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remembrance_n falsificator_n how_o three_o pope_n sozimus_n boniface_n and_o celestine_n at_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n in_o africa_n do_v claim_v a_o right_n of_o appeal_n unto_o rome_n by_o virtue_n of_o a_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a as_o they_o pretend_v and_o when_o all_o the_o ancient_a copy_n of_o that_o council_n have_v be_v diligent_o seek_v it_o appear_v by_o the_o testimony_n of_o three_o patriarch_n viz._n of_o constantinople_n alexandria_n and_o antioch_n 89._o that_o that_o canon_n concern_v appeal_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n as_o their_o lindan_n speak_v can_v not_o be_v find_v in_o those_o copy_n or_o as_o the_o council_n itself_o speak_v 6._o istius_fw-la concilij_fw-la africani_n seu_fw-la carthaginensis_n ducenti_fw-la tres_fw-la tribus_fw-la papis_fw-la restiterunt_fw-la &_o canonem_fw-la concilij_fw-la in_o defensionem_fw-la primatus_fw-la svi_fw-la falsum_fw-la esse_fw-la deprehenderunt_fw-la a_o little_a after_o concludunt_fw-la 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