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ca._n de_fw-fr borno_n regno_fw-la borno_n and_o a_o great_a part_n 30._o part_n aluarez_n hist._n aethiop_n c._n 30._o of_o nubia_n be_v possess_v by_o they_o to_o speak_v nothing_o of_o the_o infinite_a multitude_n of_o the_o afror_n the_o leo_fw-la afric_n l._n 1._o c._n the_o vitijâ—_n afror_n ancient_a african_n disperse_v in_o sundry_a tract_n of_o barbary_n of_o biled-elgerid_a and_o of_o libya_n deserta_fw-la which_o still_o continue_v in_o their_o ancient_a paganism_n so_o that_o over_o and_o beside_o these_o last_o very_o near_o about_o half_a africa_n be_v possess_v by_o idolater_n and_o yet_o in_o asia_n idolater_n abound_v more_o then_o in_o africa_n even_o as_o asia_n be_v large_a than_o africa_n for_o the_o continent_n and_o for_o the_o people_n better_o inhabit_v for_o of_o asia_n also_o very_o near_o about_o the_o one_o half_a or_o rather_o a_o little_a more_o be_v possess_v by_o idolater_n for_o first_o if_o we_o consider_v the_o maritime_a part_n all_o from_o the_o 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council_n in_o those_o eastern_a country_n and_o thereupon_o the_o emperor_n leo_n begin_v to_o exact_v as_o diverse_a other_o of_o his_o successor_n afterward_o do_v the_o suffrage_n and_o subscription_n of_o the_o eastern_a bishop_n for_o the_o better_a establishment_n of_o the_o council_n 52._o niceph._n callist_n histor._n ecclesiast_n l._n 18._o c._n 52._o then_o begin_v they_o that_o embrace_v and_o approve_v the_o authority_n of_o that_o council_n because_o they_o follow_v the_o emperor_n decree_n make_v in_o behalf_n of_o it_o to_o be_v term_v by_o their_o adversary_n melchitae_n of_o melchi_n say_v nicephorus_n rather_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o in_o the_o speech_n of_o syria_n signify_v a_o king_n as_o one_o will_v say_v of_o the_o king_n religion_n whereas_o they_o that_o oppose_v themselves_o to_o the_o council_n be_v distract_v into_o no_o less_o than_o twelve_o several_a sect_n and_o not_o long_o after_o into_o many_o more_o as_o the_o same_o 45._o same_o 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acknowledge_v not_o purgatory_n 8._o that_o they_o observe_v four_o lent_n in_o the_o year_n etc._n etc._n and_o in_o a_o word_n although_o they_o be_v mere_o alij_fw-la mere_o vitriac_n loco_fw-la iam_fw-la citato_fw-la saligniciâ—_n itiner_n tom._n 8._o c._n 1_o bamugart_n peregrin_n l._n 2._o c._n 9_o 〈◊〉_d alij_fw-la of_o the_o same_o religion_n &_o communion_n with_o the_o grecian_n yet_o be_v they_o not_o of_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n but_o of_o the_o archbishop_n of_o damascus_n by_o the_o title_n of_o the_o patriarch_n of_o antiochia_n for_o antiochia_n itself_o where_o yet_o the_o name_n of_o christian_n be_v first_o hear_v in_o the_o world_n &_o be_v long_o know_v by_o the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lie_v at_o this_o present_a in_o a_o manner_n waste_v or_o break_v and_o disperse_v into_o small_a village_n of_o which_o only_o one_o of_o about_o 60_o house_n with_o a_o small_a temple_n belong_v to_o christian_n 5._o christian_n bellon_n obâ—eru_fw-la l._n c._n chitrae_n de_fw-fr stat_fw-la ecclesiar_v pag._n 5._o the_o patriarchall_a seat_n be_v translate_v thence_o to_o damascus_n where_o as_o be_v report_v be_v gerlachij_fw-la boteâ—_n relat._n pa._n 3._o l._n 2._o c._n de_fw-fr maroâ—â—ti_fw-la cruâ—_n turâ—o_o grar_fw-it l._n 4_o p._n 296._o ex_fw-la relatione_fw-la gerlachij_fw-la above_o 1000_o house_n of_o christian_n and_o there_o remain_v for_o although_o citato_fw-la although_o boter_fw-la loco_fw-la 〈◊〉_d citato_fw-la the_o patriach_n of_o the_o maronites_n and_o of_o the_o jacobite_n whereof_o the_o former_a keep_v residence_n in_o libanus_n and_o the_o late_a in_o mesopotamia_n entitle_v themselves_o patriarch_n of_o antiochia_n and_o by_o the_o christian_n of_o their_o own_o sect_n be_v so_o acknowledge_v yet_o do_v the_o melchites_n who_o retain_v the_o ancient_a religion_n of_o syria_n acknowledge_v none_o for_o patriarche_v but_o the_o archbishop_n of_o damascus_n repute_v both_o 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the_o vulgar_a opinion_n of_o historian_n be_v that_o they_o have_v obtain_v the_o name_n of_o georgian_n