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â—…_n cuncto_fw-la etiam_fw-la clero_fw-la huius_fw-la sanctae_fw-la rom._n ecclesiae_fw-la exquirentibus_fw-la usus_fw-la leges_fw-la &_o â—…res_fw-la eiusdem_fw-la ecclesiâ—…_n &_o imperij_fw-la where_o the_o same_o testimony_n for_o investiture_n follow_v at_o large_a this_o man_n 1._o credit_n have_v not_o be_v call_v in_o question_n for_o aught_o that_o i_o can_v find_v and_o there_o can_v be_v no_o reason_n to_o except_v against_o he_o be_v the_o pope_n register_n or_o in_o some_o chief_a place_n under_o he_o for_o writing_n and_o the_o better_a to_o declare_v the_o truth_n and_o fidelity_n of_o this_o man_n it_o be_v worth_a the_o observe_n that_o he_o have_v with_o exact_a care_n record_v where_o he_o find_v these_o antiquity_n name_v the_o place_n where_o these_o book_n may_v have_v be_v see_v of_o all_o man_n at_o that_o timâ—…_n when_o he_o write_v for_o before_o his_o book_n he_o write_v thus_o incipit_fw-la oxon._n descriptio_fw-la de_fw-la inuestitura_fw-la episcopatuum_fw-la regum_fw-la teutonicorum_fw-la ex_fw-la quodam_fw-la antiquissimâ—…_n libro_fw-la florentino_n per_fw-la i_o theodoricum_n de_fw-fr niem_fw-la litâ—…rarum_fw-la apostolicarum_fw-la scriptorem_fw-la &_o abbreviatorem_fw-la reperto_fw-la dum_fw-la dominus_fw-la papa_n johannes_n 23._o illiâ—…_n cum_fw-la curia_fw-la sua_fw-la resideret_fw-la fide_fw-la litter_n extracta_fw-la &_o sequitur_fw-la de_fw-la verbo_fw-la ad_fw-la verbum_fw-la prout_fw-la in_o dicto_fw-la libro_fw-la videbatur_fw-la scriptum_fw-la 58._o this_o man_n then_o live_v in_o the_o time_n of_o john_n the_o three_o and_o twenty_o be_v the_o pope_n register_n or_o secretary_n or_o in_o some_o such_o office_n deal_v faithful_o for_o this_o extreme_a impudency_n be_v not_o then_o know_v in_o the_o world_n which_o be_v now_o so_o much_o practise_v in_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n we_o have_v also_o declare_v from_o the_o testimony_n of_o nauclorus_fw-la who_o john_n reuclin_n a_o man_n so_o much_o 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seem_v that_o iuo_o also_o write_v this_o before_o gratian._n howsoever_o it_o be_v we_o have_v witness_n enough_o to_o prove_v sigebert_n a_o honest_a man_n and_o yet_o have_v we_o just_a cause_n to_o exclaim_v o_o sâ—…lus_fw-la o_fw-la impostura_fw-la o_fw-la fraus_fw-la for_o when_o we_o find_v the_o mouth_n of_o antiquity_n stop_v the_o testimony_n of_o approve_a writer_n partly_o reject_v as_o imposture_n only_o because_o they_o make_v against_o the_o pope_n jurisdiction_n partly_o expunge_v by_o sacrilegious_a hand_n and_o malicious_a and_o cruel_a heart_n that_o the_o truth_n by_o all_o mean_n may_v be_v deface_v and_o falsehood_n adore_v and_o maintain_v by_o a_o generation_n frame_v and_o fashion_v to_o vanity_n and_o untruth_n 9_o appear_v with_o the_o countenance_n and_o hair_n of_o woman_n that_o be_v of_o harlot_n for_o their_o impudence_n with_o the_o tooth_n of_o lion_n for_o their_o cruelty_n with_o the_o tail_n of_o scorpion_n for_o their_o sting_a and_o expunge_v of_o 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quia_fw-la huiusmodi_fw-la dicta_fw-la solutionem_fw-la habent_fw-la recurrunt_fw-la statim_fw-la ad_fw-la euangelium_fw-la tu_fw-la es_fw-la petrus_n &_o tibi_fw-la dabo_fw-la clave_n regnicâ—…lorum_fw-la &_o rogavi_fw-la pro_fw-la te_fw-la petre_n ne_fw-la deficiat_fw-la fides_fw-la tua_fw-la &_o duc_fw-fr in_o altum_fw-la rete_fw-la etc._n etc._n quâ—…_n omâ—…ia_fw-la hi_o homines_fw-la miro_fw-la modo_fw-la sublimant_fw-la expositionibus_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la doctorum_fw-la omninò_fw-la posthabuis_fw-la that_o be_v and_o because_o these_o word_n contain_v their_o reason_n aâ—…e_v all_o answer_v they_o fly_v present_o to_o the_o gospel_n thou_o be_v peter_n and_o to_o thou_o will_v i_o give_v the_o key_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o i_o have_v pray_v for_o thou_o peter_n that_o thy_o faith_n fail_v not_o and_o cast_v thy_o net_n into_o the_o deep_a etc._n etc._n all_o which_o these_o man_n after_o a_o marvelous_a manner_n raise_v up_o to_o extol_v the_o pope_n reject_v altogether_o &_o cast_v behind_o they_o the_o exposition_n of_o anâ—…ient_a doctor_n then_o we_o have_v one_o pope_n full_a of_o our_o side_n for_o he_o assure_v we_o that_o this_o new_a &_o strange_a wrest_n of_o these_o text_n to_o advance_v the_o pope_n jurisdiction_n stand_v whole_o against_o the_o exposition_n of_o the_o ancient_a father_n aenaeas_n siluiuâ—…_n in_o the_o same_o book_n speak_v much_o in_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o french_a cardinal_n of_o arles_n as_o a_o especial_a admirer_n of_o his_o virtue_n lodovicus_n ibid._n cardinalis_fw-la arelatensis_fw-la say_v he_o vir_fw-la omnium_fw-la conâ—…tantissimus_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la gubernationem_fw-la generalium_fw-la conciliorâ—…m_fw-la natus_fw-la that_o be_v a_fw-la man_n of_o all_o other_o moâ—…t_o constant_a and_o one_o that_o be_v bear_v for_o the_o government_n of_o general_a counsel_n one_o testimony_n i_o will_v produce_v of_o this_o cardinal_n and_o then_o we_o have_v three_o cardinal_n for_o we_o cameracensis_n cusanus_fw-la arelatensis_fw-la this_o cardinal_n in_o the_o mid_n of_o the_o council_n of_o basil_n profess_v that_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o pope_n jurisdiction_n over_o general_a counsel_n be_v a_o new_a doctrine_n and_o strange_a at_o that_o time_n in_o the_o church_n â—…ardinalis_fw-la arelatensiâ—…_n ibid._n say_v he_o aiâ—…_n eugenianos_n nuntio_n implesse_a galliam_n qui_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d doctrinam_fw-la praedicantes_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la romani_fw-la pontificis_fw-la supra_fw-la generalia_fw-la concilia_fw-la magnifacerent_fw-la 69._o after_o all_o this_o when_o we_o find_v that_o cardinal_n bellarmine_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o friar_n and_o flatterer_n have_v nothing_o to_o say_v for_o the_o pope_n jurisdiction_n but_o that_o which_o be_v condemn_v by_o these_o learned_a man_n as_o a_o new_a and_o strange_a doctrine_n in_o the_o church_n have_v no_o other_o reason_n to_o maintain_v this_o their_o new_a doctrine_n than_o the_o pervert_v of_o these_o text_n of_o 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unchaunged_a catholic_a church_n finis_fw-la job._n 7._o 1._o uitrwius_fw-la lib._n 9_o cap._n 3._o calvin_n in_o amos_n