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death_n at_o length_n be_v put_v in_o mind_n and_o in_o remembrance_n that_o his_o disease_n be_v send_v of_o god_n he_o begin_v to_o bethink_v himself_o of_o the_o wickedness_n that_o he_o have_v do_v against_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n and_o come_v unto_o himself_o confess_v his_o sin_n to_o god_n and_o set_v forth_o his_o edict_n to_o command_v all_o man_n to_o cease_v from_o persecute_v the_o christian_n desire_v the_o christian_n to_o pray_v to_o their_o god_n for_o he_o and_o this_o occasion_v the_o very_a infidel_n themselves_o to_o extol_v the_o only_a true_a god_n of_o the_o christian_n and_o not_o long_o after_o by_o the_o very_a violence_n of_o his_o disease_n he_o end_v his_o life_n act_n and_o mon._n 115.116.122_o maxentius_n be_v vanquish_v by_o constantine_n and_o drown_v in_o tiber_n act_n and_o mon._n pag._n 51._o lycinius_n be_v overcome_v by_o constantine_n the_o great_a be_v depose_v from_o his_o empire_n and_o afterward_o slay_v of_o his_o soldier_n ibid._n chap._n 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