n no_o other_o place_n then_o of_o that_o name_n fit_a for_o a_o bishop_n in_o the_o know_a world_n to_o apply_v it_o unto_o and_o thus_o testify_v the_o ancient_a maenologe_n of_o the_o greek_n with_o other_o both_o catholic_n and_o protestant_n of_o who_o i_o have_v here_o note_v some_o maenolog_n graecor_fw-la die_v 15._o martij_fw-la baron_n annot_v in_o martyrol_n rom._n eod_a die_v arnold_n mirman_n in_o theatr._n conuers_n gent._n auth._n of_o the_o exam._n of_o the_o calend._n praefat_fw-la and_o in_o the_o 3._o conuers_n syr._n ed._n hoby_n counterf_n pag._n 48._o thom._n rogers_n upon_o the_o article_n of_o relig._n articul_fw-la 36._o pag._n 197._o protest_v theatre_n of_o brit._n l._n 6._o cambden_n belg._n that_o this_o holy_a bishop_n be_v either_o consecrate_v here_o or_o send_v hither_o by_o s._n peter_n we_o may_v not_o question_v be_v so_o general_o confess_v by_o protestant_n before_o that_o no_o other_o apostle_n do_v or_o then_o can_v perform_v that_o office_n and_o if_o the_o identity_n of_o the_o name_n deceave_v we_o not_o this_o our_o holy_a bishop_n or_o archbishop_n be_v father_n in_o law_n to_o s._n peter_n his_o wyves_n father_n and_o brother_n to_o s_o barnabas_n the_o apostle_n send_v into_o these_o west_n part_n by_o s._n peter_n for_o as_o simon_n metaphrastes_n write_v s._n simon_n metaphr_n die_v 26._o junij_fw-la accepit_fw-la petrus_n filiam_fw-la aristobuli_fw-la fratris_fw-la barnabae_n apostoli_fw-la ex_fw-la ea_fw-la genuit_fw-la filium_fw-la unum_fw-la &_o unam_fw-la filiam_fw-la peter_n marry_v the_o daughter_n of_o aristobulus_n brother_n of_o barnabas_n the_o apostle_n and_o have_v by_o she_o one_o son_n and_o one_o daughter_n martyrolog_n rom._n 15._o martij_fw-la godw._n and_o be_v call_v in_o the_o roman_a martyrologe_n as_o a_o protestant_n bishop_n true_o tell_v apostolorum_fw-la discipulus_fw-la the_o disciple_n of_o the_o apostle_n conuers_n of_o brit._n it_o whole_o disable_v he_o from_o be_v disciple_n to_o s._n paul_n who_o alone_o of_o the_o apostle_n beside_o s._n peter_n be_v in_o this_o kingdom_n for_o the_o scripture_n themselves_o be_v witness_v actor_n cap._n 13._o v._n 2_o 3.4_o
transfer_v and_o change_v those_o parson_n place_n and_o property_n of_o thing_n of_o this_o our_o brittany_n from_o a_o temporal_a to_o all_o spiritual_a use_n from_o the_o command_n except_o in_o temporal_a duty_n of_o the_o present_a emperor_n lieutenant_n king_n and_o sovereign_n alienate_v from_o christian_a religion_n to_o the_o command_n of_o christ_n his_o religion_n our_o most_o holy_a apostle_n and_o his_o disciple_n by_o his_o authority_n so_o directinge_v the_o iii_o chapter_n how_o in_o the_o rest_n of_o this_o first_o hundred_o year_n of_o christ_n after_o saint_n peter_n the_o apostolic_a see_v of_o rome_n still_o continue_v and_o exercise_v this_o supreme_a spiritual_a power_n in_o brittany_n it_o be_v a_o question_n not_o only_o among_o catholic_n but_o some_o protestant_n also_o whether_o s._n linus_n &_o cletus_n be_v pope_n after_o s._n peter_n or_o only_a suffragan_n bishop_n as_o so_o ordain_v by_o he_o at_o the_o first_o and_o pope_n leo_n the_o second_o a_o holy_a saint_n with_o there_o nowned_a of_o our_o historian_n to_o omit_v other_o s._n marianus_n &_o florentius_n wigorniensis_n say_v plain_o simo_n petrus_n apostolorum_fw-la princeps_fw-la adiutoris_fw-la sibi_fw-la ascivit_fw-la linum_fw-la &_o cletum_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la pontificij_fw-la potestatem_fw-la cis_fw-la tradidit_fw-la sed_fw-la clementi_n successori_fw-la svo_fw-la if_o peter_n prince_n of_o the_o apostle_n do_v take_v linus_n and_o cletus_n to_o be_v his_o adjutor_n yet_o he_o give_v not_o they_o the_o papal_a power_n but_o to_o clement_n his_o successor_n and_o linus_n and_o cletus_n do_v nothing_o by_o their_o own_o law_n and_o power_n as_o pope_n but_o only_o so_o much_o as_o be_v command_v they_o by_o s._n peter_n s._n leo_fw-la 2._o in_o epist_n decretal_a marian._n scot._n lib._n 2._o aetat_fw-la 6._o florent_fw-la wigor_n in_o sylvan_a &_o otho_n consul_n robert_n barn_n in_o vit_fw-mi port._n rom._n in_o linum_fw-la therefore_o to_o omit_v doubtful_a and_o uncertain_a thing_n and_o to_o come_v next_o to_o s._n clement_n who_o most_o certain_o by_o all_o cathololick_v and_o protestant_n be_v pope_n of_o rome_n nominate_v by_o s._n peter_n though_o baronius_n and_o other_o who_o he_o allege_v be_v of_o opinion_n that_o s._n clement_n yield_v his_o right_n and_o do_v not_o exercise_v the_o office_n of_o supreme_a pastor_n till_o after_o linus_n and_o cletus_n yet_o who_o in_o s._n peter_n life_n he_o be_v his_o coadjutor_n &_o after_o his_o death_n his_o successor_n before_o s._n clement_n to_o 1._o annal._n p_o 742.743_o 744.745_o before_o any_o other_o by_o this_o pope_n doctor_n be_v send_v into_o the_o west_n as_o our_o protestant_n tell_v we_o margin_n annot_v upon_o matth._n westin_n a_o 94._o matth._n westm_n supr_fw-la in_o great_a number_n as_o s._n denis_n nicasius_n taurinus_n trophimus_n paulus_n narbonensis_n saturninus_n martialis_n gratianus_n julianus_n lucianus_n firminus_n photinus_n all_o bishop_n &_o they_o add_v s._n regulus_n who_o although_o they_o settle_v they_o with_o their_o bishopric_n in_o france_n yet_o it_o prove_v the_o power_n &_o spiritual_a command_n of_o that_o holy_a pope_n to_o have_v extend_v itself_o aswell_o to_o this_o kingdom_n one_o and_o the_o same_o reason_n be_v for_o and_o against_o they_o both_o but_o we_o find_v diverse_a authority_n both_o late_a and_o ancient_a to_o induce_v we_o to_o consent_v that_o some_o of_o these_o name_v holy_a bishop_n send_v at_o this_o time_n by_o s._n clement_n be_v send_v by_o he_o into_o this_o kingdom_n of_o brittany_n namely_o s._n taurinus_n and_o s._n nicasius_n and_o that_o s._n taurinus_n be_v archbishop_n or_o bishop_n of_o york_n among_o other_o william_n harrison_n a_o protestant_a historian_n in_o descript_n of_o brittany_n pag._n 23._o chronolog_n ibid._n a_o 141._o produce_v a_o antiquity_n that_o so_o affirm_v whereupon_o he_o write_v in_o this_o manner_n whether_o taurinus_n bishop_n over_o the_o congregation_n at_o york_n be_v one_o of_o the_o nine_o scholar_n of_o grantha_n cambridge_n speak_v of_o in_o the_o chronicle_n of_o burton_n i_o do_v not_o certain_o find_v but_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o walterus_n rollewink_n in_o his_o history_n fasciculus_fw-la temporum_fw-la an_z 94._o say_v s._n taurinus_n be_v episcopus_fw-la eboracensis_fw-la bishop_n of_o york_n which_o be_v here_o in_o brittany_n and_o so_o not_o ebroicensis_n in_o france_n where_o the_o same_o or_o a_o other_o of_o that_o name_n be_v bishop_n about_o the_o same_o time_n and_o a_o other_o late_a writer_n harris_n theatrum_fw-la l._n 1._o in_o his_o manuscript_n history_n allege_v both_o s._n antoninus_n and_o diverse_a other_o say_v diverse_a have_v write_v that_o both_o s._n nicasius_n and_o taurinus_n be_v here_o in_o brittany_n and_o for_o s._n taurinus_n s._n antoninus_n say_v that_o s._n taurinus_n filiam_fw-la lucij_fw-la regis_fw-la britanniae_fw-la à _fw-la morte_fw-la suscitavit_fw-la s._n taurinus_n do_v raise_v 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