false_a doctrine_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n p._n 410._o 413._o 2._o these_o report_n make_v he_o fret_v and_o fume_n so_o that_o he_o prepare_v himself_o to_o go_v forth_o against_o they_o for_o as_o antiochus_n hear_v of_o the_o rumour_n of_o war_n from_o parthia_n and_o of_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o macchabee_n in_o judea_n divide_v his_o army_n and_o leave_v half_o thereof_o with_o lysias_n to_o suppress_v the_o jew_n and_o the_o other_o half_o he_o take_v with_o he_o into_o persia_n so_o the_o pope_n bend_v his_o force_n partly_o against_o the_o turk_n in_o the_o east_n but_o more_o against_o the_o protestant_n in_o the_o north_n that_o trouble_v he_o p._n 407._o 3._o he_o go_v forth_o in_o great_a wrath_n the_o word_n here_o use_v be_v chema_fw-la with_o aleph_fw-la which_o proper_o signify_v butter_n but_o with_o he_o it_o betoken_v wrath_n here_o he_o be_v put_v for_o aleph_fw-la to_o insinuate_v what_o manner_n of_o wrath_n this_o shall_v be_v under_o pretence_n of_o 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