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convert_v to_o the_o faith_n as_o he_o say_v be_v send_v by_o joseph_n to_o rome_n to_o s._n peter_n the_o head_n of_o the_o apostle_n to_o be_v better_o instruct_v and_o confirm_v and_o this_o he_o deliver_v to_o his_o reader_n as_o testify_v by_o b._n rhenanus_fw-la lib._n 3._o rerum_fw-la germa_n sub_fw-la hello_n and_o pantaleon_n de_fw-fr viris_fw-la german_n part_n 3._o but_o he_o do_v gross_o abuse_v his_o reader_n in_o tell_v gross_a untruth_n upon_o the_o credit_n of_o these_o witness_n who_o only_o mention_v this_o beatus_fw-la but_o report_v no_o such_o matter_n of_o he_o further_n rhenanus_fw-la do_v no_o otherwise_o account_n of_o this_o report_n then_o as_o of_o a_o monkish_a fable_n and_o thereupon_o say_v that_o he_o find_v small_a help_n from_o the_o chronicle_n of_o monk_n to_o furnish_v his_o story_n pag._n 33._o he_o tell_v we_o that_o few_o of_o the_o britain_n observe_v easter_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o eastern_a church_n and_o father_v this_o fable_n 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the_o translation_n be_v wicked_a and_o corrupt_a and_o his_o fortress_n of_o perfidye_n and_o heresy_n be_v overthrow_v by_o d._n fulke_n of_o worthy_a memory_n second_o that_o which_o he_o affirm_v that_o we_o can_v say_v that_o we_o both_o say_v and_o prove_v and_o thereof_o have_v give_v diverse_a particular_n in_o our_o former_a answer_n final_o the_o point_n which_o stapleton_n touch_v in_o his_o weak_a fortress_n be_v neither_o the_o most_o material_a point_n in_o controversy_n betwixt_o we_o nor_o any_o way_n prove_v by_o he_o substantial_o pag._n 153._o he_o tell_v how_o by_o all_o mean_v we_o can_v devise_v we_o discredit_v gregory_n and_o austin_n but_o he_o do_v very_o much_o discredit_v his_o cause_n by_o tell_v these_o great_a untruth_n for_o we_o do_v neither_o discredit_v they_o nor_o wrong_v they_o but_o only_o report_v as_o we_o find_v nay_o we_o doubt_v not_o but_o in_o diverse_a great_a point_n of_o controversy_n to_o overthrow_v our_o adversary_n by_o the_o 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no_o question_n rob._n parson_n shall_v if_o he_o may_v be_v catch_v pag._n 239._o he_o say_v latimer_n stir_v a_o notorious_a tumult_n in_o bristol_n but_o this_o be_v not_o only_o false_a but_o also_o improbable_a for_o the_o good_a old_a man_n be_v most_o meek_a and_o peaceable_a pag._n 241._o he_o write_v that_o the_o abbot_n of_o glastenbury_n whalley_n and_o read_v and_o d._n forest_n and_o powell_n give_v their_o blood_n for_o defence_n of_o catholic_a unity_n but_o the_o act_n of_o their_o trial_n show_v that_o diverse_a of_o they_o be_v execute_v for_o plain_a rebellion_n and_o all_o for_o treason_n and_o if_o any_o abbot_n or_o jebusite_n shall_v make_v the_o like_a stir_n abroad_o against_o the_o pope_n or_o the_o king_n of_o spain_n it_o will_v avail_v they_o but_o little_a to_o pretend_v catholic_a unity_n forest_n and_o his_o fellow_n under_o pretence_n of_o this_o catholic_a unity_n seek_v to_o revoke_v and_o call_v back_o into_o england_n the_o pope_n tyranny_n pag._n 243._o he_o shame_v not_o to_o say_v that_o the_o king_n give_v bishop_n gardiner_n special_a commission_n to_o procure_v a_o reconciliation_n with_o the_o pope_n but_o his_o impudent_a lie_v may_v be_v refute_v both_o by_o his_o commission_n and_o instruction_n yet_o extant_a wherein_o no_o such_o matter_n be_v signify_v but_o rather_o the_o contrary_n parson_n therefore_o may_v do_v well_o to_o show_v by_o what_o commission_n he_o lie_v thus_o shameful_o pag._n 283._o he_o say_v that_o all_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n be_v of_o one_o religion_n until_o cranmers_n time_n but_o hardly_o shall_v he_o prove_v that_o all_o of_o they_o have_v in_o they_o any_o religion_n at_o all_o and_o by_o no_o mean_n can_v he_o deny_v but_o as_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n change_v her_o faith_n so_o her_o lover_n likewise_o change_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o conventicle_n of_o trent_n none_o of_o they_o ever_o know_v pag._n 287._o he_o allege_v these_o word_n as_o out_o of_o calvin_n lib._n 4._o instit._fw-la c._n 1._o §_o 3._o we_o be_v force_v to_o believe_v the_o church_n to_o be_v invisible_a and_o to_o be_v see_v only_o by_o the_o eye_n of_o god_n but_o he_o that_o have_v any_o eye_n at_o all_o may_v see_v this_o fellow_n impudent_a lie_v in_o that_o place_n he_o have_v no_o such_o word_n but_o rather_o teach_v contrary_a likewise_o do_v he_o belie_v luther_n affirm_v that_o he_o teach_v the_o church_n to_o be_v invisible_a pag._n 296._o and_o 297._o he_o say_v that_o we_o doubt_v that_o the_o church_n be_v fail_v and_o that_o master_n fox_n contradict_v former_a writer_n and_o that_o we_o hold_v that_o all_o be_v not_o true_a which_o the_o church_n hold_v but_o we_o make_v no_o doubt_n but_o that_o parson_n do_v gross_o lie_v and_o feign_v for_o neither_o do_v we_o say_v that_o the_o universal_a
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church_n and_o other_o author_n commit_v by_o parson_n the_o 15._o chapter_n exhibit_v certain_a example_n of_o parson_n his_o thrasonical_a brag_n and_o beggarly_a crave_v of_o matter_n in_o question_n the_o 16._o chapter_n allege_v argument_n of_o parson_n his_o gross_a ignorance_n and_o childish_a foolery_n the_o 17._o chapter_n contain_v a_o table_n of_o certain_a speech_n of_o parson_n in_o respect_n of_o god_n blasphemous_a in_o respect_n of_o his_o duty_n to_o his_o prince_n disloyal_a the_o 18._o chapter_n contain_v a_o table_n of_o parson_n his_o lie_n calumniation_n and_o false_a allegation_n the_o 19_o chapter_n show_v how_o parson_n his_o text_n and_o allegation_n for_o the_o most_o part_n make_v against_o himself_o and_o his_o cause_n finis_fw-la finis_fw-la euseb._n de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr constant._n lib._n 3._o ca._n 62._o 62._o euseb._n de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr constant._n lib._n 3._o ca_fw-mi 63._o 63._o part._n 1._o ca._n 1._o 1._o part._n 1._o ca._n 1._o pa._n 19_o 19_o in_o eleutherio_n 1_o part._n 1._o cap._n 4._o 4._o part._n 1._o p._n 80_o 80_o lib._n 1._o hist._n angl._n cap._n 26._o 26._o pag._n 113._o 113._o pag._n 123._o 123._o mallb_n 20._o marc._n 10._o luc._n 22._o 22._o in_o chronico_fw-la chronico_fw-la part._n 1._o ca._n 1._o 1._o pag._n 333._o and_o page_n follow_v
first_o convert_v the_o britain_n to_o the_o faith_n of_o christ._n so_o say_v capgrave_n in_o his_o legend_n of_o joseph_n so_o say_v sanders_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o his_o sclanderous_a book_n of_o schism_n britannos_fw-la say_v he_o ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la christi_fw-la primus_fw-la convertisse_fw-la primamque_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la in_o illa_fw-la natione_fw-la crexisse_fw-la perhibetur_fw-la josephus_n ab_fw-la arimathaea_n last_o parson_n himself_o in_o his_o late_a ward-word_n know_v no_o more_o but_o of_o the_o two_o conversion_n as_o he_o call_v they_o of_o england_n the_o first_o under_o eleutherius_fw-la the_o second_o under_o gregory_n the_o first_o wherefore_o either_o now_o or_o then_o he_o utter_v untruth_n the_o argument_n and_o testimony_n produce_v by_o parson_n to_o prove_v s._n peter_n preach_v in_o britain_n be_v weak_a and_o frivolous_a first_o say_v he_o 19_o of_o s._n peter_n himself_o to_o have_v be_v in_o england_n or_o brittany_n and_o preach_v found_v church_n and_o ordain_v priest_n and_o deacon_n therein_o be_v record_v out_o of_o greek_a antiquity_n by_o simeon_n metaphrastes_n a_o grecian_a but_o first_o it_o may_v be_v a_o question_n how_o he_o know_v that_o simeon_n metaphrastes_n a_o grecian_a say_v so_o and_o that_o out_o of_o greek_a antiquity_n see_v he_o poor_a idiot_n understand_v no_o greek_a nor_o have_v read_v any_o greek_a antiquity_n he_o quote_v therefore_o metaphrastes_n apud_fw-la surium_n 23._o juny_n but_o caesar_n baronius_n in_o his_o annal_n quote_v metaphr_n 29._o juny_n second_o he_o wrong_v both_o metaphrastes_n &_o surius_n add_v to_o their_o word_n three_o albeit_o he_o have_v report_v their_o word_n true_o yet_o neither_o be_v we_o to_o give_v credit_n to_o metaphrastes_n a_o lie_a pedant_n live_v in_o constantinople_n some_o 700._o year_n ago_o and_o write_v more_o lie_v then_o leaf_n nor_o to_o surius_n a_o superstitious_a monk_n and_o a_o profess_a enemy_n of_o the_o truth_n final_o neither_o do_v 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neither_o can_v it_o be_v say_v