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beleâ—ue_v if_o so_o then_o as_o it_o be_v no_o injury_n unto_o they_o that_o we_o join_v with_o they_o in_o a_o enquiry_n after_o truth_n which_o with_o such_o diligence_n they_o seek_v so_o neither_o if_o we_o take_v another_o and_o a_o near_a way_n unto_o it_o when_o we_o perceive_v they_o either_o through_o error_n or_o infirmity_n to_o have_v go_v aside_o their_o name_n as_o oft_o as_o i_o have_v cause_n to_o use_v they_o i_o shall_v not_o mention_v without_o honour_n their_o word_n i_o shall_v lay_v down_o ingenuous_o and_o as_o i_o find_v they_o without_o censure_n their_o reason_n i_o shall_v examine_v modest_o and_o with_o due_a regard_n such_o as_o their_o person_n do_v deserve_v those_o author_n with_o who_o weapon_n i_o have_v make_v choice_n to_o fight_v this_o battle_n i_o shall_v use_v also_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n assign_v every_o man_n his_o time_n give_v to_o every_o one_o his_o due_a not_o spare_v those_o which_o make_v most_o for_o i_o if_o i_o find_v they_o 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6._o to_o be_v a_o arian_n bishop_n a_o bloody_a butcher_n as_o one_o call_v he_o of_o the_o true_a christian_n not_o that_o i_o shall_v produce_v they_o all_o but_o some_o only_a of_o the_o chief_a some_o five_o or_o six_o perhaps_o of_o each_o of_o the_o opinion_n et_fw-la magna_fw-la partium_fw-la momenta_fw-la the_o founder_n and_o abettor_n their_o argument_n which_o be_v not_o many_o i_o shall_v quick_o answer_v proceed_v so_o to_o such_o record_n as_o yield_v most_o testimony_n to_o our_o saint_n the_o time_n and_o manner_n of_o his_o death_n the_o honour_n do_v unto_o his_o relic_n to_o his_o memory_n not_o only_o by_o the_o church_n but_o by_o the_o great_a king_n and_o prince_n of_o the_o christian_a world_n in_o which_o i_o shall_v adhere_v especial_o to_o the_o plain_a word_n and_o meaning_n of_o those_o author_n who_o authority_n i_o urge_v not_o wrest_v they_o aside_o or_o stop_v of_o their_o mouth_n when_o they_o speak_v not_o to_o my_o purpose_n my_o study_n be_v for_o truth_n not_o faction_n and_o if_o at_o any_o time_n which_o be_v but_o seldom_o i_o shall_v take_v liberty_n to_o use_v conjecture_n in_o the_o explain_n of_o some_o passage_n which_o else_o may_v give_v occasion_n of_o exception_n i_o hope_v it_o will_v be_v say_v that_o i_o be_o only_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ingenuous_o bold_a not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d audacious_o presumptuous_a 7_o the_o whole_a work_n as_o it_o be_v consecrate_v next_o under_o god_n unto_o the_o service_n of_o his_o most_o excellent_a majesty_n and_o of_o this_o flourish_a church_n whereof_o we_o be_v both_o which_o be_v principal_o interest_v in_o this_o cause_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o honour_n which_o they_o have_v confer_v upon_o our_o martyr_n so_o from_o they_o chief_o i_o expect_v my_o censure_n yet_o so_o that_o i_o submit_v it_o also_o to_o the_o censure_n of_o all_o honest_a learned_a and_o religious_a man_n who_o i_o beseech_v with_o all_o respective_a reverence_n to_o pardon_v such_o 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as_o may_v have_v be_v of_o force_n to_o make_v a_o englishman_n suspend_v his_o censure_n of_o he_o and_o to_o forbear_v to_o second_v any_o quarrel_n raise_v against_o he_o have_v not_o saint_n austin_n true_o note_v this_o to_o be_v a_o quality_n of_o error_n that_o whatsoever_o like_v not_o we_o we_o will_v not_o glad_o shall_v be_v please_v unto_o any_o other_o hoc_fw-la est_fw-la error_n be_v proprium_fw-la say_v he_o ut_fw-la quod_fw-la cuique_fw-la displicet_fw-la man._n id_fw-la quoqne_fw-la existimet_fw-la oportere_fw-la displicere_fw-la alijs_fw-la what_o have_v be_v do_v by_o i_o in_o the_o contexture_n and_o composition_n of_o the_o whole_a i_o leave_v to_o be_v determine_v by_o all_o learned_a and_o religious_a man_n who_o shall_v happen_v to_o read_v it_o to_o who_o judicious_a censure_n next_o under_o his_o most_o sacred_a majesty_n and_o this_o most_o excellent_a church_n whereof_o i_o be_o i_o willing_o submit_v myself_o and_o my_o performance_n for_o my_o part_n i_o resolve_v of_o it_o with_o the_o author_n of_o the_o macchabee_n with_o who_o submission_n of_o himself_o i_o conclude_v this_o treatise_n ego_fw-la quoque_fw-la in_o his_o faciam_fw-la finem_fw-la sermonis_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la quidem_fw-la benè_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la historiae_fw-la competit_fw-la hoc_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la velim_fw-la sin_n autem_fw-la minus_fw-la dignè_fw-la concedendum_fw-la est_fw-la mihi_fw-la if_o i_o have_v do_v well_o and_o as_o be_v fit_v the_o story_n it_o be_v that_o which_o i_o desire_v but_o if_o slender_o and_o mean_o it_o be_v that_o which_o i_o can_v attain_v unto_o and_o here_o shall_v be_v a_o end_n finis_fw-la london_n print_a by_o b.a._n and_o t._n f._n for_o henry_n seile_n at_o the_o tygers-head_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n 1631._o lib._n 11._o cap_n 4._o epigr._fw-la l._n 5.10_o ethic_n l._n 1._o c._n 4._o â—th_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 6_o tat._n de_fw-fr mor._n germ._n v._o chap._n 3_o §._o 6._o de_fw-fr script_n eccles._n in_o chronol_n l._n 4._o ad_fw-la pag._n 131_o pag._n 251._o b._n de_fw-fr tradend_n discipl_n