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etc._n etc._n and_o not_o the_o name_n of_o idol_n as_o venus_n mercury_n bacchus_n or_o the_o strange_a name_n of_o saxon_a and_o roman_a infidel_n and_o therefore_o the_o pope_n and_o cardinal_n be_v worthy_o censure_v by_o reverend_a loc_n fulke_n for_o that_o have_v most_o antichristian_o renounce_v their_o name_n give_v in_o baptism_n by_o which_o they_o be_v first_o dedicate_v unto_o christ_n they_o choose_v many_o time_n unto_o themselves_o profane_a name_n as_o sergius_n leo_n julius_n caesar_n sixtus_n etc._n etc._n 3._o we_o may_v learn_v from_o hence_o that_o imposition_n of_o name_n be_v a_o duty_n belong_v proper_o to_o parent_n especial_o to_o the_o father_n and_o therefore_o gabriel_n say_v unto_o zachary_n thou_o shall_v call_v his_o name_n john_n and_o in_o our_o present_a text_n the_o determination_n of_o the_o question_n about_o the_o child_n name_n be_v whole_o refer_v unto_o the_o father_n they_o make_v sign_n to_o his_o father_n how_o he_o will_v have_v he_o 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