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germani_n fugeret_fw-la quaerebat_fw-la &_o maledictus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o damnatus_fw-la à _fw-la beato_fw-la germano_n &_o omni_fw-la concilio_fw-la britannum_fw-la our_o english_a protestant_n in_o their_o matthew_n of_o westminster_n as_o he_o be_v publish_v by_o they_o matth._n westm_n a_o 450._o thus_o tell_v we_o a_o s._n germano_n &_o ab_fw-la omni_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la conventu_fw-la est_fw-la excommunicatus_fw-la vortiger_n be_v excommunicate_v by_o s._n german_n and_o the_o whole_a assembly_n of_o bishop_n yet_o this_o notwithstanding_o he_o also_o go_v about_o to_o overthrow_v both_o christian_n religion_n and_o the_o kingdom_n joininge_v with_o the_o pagan_a infidel_n and_o have_v three_o wife_n of_o which_o one_o a_o infidel_n enemy_n to_o the_o land_n the_o other_o his_o own_o daughter_n which_z &_o such_o thing_n no_o christian_n can_v or_o will_v do_v yet_o it_o do_v not_o appear_v by_o nennius_n nennius_n supr_fw-la that_o he_o be_v depose_v but_o strange_o punish_v 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p._n 78_o prot_n amnot_v in_o matth._n westm._n in_o mer._n aÌ_o 454._o and_o these_o man_n be_v so_o far_o from_o find_v fault_n herein_o that_o general_o they_o applaud_v and_o much_o commend_v the_o fact_n i_o will_v instance_n only_o in_o one_o their_o first_o protestant_a archbishop_n which_o relatinge_v the_o continual_a preseruinge_n of_o true_a religion_n inviolate_a by_o the_o britan_n do_v exemplify_v in_o this_o as_o a_o heroical_a act_n in_o that_o kind_n his_o word_n be_v these_o matth._n parker_n antiquit_fw-la britan._n pag._n 7.8_o magnum_fw-la est_fw-la britannorum_fw-la perfectae_fw-la in_o christum_fw-la fidei_fw-la argumentum_fw-la illa_fw-la expostulatio_fw-la &_o querela_fw-la qua_fw-la in_o vortigernum_fw-la suum_fw-la regem_fw-la uchementer_fw-la egerunt_fw-la quod_fw-la hengisti_fw-la infidelis_fw-la filiam_fw-la matrimonio_fw-la sibi_fw-la iunxisset_fw-la quare_fw-la incensi_fw-la proceres_fw-la vârtigerno_fw-la regius_fw-la potestate_fw-la abdicato_fw-la 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rule_n regiment_n sovereignty_n or_o any_o subject_n a_o thing_n in_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n of_o itself_o imployinge_v contradiction_n and_o impossible_a and_o let_v no_o man_n say_v that_o accord_v unto_o some_o as_o namely_o giraldus_n cambrensis_fw-la this_o island_n be_v divide_v into_o five_o province_n britannia_fw-la prima_fw-la britannia_fw-la secunda_fw-la flavia_n maxima_fw-la and_o valentia_n which_o now_o be_v scotland_n and_o that_o there_o be_v a_o archbishop_n there_o girald_n cambr._n l._n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la metropol_n eccl_n meneu_fw-fr apud_fw-la park_n antiq_fw-la britan._n pag._n 24._o &_o io._n pris_fw-fr def_n hist._n brit._n for_o i_o answer_v this_o division_n be_v make_v long_o after_o this_o as_o the_o twoe_o last_o province_n maximia_n &_o valentia_n prove_v in_o their_o own_o name_n for_o the_o same_o author_n say_v that_o maximia_n be_v so_o name_v of_o maximus_n the_o emperor_n maximia_n ab_fw-la imperatore_n maximo_fw-la vocata_fw-la and_o 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