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candle_n light_n there_o be_v also_o earthquake_n wherewith_o some_o city_n be_v even_o destroy_v the_o year_n of_o christ_n cc._o xlvij_o philippus_n the_o xxu_o emperor_n reign_v fyve_o year_n he_o be_v a_o arabian_a and_o have_v be_v long_o time_n captain_n of_o the_o hoost_n this_o same_o baptysed_a take_v up_o his_o sonn_n philippe_n also_o to_o the_o governaunce_n of_o the_o empire_n but_o they_o be_v both_o slay_v by_o the_o procurement_n of_o decius_n for_o take_v upon_o they_o baptyme_o and_o knowledge_n of_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n for_o thus_o rage_v the_o emperor_n amongst_o themselves_o with_o manslaughter_n by_o the_o sufferance_n of_o god_n which_o thing_n ought_v due_o cause_v we_o to_o drede_v and_o fear_n god_n the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n â–ª_o four_o thousand_o one_o hundred_o and_o two_o and_o nynety_n the_o year_n of_o christ_n two_o hundred_o and_o eighte_o and_o forty_o in_o the_o time_n of_o their_o governaunce_n be_v it_o a_o thousanth_n year_n sense_n 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of_o penance_n for_o he_o teach_v that_o they_o which_o have_v receive_v baptysme_n and_o fall_v again_o into_o sin_n â–ª_o can_v not_o come_v again_o to_o saluacyon_n and_o with_o this_o erroure_n bring_v he_o many_o to_o desperacyon_n and_o spoil_v the_o concord_n of_o the_o church_n or_o congregatyon_n the_o year_n of_o christ_n cc._o lv_o vibius_n gallus_n the_o xxvij_o emperor_n reign_v volusianus_n two_o year_n with_o his_o son_n volusianus_n for_o when_o decius_n be_v slay_v gallus_n be_v salute_v emperor_n of_o the_o hooste_n afterward_o be_v they_o both_o slay_v of_o the_o souldyour_n lucius_z the_o xxi_o bishop_n of_o rome_n succeed_v after_o cornelius_n the_o year_n of_o christ_n cc._o luâ—â—_n valerianus_n the_o xxviii_o emperor_n reign_v anâ—â—s_v syxe_v year_n he_o be_v choose_v emperor_n of_o the_o hoost_n in_o high_a germany_n and_o the_o senate_n confirm_v the_o same_o for_o he_o be_v bear_v of_o a_o most_o noble_a kindred_n at_o rome_n and_o have_v behave_v himself_o valiant_o in_o germany_n at_o the_o last_o be_v he_o take_v of_o king_n sapores_fw-la presumption_n by_o the_o perses_n and_o live_v in_o moost_n vile_a seruyce_n for_o the_o barbarus_fw-la king_n be_v so_o haut_fw-fr and_o presumptuous_a that_o when_o he_o have_v take_v the_o emperor_n he_o use_v he_o for_o a_o chair_n and_o when_o he_o will_v ride_v he_o tread_v upon_o the_o back_n of_o valerianus_n lyenge_a on_o hand_n and_o foot_n and_o so_o step_v on_o his_o horse_n back_o but_o sapores_fw-la be_v likewise_o punysh_v by_o odenaâ—us_n the_o roman_a captain_n galienus_n son_n to_o valerianus_n the_o xxix_o emperor_n e._n govern_v y_o e_o empire_n with_o his_o father_n â–ª_o &_o after_o that_o the_o father_n be_v take_v he_o reign_v nine_o year_n he_o be_v learn_v in_o good_a science_n but_o lyve_v in_o great_a excess_n and_o drunkenness_n he_o govern_v but_o slow_o the_o empire_n wherefore_o it_o mynysh_v in_o many_o country_n in_o the_o mean_a season_n be_v posthumus_n make_v captain_n of_o the_o hooste_n in_o posthumus_n germany_n whofor_o the_o singular_a endeavour_n to_o accomplysh_a his_o duty_n â–ª_o be_v make_v emperor_n of_o the_o hoost_n but_o when_o galyenus_n have_v send_v his_o army_n against_o posthumus_n he_o appoint_v among_o the_o rest_n the_o frankes_n to_o be_v in_o the_o hooste_n and_o by_o this_o occasyon_n be_v the_o frankes_n first_o steere_v to_o war_n the_o which_o afterward_o also_o when_o posthumus_n be_v slay_v by_o sayenge_a of_o wait_n and_o treason_n remain_v still_o in_o harness_n the_o which_o we_o will_v also_o treat_v of_o here_o after_o when_o we_o shall_v treat_v of_o carolus_n magnus_fw-la but_o we_o will_v lyghte_o show_v this_o lest_o the_o reader_n roman_n shall_v be_v ignorant_a what_o be_v the_o occasyon_n why_o the_o frankes_n do_v first_o set_v themselves_o against_o the_o roman_n and_o by_o the_o same_o mean_n become_v they_o mighty_a in_o germany_n and_o france_n of_o this_o manner_n than_o begin_v the_o 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