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to_o their_o remembrance_n out_o of_o their_o own_o best_a antiquity_n whereby_o it_o shall_v be_v further_o evince_v that_o britain_n have_v not_o its_o first_o faith_n from_o rome_n but_o rome_n rather_o from_o britain_n which_o point_n will_v be_v fatal_o rule_v and_o carry_v irrefragable_o against_o they_o if_o one_o passage_n be_v full_o clear_v not_o whether_o st._n peter_n ever_o be_v at_o rome_n which_o be_v maintain_v agaist_fw-mi they_o by_o learned_a protestant_n with_o great_a probability_n but_o this_o whether_o he_o come_v thither_o the_o second_o year_n of_o claudius_n or_o before_o the_o 12_o or_o 13._o of_o nero_n wherein_o we_o can_v not_o where_o hardly_o be_v more_o ample_o satisfy_v than_o from_o baronius_n or_o spondanus_n who_o contract_v his_o mind_n their_o account_n and_o defence_n thereof_o be_v the_o chief_a advocat_n they_o have_v for_o it_o whether_o it_o be_v consider_v what_o they_o have_v to_o offer_v 1._o touch_v the_o cause_n and_o occasion_n of_o his_o first_o come_v or_o 2._o the_o duration_n of_o his_o residence_n and_o what_o his_o work_n and_o labour_n be_v in_o preach_v or_o rule_v or_o judge_v of_o controversy_n and_o appeal_n during_o his_o continuance_n there_o or_o 3._o what_o be_v the_o first_o occasion_n of_o this_o error_n and_o legend_n as_o to_o the_o first_o the_o cause_n of_o his_o 27._o his_o spondanus_n anno_fw-la 44._o n._n 27._o come_n to_o rome_n they_o assign_v out_o of_o st._n hierome_n to_o be_v this_o to_o check_v simon_n magus_n who_o delude_v the_o world_n with_o his_o witchcraft_n who_o pretend_v by_o his_o art_n to_o fly_v be_v bring_v down_o by_o st._n peter_n prayer_n that_o he_o break_v his_o neck_n which_o happen_v this_o second_o year_n of_o claudius_n say_v metaphrastes_n alone_o 27._o alone_o spondanus_n anno_fw-la 44._o n._n 27._o and_o no_o ancient_a writer_n beside_o as_o they_o acknowledge_v who_o be_v a_o author_n of_o no_o great_a credit_n with_o themselves_o so_o than_o he_o come_v to_o rome_n the_o second_o year_n of_o claudius_n to_o contend_v with_o simon_n magus_n the_o 13_o year_n of_o nero_n by_o who_o encouragement_n to_o magician_n simon_n come_v to_o rome_n which_o be_v the_o time_n of_o this_o contest_v 27._o contest_v spondanus_n anno_fw-la 44._o n._n 27._o agree_v upon_o by_o all_o whereby_o st._n peter_n by_o their_o account_n have_v 25_o year_n space_n to_o make_v he_o ready_a for_o this_o combat_n as_o to_o the_o second_o they_o have_v nothing_o to_o say_v but_o the_o bare_a name_v the_o year_n in_o order_n of_o his_o suppose_a sit_v there_o 68_o there_o ibid._n anno_fw-la 44._o ad_fw-la an._n 68_o anno_fw-la petri_n primo_fw-la secundo_fw-la tertio_fw-la and_o so_o on_o to_o 25._o fill_v those_o year_n with_o pompous_a learned_a read_n without_o mention_n of_o any_o act_n of_o st._n peter_n whereby_o it_o be_v clear_a from_o their_o own_o confession_n that_o if_o he_o come_v or_o continue_v for_o any_o time_n or_o number_n of_o year_n that_o he_o do_v nothing_o there_o but_o make_v a_o sine-cure_n of_o his_o roman_a see_v for_o notwithstanding_o all_o their_o search_n and_o learning_n and_o manuscript_n and_o tradition_n they_o can_v produce_v one_o sermon_n or_o prayer_n or_o miracle_n or_o procession_n or_o ordination_n or_o constitution_n or_o senence_n of_o he_o but_o only_o one_o or_o two_o conjecture_n the_o first_o dear_a buy_v that_o he_o write_v from_o thence_o his_o second_o epistle_n 6._o epistle_n spondan_n anno_fw-la 45._o n._n 6._o wherein_o babylon_n be_v mention_v 2_o pet._n 2.13_o which_o though_o to_o their_o great_a danger_n from_o the_o revelation_n yet_o to_o purchase_v so_o much_o evidence_n they_o allow_v to_o be_v rome_n their_o city_n though_o not_o their_o church_n say_v they_o 〈◊〉_d which_o yet_o stand_v they_o in_o no_o stead_n for_o it_o prove_v not_o the_o particular_a time_n and_o and_o point_n in_o question_n whether_o it_o bear_v date_n the_o second_o of_o claudius_n or_o thereabouts_o which_o be_v deny_v in_o all_o