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thread_n of_o thy_o error_n renounce_v heresy_n and_o all_o newness_n of_o opinion_n be_v the_o disciple_n not_o of_o any_o particular_a man_n what_o so_o ever_o he_o may_v be_v be_v he_o more_o holy_a and_o more_o eloquent_a than_o a_o angel_n but_o only_o of_o the_o catholic_a church_n the_o which_o can_v never_o err_v for_o so_o much_o as_o she_o be_v govern_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o that_o jesus_n christ_n be_v her_o head_n which_o be_v the_o seur_fw-fr ground_n of_o the_o catholic_n unto_o the_o which_o i_o pray_v god_n give_v we_o the_o grace_n to_o cleave_v and_o continue_v firm_a and_o sure_a &_o that_o we_o be_v find_v lyvelie_a member_n of_o his_o body_n when_o we_o shalbe_a judge_v so_o be_v it_o libellum_fw-la hunc_fw-la gallice_n intitulatum_fw-la du_n firmament_n des_fw-fr catholic_n contre_fw-fr l'abisme_n des_fw-fr heretic_n fideliter_fw-la è_fw-la gallico_n in_o anglicanum_n idioma_fw-it per_fw-la nobilem_fw-la virum_fw-la joannem_fw-la pauncefote_n translatum_fw-la ac_fw-la per_fw-la eximium_fw-la dominum_fw-la dom._n thomam_fw-la stapletonium_n anglum_fw-la s._n theologiae_n professorem_fw-la examinatum_fw-la ac_fw-la manu_fw-la eius_fw-la propria_fw-la approbatum_fw-la ac_fw-la postremo_fw-la ex_fw-la primaria_fw-la copia_fw-la manu_fw-la dicti_fw-la d._n stapletoni_n subsignata_fw-la fideliter_fw-la teste_fw-la venerabili_fw-la domino_fw-la d._n wilhelmo_fw-la clederow_n prefbytero_fw-la anglo_n transscriptum_fw-la tuto_fw-la posse_fw-la imprimi_fw-la ac_fw-la prelo_fw-la committi_fw-la praesentium_fw-la tenore_fw-la attestor_fw-la ego_fw-la infrascriptus_fw-la antwerpiae_fw-la 9_o octob._n anno_fw-la 1590._o michael_n hetsroey_n bruegelius_n s._n theologiae_n licentiatus_fw-la canonicus_n cathedralis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la b._n mariae_fw-la antwerpiensis_fw-la librorum_fw-la censor_n