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power_n of_o he_o who_o when_o he_o please_v can_v â—â—â—ll_v the_o raging_n of_o the_o sea_n &_o the_o madness_n of_o the_o people_n epist_n 33._o and_o in_o another_o place_n he_o write_v thus_o will_v you_o hale_v i_o to_o prison_n or_o cast_v i_o into_o chain_n i_o be_o willing_a to_o suffer_v neither_o shall_v i_o guard_v myself_o with_o multitude_n of_o people_n who_o offer_v themselves_o to_o defend_v i_o neither_o will_v he_o make_v use_n of_o the_o force_n of_o maximus_n when_o offer_v against_o the_o emperor_n though_o a_o artan_a and_o a_o grievous_a persecutor_n of_o the_o church_n in_o imitation_n of_o who_o gregory_n the_o great_a in_o one_o of_o his_o epistle_n confess_v that_o if_o he_o will_v have_v engage_v himself_o in_o the_o death_n of_o the_o lombard_n that_o nation_n have_v at_o that_o day_n have_v neither_o king_n dukes_z nor_o earl_n but_o have_v be_v reduce_v into_o extreme_a confusion_n greg._n l._n 6._o ep._n 1._o nazianzen_n inform_v we_o that_o julian_n 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