Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	action_n	synod_n	vigilius_n	60	3	16.1407	5	false

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A19554	A treatise of the Fift General Councel held at Constantinople, anno 553. under Iustinian the Emperor, in the time of Pope Vigilius. The occasion being those tria capitula, which for many yeares troubled the whole Church. VVherein is proved that the Popes apostolicall constitution and definitive sentence, in matter of faith, was condemned as hereticall by the Synod. And the exceeding frauds of Cardinall Baronius and Binius are clearely discovered. By Rich: Crakanthorp Dr. in Divinity, and chapleine in ordinary to his late Majestie King Iames. Opus posthumum. Published and set forth by his brother Geo: Crakanthorp, according to a perfect copy found written under the authors owne hand; Vigilius dormitans	Crakanthorpe, Richard, 1567-1624.; Crakanthorpe, George, b. 1586 or 7.; Crakanthorpe, Richard, 1567-1624. Justinian the Emperor defended, against Cardinal Baronius.	1634 (1634)	STC 5984; ESTC S107275	687,747	538

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nobiscum_fw-la convenire_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la plurimi_fw-la quidem_fw-la hîc_fw-la sunt_fw-la orientales_fw-la episcopi_fw-la pauci_fw-la vero_fw-la cum_fw-la eo_fw-la coll._n 2._o pa._n 523._o a._n there_o be_v but_o a_o few_o western_a bishop_n then_o present_a with_o they_o another_o because_o ibid._n because_o dicebat_fw-la sacere_fw-la se_fw-la per_fw-la semetipsum_fw-la in_o scriptis_fw-la &_o offer_v imperatori_fw-la ideo_fw-la enim_fw-la &_o inducias_fw-la se_fw-la postulasse_n ab_fw-la ejus_fw-la serenitate_fw-la ibid._n he_o will_v himself_o alone_o declare_v his_o judgement_n in_o writing_n and_o offer_v it_o to_o the_o emperor_n for_o which_o cause_n he_o have_v entreat_v respite_n for_o certain_a day_n of_o his_o highness_n both_o which_o be_v in_o truth_n nothing_o else_o but_o mere_a pretence_n as_o the_o bishop_n they_o send_v manifest_o declare_v unto_o he_o for_o both_o the_o emperor_n say_v they_o vult_fw-la te_fw-la in_o communi_fw-la convenire_fw-la will_v have_v you_o to_o come_v together_o with_o the_o rest_n &_o therefore_o he_o ought_v not_o to_o have_v give_v his_o sentence_n alone_o but_o in_o common_a and_o in_o the_o synod_n and_o for_o his_o other_o excuse_n baronius_n 36._o baronius_n eam_fw-la suae_fw-la absentia_fw-la causam_fw-la pratexuisse_fw-la a_o 553._o nu_fw-la 36._o himself_o doubt_v not_o to_o call_v that_o a_o pretence_n for_o so_o it_o be_v indeed_o see_v as_o the_o bishop_n true_o tell_v b._n tell_v nec_fw-la in_o sanctis_fw-la 4._o synodis_fw-la multitudo_fw-la occidentalium_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la inuenta_fw-la est_fw-la unquam_fw-la sed_fw-la duo_fw-la vel_fw-la tres_fw-la episcopi_fw-la col._n 2._o pa._n 523._o b._n he_o in_o none_o of_o the_o former_a council_n there_o be_v any_o multitude_n of_o western_a bishop_n but_o only_o two_o or_o three_o and_o some_o clerk_n whereas_o at_o that_o time_n there_o be_v present_a with_o the_o pope_n at_o constantinople_n ibid._n constantinople_n nunc_fw-la vero_fw-la 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erroneous_a his_o apostolical_a decree_n be_v as_o well_o

nation_n and_o kingdom_n 4._o now_o behold_v a_o miracle_n 11._o miracle_n ita_fw-la plane_n magno_fw-la veluti_fw-la miraculo_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n nu_fw-la 11._o indeed_o by_o flee_v away_o vigilius_n overcom_v by_o be_v persecute_v he_o be_v victorious_a all_o humane_a power_n even_o hell_n gate_n do_v and_o must_v yee_v to_o he_o for_o the_o emperor_n understanding_n that_o he_o be_v flee_v away_o repent_v ib._n repent_v justinianus_n facti_fw-la poenitens_fw-la dignam_fw-la tanto_fw-la pontifice_fw-la legationem_fw-la ●rnavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n ib._n he_o of_o that_o which_o he_o have_v do_v against_o the_o pope_n and_o therefore_o send_v messenger_n to_o recall_v he_o from_o chalcedon_n and_o those_o not_o ordinary_a soldier_n sed_fw-la dignam_fw-la tanto_fw-la pontifice_fw-la legationem_fw-la but_o honourable_a ambassador_n worthy_a the_o estate_n of_o so_o great_a a_o bishop_n who_o shall_v assure_v he_o even_o upon_o their_o oath_n ibid._n oath_n juramento_fw-la praestito_fw-la honorificè_fw-la revocaret_fw-la ibid._n that_o he_o shall_v be_v honourable_o receive_v but_o so_o stout_a nay_o magnanimous_a be_v the_o pope_n and_o so_o very_o circumspect_a and_o wise_a 12._o wise_a nuncijs_fw-la licet_fw-la magna_fw-la pollicentibus_fw-la haud_fw-la putaevit_fw-la esse_fw-la credendum_fw-la utpote_fw-la quod_fw-la in_fw-la proverbio_fw-la est_fw-la graecorum_n fides_fw-la bar._n 552._o nu_fw-la 12._o as_o remember_v the_o proverb_n graecorum_n fides_fw-la that_o he_o will_v neither_o come_v out_o of_o the_o church_n nor_o believe_v 12._o believe_v neque_fw-la juratis_fw-la patricijs_fw-la voluit_fw-la fidem_fw-la adhibere_fw-la nisi_fw-la imperator_fw-la quae_fw-la contra_fw-la rom._n pontificis_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la de_fw-la tribus_fw-la capitulis_fw-la appendisset_fw-la edicta_fw-la protinus_fw-la revocaret_fw-la atque_fw-la penitus_fw-la aboleret_fw-la ibid._n nu_fw-la 12._o the_o messenger_n though_o swear_v unto_o he_o unless_o the_o emperor_n will_v present_o recall_v and_o abolish_v his_o edict_n against_o the_o three_o chapter_n the_o emperor_n yield_v 19_o yield_v constat_fw-la cessisse_fw-la tandem_fw-la vigilio_n jmperatorem_fw-la atque_fw-la appensa_fw-la amoveri_fw-la jussisse_fw-la a_o se_fw-la prolata_fw-la de_fw-fr tribus_fw-la capitulis_fw-la edicta_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n a_o 552._o nu_fw-la 15._o et_fw-la jmperator_fw-la appensa_fw-la antea_fw-la de_fw-la tribus_fw-la capitulis_fw-la tolli_fw-la jussit_fw-la edicta_fw-la ibid._n nu_fw-la 19_o to_o all_o that_o the_o pope_n prescribe_v yea_o constat_fw-la cessisse_fw-la it_o be_v certain_a and_o evident_a that_o he_o submit_v himself_o to_o the_o pope_n pleasure_n and_o that_o penitus_fw-la in_o every_o point_n he_o command_v the_o edict_n which_o he_o have_v publish_v to_o be_v take_v away_o to_o be_v remove_v &_o ex_fw-la sontentia_fw-la 19_o sontentia_fw-la ibid._n a_o 552._o nu_fw-la 19_o vigilii_fw-la quod_fw-la fecerat_fw-la abrogavit_fw-la and_o according_a to_o vigilius_n direction_n he_o abrogate_a what_o before_o he_o have_v do_v nor_o only_o do_v the_o emperor_n repent_v but_o theodorus_n 20._o theodorus_n theodorus_n facti_fw-la poenitens_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la accedens_fw-la humilis_fw-la libellum_fw-la supplicem_fw-la ipsi_fw-la vigilio_n offer_v ibid._n a_o 552._o nu_fw-la 19_o praestitit_fw-la id_fw-la ipsum_fw-la etiam_fw-la mennas_fw-la ibid._n nu_fw-la 20._o also_o and_o menna_n they_o come_v and_o offer_v libellum_fw-la supplicem_fw-la vigilio_n a_o book_n of_o supplication_n to_o entreat_v vigilius_n that_o he_o will_v be_v appease_v towards_o they_o and_o cry_v peccavi_fw-la suppliciter_fw-la 29._o suppliciter_fw-la ibid._n nu_fw-la 29._o veniam_fw-la petunt_fw-la they_o beseech_v he_o in_o a_o suppliant_a manner_n to_o forgive_v their_o 20._o their_o quis_fw-la ista_fw-la considerans_fw-la non_fw-la miretur_fw-la atque_fw-la obstupescat_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n nu_fw-la 20._o offence_n oh_o how_o admirable_a be_v this_o in_o our_o eye_n the_o rock_n which_o the_o bvilder_n refuse_v be_v now_o lay_v again_o in_o the_o head_n of_o the_o corner_n and_o those_o prince_n and_o prelate_n which_o oppose_v themselves_o to_o the_o pope_n do_v now_o submit_v supplicate_v and_o yield_v themselves_o unto_o he_o the_o pope_n 20._o pope_n tali_fw-la praemissa_fw-la satisfactione_n vigilius_n eosdem_fw-la in_o communionem_fw-la accepit_fw-la redditaque_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la pax_fw-la ibid._n nu_fw-la 20._o after_o this_o so_o ample_a satisfaction_n be_v please_v to_o be_v reconcile_v to_o they_o all_o and_o admit_v they_o into_o his_o communion_n &_o so_o the_o storm_n of_o persecution_n be_v past_a the_o church_n enjoy_v tranquillity_n the_o pope_n be_v bring_v again_o with_o great_a joy_n from_o chalcedon_n to_o constantinople_n for_o the_o joy_n 22._o joy_n hoc_fw-la ipso_fw-la anno_fw-la 552_o mennas_fw-la const_n episcopus_fw-la à_fw-la vigilio_n in_o communionem_fw-la admissus_fw-la encae●ia_fw-la celebravit_fw-la etc._n etc._n bar._n ibid._n a_o 552._o nu_fw-la 22._o and_o solemnity_n whereof_o menna_n that_o same_o year_n which_o be_v the_o 26_o 26._o 26_o anno_fw-la hoc_fw-la 552._o exordio_fw-la mensis_fw-la aprilis_fw-la incipit_fw-la numerari_fw-la justiniani_n annus_fw-la 26._o of_o justinian_n and_o next_o before_o the_o general_a council_n celebrate_v a_o feast_n of_o the_o encaenia_fw-la or_o dedication_n of_o the_o church_n of_o three_o apostle_n andrew_n luke_n and_o timothy_n and_o the_o holy_a relic_n 22._o relic_n cum_fw-la sacrae_fw-la reliquiae_fw-la curru_fw-la a●reo_fw-la circumvectae_fw-la ab_fw-la ●edem_fw-la menna_n reconditae_fw-la sunt_fw-la bar._n ibid._n nu_fw-la 22._o of_o their_o body_n be_v then_o find_v mennas_n carry_v they_o round_o about_o the_o city_n in_o a_o chariot_n of_o gold_n and_o then_o lay_v they_o up_o in_o the_o church_n after_o all_o which_o menna_n in_o the_o peace_n of_o the_o 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some_o of_o those_o particular_n he_o add_v et_fw-la compendiosè_fw-la dicere_fw-la semper_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la voluntate_fw-la perseveravit_fw-la and_o to_o speak_v brief_o he_o have_v ever_o since_o persevere_v in_o this_o mind_n so_o write_v and_o testify_v the_o emperor_n in_o the_o seven_o collation_n the_o emperor_n send_v constantine_n the_o most_o glorious_a quaestor_n of_o his_o palace_n unto_o the_o synod_n to_o deliver_v unto_o they_o certain_a letter_n of_o vigilius_n who_o again_o testify_v this_o from_o the_o emperor_n before_o the_o whole_a council_n vigilius_n say_v he_o a._n he_o coll._n 7._o conc._n 5._o pa._n 578._o a._n have_v very_o often_o manifest_v by_o writing_n his_o mind_n that_o he_o condemn_v the_o three_o chapter_n which_o also_o without_o writing_n he_o have_v say_v before_o the_o emperor_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o most_o glorious_a judge_n and_o of_o very_a many_o of_o yourselves_o who_o be_v here_o in_o the_o council_n et_fw-la non_fw-la 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diversas_fw-la provincias_fw-la literas_fw-la dedere_fw-la bar._n a_o 548._o nu_fw-la 2._o be_v est_fw-la juxta_fw-la bar._n a_o justin_n 22._o pope_n vigilius_n and_o the_o cause_n be_v for_o that_o he_o condemn_v 1._o condemn_v schismatici_fw-la scriptis_fw-la ubique_fw-la vulgaverant_fw-la vigilium_fw-la tria_fw-la damnando_fw-la caepitula_n impugnare_fw-la chalcedonensè_fw-la concilium_fw-la bar._n a_o 550._o nu_fw-la 1._o the_o three_o chapter_n and_o thereby_o as_o they_o pretend_v condemn_v also_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n and_o for_o a_o proof_n of_o their_o accusation_n they_o disperse_v b._n disperse_v exemplaria_fw-la judicati_fw-la nostri_fw-la per_fw-la plurimos_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la et_fw-la laicos_fw-la in_o africana_fw-la provincia_n destinares_fw-la ait_fw-fr vig_z rustico_n et_fw-fr sebastiano_n in_o sva_fw-la epist_n ad_fw-la eos_fw-la in_o conc._n 5._o coll._n 7_o pa._n 578_o b._n the_o copy_n of_o vigilius_n his_o constitution_n send_v unto_o menna_n against_o the_o three_o chapter_n a_o clear_a proof_n that_o as_o then_o vigilius_n neither_o have_v make_v this_o decree_n nor_o revoke_v his_o judgement_n for_o condemn_v of_o those_o chapter_n in_o the_o 23._o seq_fw-la 23._o epistola_fw-la vigilij_fw-la ad_fw-la valentin_n data_fw-la est_fw-la 1_o 5._o k●l_n april_n anno_o 23._o justiniani_fw-la extat_fw-la in_o conc._n 5._o coll._n 7._o pa._n 580._o et_fw-la seq_fw-la year_n vigilius_n write_v to_o valentinianus_n to_o purge_v himself_o of_o those_o slander_n a._n slander_n etiam_fw-la hoc_fw-la mentiti_fw-la sunt_fw-la etc_n epist_n vig._n ib._n pa._n 581._o a._n and_o untruth_n and_o that_o he_o do_v by_o refer_v himself_o to_o his_o judgement_n ibid._n judgement_n legant_fw-la quae_fw-la de_fw-la causa_fw-la quae_fw-la hic_fw-la mota_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la fratrem_fw-la nostrum_fw-la mennam_fw-la scribentes_fw-la legimur_fw-la definivisse_fw-la ibid._n send_v to_o menna_n against_o the_o 3._o chapter_n wherein_o he_o then_o plain_o profess_v that_o what_o he_o have_v therein_o define_v be_v consonant_a ibid._n consonant_a ibid._n to_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o 4._o former_a counsel_n and_o to_o the_o decree_n of_o his_o predecessor_n &_o he_o be_v so_o resolute_a in_o maintain_v the_o same_o judgement_n that_o he_o add_v of_o it_o that_o it_o be_v abundant_a ibid._n abundant_a credimus_fw-la enim_fw-la catholicae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la filijs_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la tunc_fw-la ad_fw-la mennam_fw-la scripsimus_fw-la de_fw-la blasphemijs_fw-la theodori_n ejusque_fw-la persona_fw-la deque_fw-la epistola_fw-la ibae_n &_o scriptis_fw-la theodoreti_n contra_fw-la rectam_fw-la fidem_fw-la abunde_fw-la posse_fw-la sufficere_fw-la ibid._n to_o satisfy_v any_o man_n a_o infallible_a evidence_n that_o as_o yet_o nor_o till_o that_o year_n he_o have_v neither_o revoke_v his_o former_a sentence_n nor_o make_v any_o decree_n of_o silence_n to_o forbid_v man_n to_o condemn_v the_o same_o chapter_n in_o the_o four_o and_o twenty_o b._n twenty_o epistola_fw-la vigilij_fw-la ad_fw-la aurel._n data_fw-la est_fw-la kal._n maijs_fw-la a_o 24._o justiniani_fw-la augusti_fw-la extat_fw-la in_o conc._n 5._o coll._n 7._o pa._n 581._o b._n year_n he_o write_v the_o like_a apology_n to_o aurelianus_n bishop_n of_o arles_n yea_o which_o be_v more_o baronius_n 36._o baronius_n ista_fw-la hoc_fw-la anno_fw-la constantinopoli_fw-it à_fw-it vigilio_n adversus_fw-la schismaticos_fw-la decreta_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la bar._n a_o 550._o qui_fw-la est_fw-la justiniani_fw-la 24._o nu_fw-la 36._o show_v that_o in_o that_o 24._o year_n he_o publish_v his_o judicial_a sentence_n of_o condemnation_n and_o deposition_n against_o seq_fw-la against_o ea_fw-la extat_fw-la in_o conc._n 5._o coll._n 7._o pa._n 578._o &_o seq_fw-la &_o eam_fw-la recitat_fw-la bar._n a_o 550._o nu_fw-la 16._o &_o seq_fw-la rusticus_n sebastianus_n gerontius_n 34._o gerontius_n he_o in_o sententia_fw-la papae_fw-la &_o decreto_fw-la nominantur_fw-la apud_fw-la bar._n a_o eodem_fw-la nu_fw-la 34._o severus_n importunus_fw-la john_n and_o deusdedit_n for_o that_o they_o 22._o they_o immutatum_fw-la te_fw-la comperimus_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la adversarijs_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la qui_fw-la contra_fw-la judicati_fw-la nostri_fw-la seriem_fw-la nitebantur_fw-la se_fw-la caute_fw-la tractare_fw-la etc._n etc._n vigil_n in_o svo_fw-la decreto_fw-la contra_fw-la rust_n

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constantinople_n in_o the_o time_n of_o

justinian_n yea_o even_o the_o whole_a catholic_a church_n which_o have_v approve_v those_o holy_a counsel_n all_o these_o out_o of_o those_o very_a impiety_n which_o vigilius_n mention_v have_v condemn_v theodorus_n they_o all_o for_o wrong_v and_o condemn_v theodorus_n for_o those_o impiety_n we_o do_v anathematise_v and_o accurse_v say_v vigilius_n 47._o consider_v now_o serious_o with_o yourselves_o of_o what_o faith_n and_o religion_n they_o be_v who_o hold_v and_o so_o do_v all_o the_o member_n of_o the_o present_a roman_a church_n this_o for_o a_o position_n or_o foundation_n of_o faith_n that_o whatsoever_o any_o pope_n do_v judicial_o and_o by_o his_o apostolic_a authority_n define_v in_o such_o cause_n be_v true_a be_v infallible_a be_v with_o certainty_n of_o faith_n to_o be_v believe_v and_o embrace_v let_v all_o the_o rest_n be_v omit_v embrace_v but_o this_o one_o decree_n of_o vigilius_n nay_o but_o this_o one_o passage_n or_o parcel_n of_o his_o decree_n touch_v this_o 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2._o §._o ego_fw-la vero_fw-la et_fw-la libre_fw-la ca._n 6._o and_o chalcedon_n fidei_fw-la chalcedon_n act._n 5._o in_o definit_a fidei_fw-la to_o which_o purpose_n he_o call_v they_o not_o theodoret_n but_o writing_n quae_fw-la 180._o quae_fw-la vigil_n constit_fw-la nu_fw-la 180._o sub_fw-la theodoreti_n nomine_fw-la proferuntur_fw-la which_o be_v set_v forth_o under_o the_o name_n of_o theodoret._n and_o again_o the_o reprofe_n of_o the_o 12._o chapter_n of_o cyrill_n à_fw-la theodoreto_fw-la 181._o theodoreto_fw-la ibid._n nu_fw-la 181._o ut_fw-la putatur_fw-la ingesta_fw-la make_v as_o be_v think_v by_o theodoret_n add_v jbid._n add_v jbid._n this_o as_o one_o reason_n why_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n do_v not_o condemn_v those_o writing_n because_o they_o have_v those_o matter_n which_o be_v do_v but_o of_o late_a before_o their_o eye_n theodoretum_n nihil_fw-la tale_n fecisse_fw-la probaverunt_fw-la do_v judge_v that_o theodoret_n have_v write_v no_o such_o thing_n 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he_o 30._o he_o bar._n a_o 427._o nu_fw-la 30._o be_v most_o addict_v to_o theodorus_n

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other_o who_o take_v part_n with_o nestorius_n even_o theodoret_n also_o ijsdem_fw-la aggressus_fw-la est_fw-la cyrillum_fw-la urgere_fw-la calumnijs_fw-la vex_v cyrill_n with_o the_o same_o slander_n that_o he_o have_v condemn_v his_o own_o chapter_n and_o then_o come_v to_o this_o epistle_n of_o ibas_n he_o thus_o write_v who_o 71._o who_o ibid._n nu_fw-la 71._o so_o desire_v to_o see_v further_o the_o sleight_n of_o the_o nestorian_n let_v he_o read_v the_o epistle_n which_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o epist_n of_o ibas_n unto_o maris_fw-la wherein_o any_o may_v see_v the_o nestorian_a fellow_n insult_a and_o triumph_v as_o if_o the_o cause_n have_v be_v adjudge_v to_o he_o &_o jactantem_fw-la cyrillum_fw-la poenitentem_fw-la tandem_fw-la recantasse_fw-la palinodiam_fw-la and_o vaunt_v that_o cyrill_n repent_v himself_o of_o his_o former_a doctrine_n do_v now_o at_o last_o revoke_v the_o same_o and_o sing_v a_o new_a song_n and_o this_o the_o author_n of_o that_o epistle_n write_v and_o send_v abroad_o as_o a_o circular_a epistle_n to_o be_v read_v throughout_o the_o province_n pro_fw-la selatio_fw-la eorum_fw-la &_o ignominia_fw-la catholicorum_n for_o the_o comfort_n of_o the_o nestorian_n and_o for_o the_o disgrace_n of_o catholic_n thus_o baronius_n profess_v as_o you_o see_v that_o he_o know_v this_o epistle_n to_o be_v heretical_a and_o that_o even_o in_o the_o latter_a end_n which_o vigilius_n and_o himself_o defend_v as_o orthodoxal_a yea_o even_o in_o that_o very_a point_n touch_v the_o union_n mention_v in_o that_o epistle_n to_o be_v a_o mere_a calumny_n against_o cyrill_n and_o the_o catholic_n as_o if_o they_o by_o make_v the_o union_n have_v consent_v to_o nestorianisme_n and_o renounce_v the_o ephesine_n council_n and_o the_o catholic_a faith_n 26._o see_v now_o the_o card._n know_v all_o this_o to_o be_v true_a and_o yet_o afterward_o for_o defence_n of_o vigilius_n and_o his_o constitution_n teach_v and_o maintain_v that_o by_o embrace_v the_o 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be_v think_v a_o catholic_a or_o because_o a_o cardinal_n so_o learned_a so_o renown_v as_o baronius_n may_v not_o be_v think_v to_o contradict_v himself_o or_o speak_v amiss_o in_o either_o place_n let_v both_o say_n be_v

admit_v for_o true_a and_o then_o it_o avoidable_o follow_v that_o by_o the_o cardinal_n divinity_n and_o in_o his_o judgement_n nestorianisme_n be_v the_o catholic_a faith_n which_o apt_o and_o easy_o will_v accord_v both_o his_o say_n for_o so_o the_o author_n of_o this_o epistle_n by_o approve_v this_o union_n shall_v be_v a_o perfect_a nestorian_a as_o in_o the_o one_o place_n be_v affirm_v and_o by_o approve_v this_o union_n shall_v be_v withal_o a_o perfect_a catholic_a as_o in_o the_o other_o place_n be_v avouch_v 28._o beside_o this_o confession_n of_o baronius_n which_o be_v clear_a enough_o there_o be_v yet_o another_o mean_n to_o demonstrate_v that_o the_o cardinal_n by_o defend_v this_o latter_a part_n of_o the_o epistle_n touch_v the_o union_n do_v witting_o and_o wilful_o maintain_v the_o condemn_a heresy_n of_o nestorius_n for_o the_o five_o general_a council_n approve_v as_o we_o have_v show_v by_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o whole_a catholic_a church_n have_v adjudge_v this_o very_a part_n ibid._n part_n posteriora_fw-la enim_fw-la inserta_fw-la epistolae_fw-la majori_fw-la impietate_fw-la plena_fw-la sunt_fw-la cyrillum_fw-la et_fw-la similia_fw-la ei_fw-la sapientes_fw-la injuriantia_fw-la et_fw-la omnino_fw-la impiam_fw-la sectam_fw-la nestorij_fw-la vindicantia_fw-la conc._n 5._o coll._n 6._o pa._n 564._o a._n scimus_fw-la et_fw-la nos_fw-la haec_fw-la ita_fw-la subse_fw-la cuta_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n of_o the_o epistle_n the_o defence_n whereof_o baronius_n have_v undertake_v not_o only_o to_o be_v heretical_a but_o to_o be_v more_o full_a of_o blasphemy_n than_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n it_o have_v b._n have_v qui_fw-la dicit_fw-la eam_fw-la rectam_fw-la esse_fw-la vel_fw-la partem_fw-la ejus_fw-la coll._n 8._o pa._n 587._o b._n further_a judicial_o define_v all_o that_o defend_v either_o this_o or_o any_o part_n of_o that_o epistle_n to_o be_v heretic_n and_o for_o such_o it_o have_v anathematise_v they_o yea_o all_o that_o write_v ibid._n write_v eos_n qui_fw-la scripserunt_fw-la velscribunt_fw-la pro_fw-la ea_fw-la ibid._n eirhe_a for_o it_o or_o for_o they_o now_o the_o cardinal_n have_v read_v the_o whole_a five_o council_n as_o appear_v by_o that_o summary_n collection_n 217._o collection_n extat_fw-la in_o annal._n bar_n a_o 553._o a._n nu_fw-la 33._o ad_fw-la 217._o which_o he_o have_v make_v of_o the_o act_n and_o of_o every_o collation_n thereof_o nay_o he_o have_v not_o only_o read_v these_o act_n but_o pry_v earnest_o with_o a_o jealous_a and_o carp_a eye_n into_o every_o corner_n and_o sentence_n thereof_o as_o you_o shall_v perceive_v hereafter_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v doubtless_o that_o he_o know_v the_o judgement_n of_o this_o five_o council_n concern_v all_o that_o defend_v any_o part_n of_o this_o epistle_n and_o special_o the_o latter_a part_n which_o concern_v the_o union_n neither_o only_a do_v he_o know_v that_o to_o be_v the_o judgement_n of_o this_o five_o council_n but_o as_o himself_o 229._o himself_o an._n 553._o nu_fw-la 229._o express_o witness_v of_o all_o both_o pope_n and_o general_a counsel_n which_o follow_v it_o all_o of_o they_o approve_v this_o five_o council_n and_o the_o judgement_n thereof_o whence_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o baronius_n know_v certain_o himself_o by_o defend_v this_o part_n of_o the_o epistle_n touch_v the_o union_n to_o defend_v that_o which_o by_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o five_o council_n and_o the_o whole_a catholic_a church_n ever_o since_o have_v be_v condemn_v for_o heretical_a and_o the_o defender_n of_o it_o anathematise_v as_o heretic_n yet_o such_o be_v the_o cardinal_n zeal_n and_o ardent_a affection_n to_o nestorianisme_n that_o against_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n know_v unto_o he_o yea_o know_v for_o this_o very_a cause_n to_o anathematise_v he_o yet_o he_o defend_v the_o union_n there_o mention_v and_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o that_o epistle_n wherein_o it_o be_v mention_v 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which_o the_o nestorian_n false_o report_v and_o slander_v cyrill_n with_o the_o other_o catholic_n to_o have_v consent_v and_o thereby_o to_o have_v condemn_v and_o anathematise_v that_o truth_n which_o the_o year_n before_o they_o have_v decree_v at_o ephesus_n yet_o for_o the_o full_a satisfaction_n of_o all_o and_o clear_v of_o all_o doubt_n which_o may_v arise_v i_o will_v add_v one_o thing_n further_o which_o will_v much_o more_o manifest_a both_o the_o calumny_n of_o the_o nestorian_n and_o the_o constancy_n of_o saint_n cyrill_n and_o that_o be_v upon_o what_o colour_n or_o pretence_n the_o nestorian_n raise_v this_o slanderous_a report_n which_o i_o be_o the_o more_o desirous_a to_o explain_v because_o the_o narration_n of_o this_o matter_n be_v extreme_o confound_v and_o entangle_v by_o baronius_n and_o binius_fw-la and_o that_o as_o may_v be_v fear_v even_o of_o set_a purpose_n that_o they_o may_v either_o quite_o discourage_v other_o as_o almost_o they_o have_v do_v myself_o in_o the_o search_n of_o this_o truth_n or_o at_o least_o mislead_v they_o into_o such_o by-path_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o find_v the_o truth_n in_o this_o matter_n 30._o when_o theodosius_n the_o religious_a emperor_n have_v write_v by_o aristolaus_n that_o earnest_a letter_n to_o john_n and_o the_o other_o eastern_a bishop_n persuade_v yea_o command_v they_o to_o consent_v with_o cyrill_n and_o embrace_v the_o catholic_a communion_n they_o upon_o the_o emperor_n motion_n seek_v indeed_o to_o make_v a_o union_n with_o cyrill_n but_o they_o labour_v to_o effect_v it_o by_o draw_v cyrill_n unto_o their_o bent_n and_o to_o consent_v unto_o their_o heresy_n this_o they_o first_o attempt_v by_o a_o letter_n of_o acatius_n bishop_n of_o berea_n will_v 16._o will_v apud_fw-la acatium_fw-la bercensem_fw-la episcop●●_n congressi_fw-la scribi_fw-la ad_fw-la i_o curarunt_fw-la pacem_fw-la concordiamque_fw-la nisi_fw-la eo_fw-la modo_fw-la quem_fw-la praescriberent_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la debere_fw-la epist_n cyrilli_n ad_fw-la acatium_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la 29._o &_o exit_z tom_fw-mi 5._o act._n ephes_n ca._n 7._o &_o idem_fw-la habetur_fw-la in_o epist_n cyrilli_n ad_fw-la dynatum_fw-la tom_n eod_a ca._n 16._o he_o to_o write_v in_o all_o their_o name_n unto_o cyrill_n that_o no_o unity_n or_o concord_n can_v be_v make_v but_o according_a to_o those_o condition_n which_o themselves_o shall_v prescribe_v and_o the_o condition_n prescribe_v by_o they_o be_v that_o cyrill_n shall_v cit_fw-la shall_v vrgebat_fw-la ut_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quae_fw-la adversus_fw-la nestorium_fw-la scripsimus_fw-la abolitis_fw-la &_o velut_fw-la inutilibus_fw-la rejectis_fw-la etc._n etc._n epist_n ad_fw-la dynat_fw-la &_o similia_fw-la habentur_fw-la in_o epist_n cyrill_n ad_fw-la acat_fw-la locis_fw-la cit_fw-la abolish_v and_o condemn_v all_o that_o ever_o he_o have_v write_v against_o nestorianisme_n and_o so_o both_o his_o twelve_o chapter_n and_o the_o ephesine_n decree_n and_o all_o the_o like_a cyrill_fw-mi answer_v acat_fw-la answer_v cyrill_n epistola_fw-la ad_fw-la dynat_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la acat_fw-la with_o great_a confidence_n rem_fw-la eos_fw-la postulare_fw-la quae_fw-la fieri_fw-la plane_n non_fw-la posset_n that_o they_o require_v a_o matter_n utter_o impossible_a because_o what_o he_o have_v write_v touch_v that_o matter_n be_v right_o write_v and_o in_o defence_n of_o the_o true_a faith_n and_o therefore_o that_o he_o can_v not_o either_o condemn_v or_o deny_v what_o he_o have_v write_v 31._o when_o it_o succeed_v not_o this_o first_o way_n they_o next_o attempt_v to_o effect_v the_o union_n by_o paulus_n ibid._n paulus_n miserunt_fw-la alexandriam_fw-la paulum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la emisenorun_n etc._n etc._n ibid._n bishop_n of_o emisa_n who_o they_o send_v to_o alexandria_n to_o negotiate_v for_o they_o both_o by_o word_n and_o by_o a_o second_o letter_n which_o they_o send_v by_o he_o and_o although_o they_o be_v not_o in_o this_o second_o so_o violent_a as_o in_o the_o former_a of_o acatius_n yet_o they_o write_v ibid._n write_v at_o tulit_fw-la quaedam_fw-la parum_fw-la decore_fw-la &_o commode_v proposita_fw-la ibid._n some_o thing_n therein_o also_o not_o sit_v nor_o allowable_a for_o they_o

they_o mean_v that_o either_o nature_n make_v a_o several_a and_o distinct_a person_n by_o itself_o and_o so_o they_o make_v christ_n to_o be_v two_o distinct_a person_n each_o subsist_v by_o itself_o two_o son_n two_o christ_n that_o be_v in_o truth_n no_o christ_n no_o saviour_n at_o all_o for_o a_o saviour_n he_o can_v be_v unless_o the_o self_n same_o person_n which_o be_v man_n be_v god_n also_o 12._o again_o when_o catholic_n say_v that_o christ_n be_v one_o person_n they_o mean_v true_o and_o orthodoxal_o that_o both_o nature_n together_o make_v but_o one_o personal_a subsistence_n as_o the_o humane_a soul_n and_o body_n make_v but_o one_o person_n or_o one_o man_n but_o when_o the_o nestorian_n say_v that_o christ_n be_v one_o person_n they_o mean_v not_o of_o that_o unity_n which_o be_v by_o natural_a or_o personal_a subsistence_n but_o of_o unity_n in_o affection_n of_o unity_n by_o consent_n and_o like_n of_o unity_n by_o cohabitation_n the_o person_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n so_o affect_v and_o like_v the_o son_n of_o marie_n that_o it_o inhabit_v and_o dwell_v therein_o as_o in_o a_o holy_a temple_n or_o house_n but_o yet_o as_o neither_o the_o house_n be_v the_o inhabitant_n nor_o the_o inhabitant_n the_o house_n so_o neither_o be_v god_n by_o their_o doctrine_n the_o son_n of_o mary_n or_o man_n nor_o yet_o be_v that_o man_n which_o be_v the_o son_n of_o mary_n god_n but_o only_o the_o house_n or_o temple_n of_o god_n 13._o when_o catholic_n call_v jesus_n christ_n our_o lord_n they_o mean_v true_o and_o orthodoxal_o that_o the_o man_n jesus_n christ_n who_o take_v flesh_n of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n be_v in_o truth_n very_a god_n the_o godhead_n be_v hypostatical_o unite_v unto_o the_o manhood_n and_o both_o of_o they_o make_v but_o one_o person_n who_o be_v both_o god_n and_o man_n but_o the_o nestorian_n in_o calling_n jesus_n christ_n our_o lord_n mean_v not_o that_o the_o man_n christ_n be_v true_o &_o personal_o god_n or_o lord_n but_o that_o he_o be_v god_n and_o the_o lord_n only_o by_o have_v god_n and_o the_o lord_n inhabit_v in_o he_o and_o unite_v not_o personal_o but_o only_o affectual_o unto_o he_o whereupon_o it_o follow_v that_o they_o in_o adore_v christ_n &_o give_v divine_a honour_n unto_o he_o be_v indeed_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o they_o give_v the_o honour_n proper_a only_o to_o god_n unto_o that_o person_n or_o that_o man_n which_o according_a to_o their_o doctrine_n they_o hold_v not_o to_o be_v god_n 14._o and_o which_o of_o all_o may_v seem_v most_o strange_a whereas_o catholic_n not_o only_o profess_v the_o virgin_n mary_n to_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o god_n but_o under_o those_o very_a term_n and_o by_o that_o form_n of_o word_n as_o be_v most_o easy_a and_o perspicuous_a contradict_v &_o condemn_v all_o the_o heresy_n of_o nestorius_n which_o be_v all_o by_o consequent_a include_v in_o their_o deny_v mary_n to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o mother_n of_o god_n the_o nestorian_n to_o avoid_v the_o hatred_n of_o this_o speech_n if_o they_o shall_v deny_v it_o and_o more_o plausible_o to_o convey_v their_o heresy_n say_v and_o in_o word_n profess_v even_o this_o also_o that_o mary_n be_v the_o mother_n of_o god_n but_o they_o mean_v not_o thereby_o as_o catholic_n do_v that_o christ_n who_o take_v flesh_n of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n be_v the_o same_o person_n or_o one_o personal_a subsistence_n with_o the_o son_n of_o god_n or_o that_o god_n be_v incarnate_a and_o assume_v the_o manhood_n to_o make_v one_o person_n with_o the_o godhead_n but_o all_o that_o they_o mean_v be_v that_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v only_o by_o affection_n and_o love_v unite_v unto_o the_o son_n of_o marie_n be_v already_o perfect_a man_n in_o the_o womb_n of_o his_o mother_n and_o that_o god_n be_v bear_v of_o she_o not_o by_o assume_v flesh_n unto_o he_o but_o by_o inhabit_v that_o man_n who_o take_v flesh_n of_o she_o thus_o in_o show_n of_o word_n the_o nestorian_n seem_v to_o be_v catholic_n and_o to_o say_v the_o same_o with_o catholic_n but_o their_o sense_n and_o meaning_n in_o those_o word_n be_v most_o heretical_a and_o therefore_o indeed_o and_o in_o truth_n themselves_o notwithstanding_o all_o these_o speech_n be_v heretic_n 15._o for_o the_o full_a and_o ample_a proof_n of_o all_o these_o i_o must_v refer_v myself_o to_o another_o treatise_n if_o it_o ever_o happen_v to_o see_v the_o light_n wherein_o i_o have_v at_o large_a handle_v this_o point_n and_o prove_v another_o of_o their_o pope_n somewhat_o more_o ancient_a than_o vigilius_n i_o mean_v hormisda_n to_o have_v be_v as_o deep_a in_o the_o heresy_n of_o nestorius_n and_o to_o have_v as_o firm_o by_o his_o cathedral_n and_o apostolical_a sentence_n confirm_v the_o same_o as_o vigilius_n himself_o have_v do_v who_o as_o i_o think_v by_o the_o example_n and_o authority_n of_o his_o predecessor_n be_v the_o more_o embolden_a to_o plead_v for_o nestorianisme_n it_o be_v of_o all_o heresy_n which_o ever_o spring_v up_o in_o the_o church_n most_o full_a of_o all_o sophistical_a subtlety_n and_o colourable_a pretence_n of_o wit_n be_v most_o fit_a of_o all_o the_o rest_n to_o be_v commend_v by_o such_o as_o under_o the_o show_n of_o learning_n and_o truth_n mean_v to_o defend_v and_o uphold_v heresy_n but_o for_o this_o time_n i_o will_v now_o allege_v only_o a_o few_o evident_a testimony_n to_o declare_v the_o truth_n of_o that_o concurrence_n in_o word_n and_o difference_n in_o sense_n between_o catholic_n and_o nestorian_n which_o even_o now_o i_o mention_v 16._o nestorius_n in_o his_o epistle_n b._n epistle_n extat_fw-la in_o conc._n 5_o coll._n 6._o pa_n 57●_n b._n to_o alexander_n signify_v that_o the_o two_o nature_n in_o christ_n be_v also_o two_o person_n say_v thus_o non_fw-la dvas_fw-la personas_fw-la unam_fw-la personam_fw-la facimus_fw-la we_o do_v not_o make_v two_o person_n one_o person_n but_o by_o this_o one_o name_n of_o christ_n we_o signify_v two_o nature_n to_o wit_n make_v two_o person_n and_o to_o show_v how_o these_o two_o person_n be_v call_v by_o they_o one_o person_n thou_o may_v say_v he_o a._n he_o nestorij_fw-la verba_fw-la citata_fw-la ibidem_fw-la pa._n 576._o a._n &_o in_o act_v conc._n ephes_n to_o 2._o ca._n 8._o pa._n 747._o a._n call_v he_o that_o be_v bear_v of_o mary_n by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n for_o the_o virgin_n which_o bear_v christ_n filium_fw-la dei_fw-la genuit_fw-la bear_v the_o son_n of_o god_n but_o because_o the_o son_n according_a to_o the_o nature_n be_v double_a non_fw-la genuit_fw-la quidem_fw-la sum_fw-la quidem_fw-la negate_fw-la nestorius_n mariam_n genuisse_fw-la filium_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la ipsa_fw-la carnem_fw-la sumpserit_fw-la affirmat_fw-la genuisse_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la ipsa_fw-la prodierit_fw-la hoc_fw-la declarant_fw-la nestorij_fw-la verba_fw-la apud_fw-la cyrillum_fw-la citata_fw-la in_o epist_n ad_fw-la acatium_fw-la to_o 3._o act._n ephes_n ca._n 7_o ubi_fw-la ita_fw-la ait_fw-la nestorius_n deum_fw-la ex_fw-la christipaera_n virgine_fw-la prodijsse_fw-la ex_fw-la divina_fw-la scriptura_fw-la edoctus_fw-la sum_fw-la at_o vero_fw-la deum_fw-la ex_fw-la ipsa_fw-la genitum_fw-la esse_fw-la eo_fw-la quo_fw-la dixi_fw-la sexsu_fw-la id_fw-la nusquam_fw-la edoctus_fw-la sum_fw-la filium_fw-la dei_fw-la she_o do_v not_o true_o bear_v the_o son_n of_o god_n as_o take_v flesh_n from_o she_o but_o she_o bear_v the_o man_n or_o humane_a nature_n quae_fw-la propter_fw-la filium_fw-la adjunctum_fw-la silij_fw-la quoque_fw-la appellatione_fw-la afficitur_fw-la which_o be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o god_n because_o the_o son_n god_n be_v unite_v and_o join_v unto_o he_o and_o in_o another_o place_n a._n place_n non_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la se_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o utero_fw-la formatum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la se_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la operâ_fw-la effectum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la se_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o monumento_fw-la conditum_fw-la est_fw-la at_o quia_fw-la deus_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la assumpto_fw-la extitit_fw-la assumptus_fw-la assumenti_fw-la conjunctus_fw-la propter_fw-la assumentum_fw-la deus_fw-la appellatur_fw-la verba_fw-la nestorij_fw-la citata_fw-la in_o act._n conc._n ephes_n to_o 2._o ca._n 8._o pa._n 748._o a._n he_o that_o be_v frame_v in_o the_o womb_n and_o lay_v in_o the_o grave_n be_v not_o of_o himself_o god_n at_o quia_fw-la deus_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la assumpto_fw-la existit_fw-la but_o because_o god_n be_v in_o the_o man_n who_o he_o assume_v unto_o he_o the_o man_n assume_v be_v call_v god_n because_o he_o be_v assume_v of_o god_n so_o nestorius_n plain_o call_v christ_n god_n and_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o marie_n the_o mother_n of_o god_n and_o yet_o deny_v god_n and_o man_n to_o be_v one_o person_n but_o the_o person_n of_o

b._n deni_v eutiches_fw-fr dixit_fw-la confitemur_fw-la ex_fw-la duabus_fw-la naturis_fw-la fuisse_fw-la dominum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la ante_fw-la adunationem_fw-la post_fw-la vero_fw-la adunationem_fw-la unam_fw-la naturam_fw-la confiteor_fw-la dioscorus_n &_o synodus_fw-la ephesina_n 2._o dixit_fw-la consentimus_fw-la huic_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la omnes_fw-la act._n conc._n ephes_n recitata_fw-la in_o conc._n chal._n act._n 1._o pa_n 28._o b._n two_o nature_n at_o all_o or_o any_o way_n either_o make_v one_o or_o two_o person_n to_o be_v in_o christ_n after_o the_o incarnation_n so_o whether_o one_o hold_v the_o same_o two_o nature_n to_o make_v but_o one_o person_n as_o the_o catholic_n say_v or_o to_o make_v two_o distinct_a person_n as_o the_o nestorian_n affirm_v it_o be_v all_o one_o to_o dioscorus_n the_o very_a hold_v of_o two_o nature_n to_o be_v in_o christ_n either_o of_o those_o way_n make_v one_o a_o heretic_n in_o the_o judgement_n of_o eutiche_n dioscorus_n and_o their_o ephesine_n synod_n the_o heresy_n of_o eutiche_n do_v equal_o contradict_v both_o the_o catholic_a truth_n and_o the_o nestorian_a heresy_n because_o they_o both_o consent_v in_o one_o common_a truth_n that_o there_o be_v two_o distinct_a nature_n or_o essence_n abide_v in_o christ_n if_o this_o judgement_n of_o dioscorus_n against_o ibas_n will_v prove_v either_o he_o or_o his_o epistle_n to_o be_v catholic_a the_o very_a like_o effect_n it_o must_v have_v in_o theodorus_n in_o nestorius_n in_o all_o nestorian_n and_o in_o all_o their_o writing_n they_o all_o with_o ibas_n profess_v two_o nature_n to_o abide_v in_o christ_n they_o all_o by_o the_o judgement_n of_o dioscorus_n and_o his_o synod_n be_v heretical_a so_o either_o must_v vigilius_n approve_v all_o nestorian_n for_o catholic_n if_o this_o reason_n for_o ibas_n be_v effectual_a or_o if_o they_o be_v true_o heretic_n who_o dioscorus_n yet_o have_v condemn_v as_o well_o as_o ibas_n then_o be_v this_o his_o reason_n ineffectual_a to_o prove_v from_o the_o condemnation_n of_o dioscorus_n ibas_n or_o his_o profession_n to_o be_v catholic_a 30._o his_o second_o reason_n be_v draw_v from_o the_o likeness_n and_o identity_n of_o faith_n in_o flavianus_n and_o ibas_n damnat_fw-la 195._o damnat_fw-la vigil_n const_n nu_fw-la 195._o quoque_fw-la propter_fw-la duarum_fw-la naturarum_fw-la vocem_fw-la dioscorus_n do_v also_o or_o for_o the_o same_o cause_n condemn_v flavianus_n for_o which_o ibas_n be_v condemn_v to_o wit_n for_o profess_v two_o nature_n in_o christ_n see_v then_o it_o be_v know_v that_o the_o profession_n of_o flavianus_n be_v catholic_a the_o profession_n also_o of_o ibas_n make_v in_o this_o epistle_n be_v like_a to_o that_o of_o flavianus_n must_v needs_o be_v catholic_a my_o annotation_n on_o this_o reason_n of_o vigilius_n be_v that_o it_o be_v inconsequent_a sophistical_a and_o worth_a nothing_o at_o all_o ibas_n indeed_o in_o word_n say_v the_o like_a with_o flavianus_n but_o flavianus_n say_v it_o in_o a_o catholic_a sense_n hold_v those_o two_o nature_n to_o make_v but_o one_o person_n or_o personal_a subsistence_n and_o ibas_n say_v it_o in_o this_o epistle_n in_o a_o heretical_a sense_n hold_v those_o two_o nature_n to_o make_v two_o distinct_a person_n or_o two_o personal_a subsistence_n to_o dioscorus_n it_o be_v all_o one_o to_o say_v as_o flavianus_n do_v or_o as_o ibas_n in_o this_o epistle_n do_v for_o see_v they_o both_o jump_v in_o this_o that_o two_o nature_n or_o essence_n do_v remain_v after_o the_o incarnation_n they_o be_v both_o alike_a heretic_n to_o dioscorus_n though_o in_o truth_n the_o profession_n of_o flavianus_n make_v he_o a_o martyr_n and_o the_o profession_n of_o ibas_n set_v down_o in_o this_o epistle_n be_v in_o word_n the_o same_o make_v he_o a_o heretic_n or_o if_o ibas_n be_v a_o catholic_a for_o profess_v in_o word_n the_o same_o which_o flavianus_n do_v then_o by_o this_o reason_n of_o our_o author_n vigilius_n theodorus_n nestorius_n and_o all_o the_o nestorian_n be_v catholic_n because_o they_o all_o profess_v with_o flavianus_n two_o nature_n and_o one_o person_n to_o be_v in_o christ_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o ibas_n here_o do_v 31._o his_o three_o and_o last_o reason_n be_v draw_v from_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o council_n at_o chalcedon_n they_o 195_o they_o vig._n const_n nu_fw-la 195_o condemn_v dioscorus_n and_o eutiche_n but_o they_o embrace_v ibas_n a_o evidence_n that_o as_o they_o judge_v the_o profession_n of_o dioscorus_n to_o be_v heretical_a so_o they_o esteem_v the_o profession_n of_o ibas_n to_o be_v orthodoxal_a yea_o even_o this_o which_o he_o make_v in_o this_o epistle_n for_o after_o that_o cyrill_n have_v once_o explain_v his_o chapter_n which_o be_v before_o this_o epistle_n be_v write_v after_o that_o time_n in_o catholicae_fw-la fidei_fw-la rectitudine_fw-la ab_fw-la eâdem_fw-la chalcedonensi_fw-la synodo_fw-la judicatus_fw-la est_fw-la ibas_fw-la 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heresy_n will_v fain_o fasten_v it_o upon_o the_o holy_a council_n of_o chalcedon_n which_o be_v so_o far_o from_o partake_v with_o vigilius_n herein_o that_o by_o their_o definitive_a sentence_n this_o very_a b._n very_a tota_n epistola_fw-la haeretica_fw-la est_fw-la conc._n 5._o coll._n 6._o pa._n 576._o a._n b._n profession_n of_o two_o nature_n and_o one_o person_n make_v in_o this_o epistle_n yea_o every_o part_n of_o this_o epistle_n be_v condemn_v for_o impious_a and_o heretical_a and_o this_o i_o hope_v may_v serve_v for_o a_o explanation_n of_o pope_n vigilius_n his_o three_o reason_n to_o prove_v ibas_n a_o catholic_a draw_v from_o this_o profession_n of_o faith_n make_v in_o this_o epistle_n until_o some_o annalist_n like_o baronius_n will_v help_v we_o to_o a_o better_a commentary_n 32._o the_o second_o reason_n of_o vigilius_n set_v down_o in_o the_o word_n before_o recite_v to_o prove_v ibas_n a_o catholic_a be_v draw_v from_o his_o approve_v of_o the_o ephesine_n council_n at_o the_o judgement_n before_o photius_n &_o eustathius_n he_o there_o say_v vigilius_n 194._o vigilius_n in_o const_n nu_fw-la 194._o most_o plain_o approve_v the_o ephesine_n synod_n and_o the_o doctrine_n decree_v therein_o he_o profess_v they_o to_o be_v equal_a to_o the_o nicene_n decree_n photius_n the_o judge_n exceed_o commend_v ibas_n that_o he_o be_v so_o forward_o to_o profess_v the_o true_a faith_n and_o wipe_v away_o all_o suspicion_n of_o heresy_n from_o he_o how_o can_v ibas_n then_o be_v aught_o else_o but_o a_o catholic_a who_o make_v such_o a_o catholic_a confession_n true_o when_o ibas_n make_v this_o confession_n before_o photius_n and_o eustathius_n there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o he_o be_v then_o a_o catholic_a but_o vigilius_n his_o purpose_n be_v to_o prove_v he_o to_o have_v be_v a_o catholic_a when_o he_o write_v this_o epistle_n ever_o 194._o ever_o his_o capitulis_fw-la à_fw-la cyrillo_n explanatis_fw-la devotè_fw-la in_o ejus_fw-la communionem_fw-la concurrit_fw-la vig_z const_n nu_fw-la 193._o post_fw-la explanationem_fw-la 12._o capitulorum_fw-la ibas_fw-la professus_fw-la est_fw-la se_fw-la habuisse_fw-la cyrillum_fw-la

two_o person_n in_o christ_n then_o devotè_fw-la concurrit_fw-la ibas_fw-la run_v to_o communicate_v and_o shake_v hand_n with_o cyrill_n again_o ibid._n again_o ibid._n how_o shall_v we_o not_o receive_v ibas_n be_v a_o catholic_a who_o though_o he_o seem_v to_o speak_v against_o cyrill_n while_o he_o misunderstand_a his_o chapter_n nunc_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la fallebatur_fw-la intellectu_fw-la conversus_fw-la now_o upon_o cyrils_n explanation_n he_o be_v convert_v from_o that_o error_n whereby_o he_o be_v deceive_v for_o now_o he_o see_v cyrill_a to_o profess_v two_o nature_n in_o the_o nestorian_a sense_n that_o be_v two_o person_n whereas_o he_o erroneous_o think_v cyrill_a to_o teach_v but_o one_o person_n in_o christ_n again_o 193._o again_o exit_fw-la quibus_fw-la evidenter_fw-la declaratur_fw-la in_o iba_n episcopo_fw-la nihil_fw-la de_fw-fr confession_n fidei_fw-la reprehensum_fw-la quam_fw-la constat_fw-la esse_fw-la laudatam_fw-la sed_fw-la eundem_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid_fw-la nu_fw-la 193._o nothing_o be_v reprove_v of_o the_o confession_n of_o ibas_n that_o be_v orthodoxal_a as_o teach_v two_o nature_n that_o be_v two_o person_n in_o christ_n but_o ibas_n have_v refute_v all_o quod_fw-la fallente_fw-la intelligentia_fw-la de_fw-la cyrillo_n male_a senserat_fw-la which_o he_o think_v amiss_o of_o cyrill_n by_o the_o error_n of_o his_o misconceive_a cyril_n meaning_n as_o think_v cyrill_a to_o have_v teach_v but_o one_o nature_n that_o be_v one_o person_n in_o christ_n last_o the_o comparison_n which_o 195._o which_o ibid._n nu_fw-la 195._o vigilius_n set_v down_o betwixt_o ibas_n and_o dioscorus_n be_v hereby_o make_v easy_a and_o clear_a dioscorus_n though_o he_o commend_v ibid._n commend_v inventus_fw-la est_fw-la dioscorus_n magis_fw-la conari_fw-la ephesinam_fw-la primam_fw-la synodum_fw-la destruere_fw-la qui_fw-la eam_fw-la sub_fw-la execrabilis_fw-la intellectus_fw-la imagine_v defendebat_fw-la &_o amplius_fw-la b._n cirillum_fw-la criminatus_fw-la est_fw-la laudans_fw-la eam_fw-la dioscorus_n quam_fw-la ibas_fw-la sub_fw-la falsi_fw-la intellectus_fw-la errore_fw-la vituperans_fw-la vig_z const_n ibid._n cyrill_n and_o the_o ephesine_n council_n for_o teach_v one_o nature_n in_o christ_n to_o wit_n one_o nature_n in_o dioscorus_n sense_n that_o be_v one_o essence_n do_v more_o wrong_a cyrill_n and_o the_o council_n than_o ibas_n who_o condemn_v they_o both_o teach_v one_o nature_n to_o wit_n one_o in_o ibas_n his_o sense_n that_o be_v one_o person_n in_o christ_n for_o dioscorus_n commend_v they_o in_o a_o execrable_a and_o heretical_a jbid._n heretical_a haeretico_fw-la spiritu_fw-la ephesinam_fw-la synodum_fw-la &_o cyrillum_fw-la laudasse_fw-la reperti_fw-la sunt_fw-la dioscorus_n et_fw-fr eutiches_fw-fr jbid._n sense_n as_o teach_v one_o nature_n in_o dioscorus_n sense_n that_o be_v one_o essence_n which_o to_o affirm_v be_v heretical_a but_o ibas_n 195._o ibas_n at_o vero_fw-la ibas_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la errorem_fw-la unam_fw-la putans_fw-la in_o his_o praedicari_fw-la naturam_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la personam_fw-la prius_fw-la vituperavit_fw-la capitula_fw-la et_fw-la post_fw-la declaratum_fw-la sibi_fw-la intellectum_fw-la eorum_fw-la quod_fw-la dvas_fw-la naturas_fw-la ibae_n sensu_fw-la doceret_fw-la communicatorem_fw-la se_fw-la b._n cyrilli_n cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la orientalibus_fw-la professus_fw-la est_fw-la ibid._n nu_fw-la 195._o condemn_v they_o in_o a_o orthodoxal_a sense_n as_o think_v they_o to_o teach_v one_o nature_n in_o ibas_n his_o sense_n that_o be_v one_o person_n in_o christ_n which_o to_o condemn_v be_v orthodoxal_a again_o dioscorus_n though_o it_o be_v explain_v unto_o he_o that_o neither_o cyrill_n nor_o the_o ephesine_n council_n teach_v one_o nature_n in_o his_o sense_n yet_o do_v he_o by_o his_o heretical_a spirit_n persist_v in_o commend_v they_o as_o agree_v with_o he_o in_o that_o heretical_a doctrine_n but_o ibas_n ibid._n ibas_n ibid._n 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that_o vigilius_n mean_v the_o slanderous_a and_o heretical_a explanation_n of_o cyril_n chapter_n be_v his_o whole_a text_n both_o coherent_a and_o congruous_a to_o itself_o and_o very_o perspicuous_a and_o easy_a which_o if_o vigilius_n shall_v mean_v or_o be_v expound_v to_o have_v understand_v of_o the_o true_a and_o orthodoxal_a explanation_n of_o cyrill_n will_v be_v not_o only_o obscure_a and_o inextricable_a but_o even_o repugnant_a as_o well_o to_o the_o scope_n as_o to_o the_o word_n and_o text_n of_o vigilius_n 55._o thus_o the_o whole_a text_n of_o vigilius_n be_v elucidate_v it_o be_v now_o easy_a to_o discern_v the_o two_o last_o part_n of_o the_o pope_n artificium_fw-la which_z before_o i_o mention_v for_o now_o you_o see_v that_o his_o divinity_n be_v mere_a heresy_n and_o nestorianisme_n and_o that_o his_o morality_n be_v unjustice_n falsehood_n and_o calumny_n most_o injurious_o slander_v not_o only_a saint_n cyrill_n but_o the_o holy_a general_a counsel_n of_o 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be_v in_o christ_n and_o see_v as_o we_o have_v certain_o prove_v ibas_n mean_v two_o such_o nature_n as_o make_v two_o distinct_a person_n and_o one_o person_n not_o by_o a_o natural_a and_o hypostatical_a union_n but_o only_o by_o affection_n like_v and_o cohabitation_n which_o be_v the_o

profess_v true_o we_o envy_v not_o so_o apt_a a_o name_n unto_o they_o only_o the_o cardinal_n show_v himself_o a_o very_a unskilful_a herald_n in_o the_o blazony_n of_o this_o coat_n &_o the_o descent_n of_o this_o title_n unto_o they_o he_o fetch_v ibid._n fetch_v papista_fw-la deducitur_fw-la à_fw-la papa_n qualis_fw-la fuit_fw-la petrus_n &_o christus_fw-la ipse_fw-la ibid._n it_o forsooth_o from_o pope_n clement_n pope_n peter_n and_o pope_n christ_n why_o it_o be_v of_o no_o such_o antiquity_n nor_o of_o so_o honourable_a a_o race_n their_o own_o bristol_n will_v assure_v ●_o assure_v demand_v ●_o he_o that_o this_o name_n be_v never_o hear_v of_o till_o the_o day_n of_o leo_n the_o ten_o neither_o be_v they_o so_o call_v as_o the_o cardinal_n fanci_v because_o they_o hold_v communion_n in_o faith_n with_o the_o pope_n which_o for_o six_o hundred_o year_n and_o more_o all_o christian_n do_v and_o yet_o be_v not_o papist_n nor_o ever_o so_o call_v but_o because_o they_o hold_v 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to_o flout_v she_o who_o exceed_v all_o woman_n in_o impiety_n let_v she_o have_v a_o name_n take_v from_o hell_n let_v she_o be_v call_v allecto_n or_o megaera_n or_o tisiphone_n a_o citizen_n of_o hell_n a_o child_n of_o devil_n ravish_v with_o a_o satanical_a spirit_n drive_v up_o and_o down_o with_o a_o devilish_a gad-bee_a a_o enemy_n of_o concord_n and_o peace_n purchase_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o martyr_n thus_o the_o cardinal_n who_o tell_v we_o afterward_o how_o when_o vigilius_n come_v to_o constantinople_n she_o contend_v long_o with_o he_o for_o to_o have_v anthimus_n restore_v in_o so_o much_o that_o vigilius_n be_v force_v to_o smite_v she_o as_o from_o heaven_n with_o the_o thunderbolt_n of_o excommunication_n 50._o excommunication_n sententiam_fw-la excommunicationis_fw-la inflixit_fw-la et_fw-fr excommunicationis_fw-la sententia_fw-la fulminis_fw-la instar_fw-la coelitus_fw-la emisse_fw-la prostravit_fw-la a_o 547._o nu_fw-la 49._o &_o 50._o whereupon_o she_o 24_o she_o theodoram_fw-la à_fw-la vigilio_n sauciatam_fw-la diro_fw-la jaculo_fw-la anathematis_fw-la haud_fw-la diu_fw-la post_fw-la ulciscente_fw-la numine_fw-la est_fw-la insecutus_fw-la interitus_fw-la a_o 548._o nu_fw-la 24_o short_o dye_v here_o be_v the_o tragical_a end_n which_o the_o cardinal_n have_v make_v of_o she_o 2._o now_o i_o will_v not_o have_v any_o think_v that_o i_o intend_v whole_o to_o excuse_v the_o empress_n she_o have_v her_o passion_n and_o error_n as_o who_o have_v not_o and_o as_o liberatus_n 22._o liberatus_n libre_fw-la ca._n 21_o 22._o and_o evagrius_n 10._o evagrius_n evagr._fw-la lib._n 4._o ca._n 10._o show_v she_o take_v part_n with_o the_o oppugner_n of_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n which_o be_v for_o sometime_o true_a she_o be_v as_o it_o seem_v seduce_v by_o anthimus_n who_o for_o a_o while_o she_o labour_v to_o have_v restore_v to_o the_o see_v of_o constantinople_n though_o afterward_o as_o victor_n tununensis_n testify_v she_o be_v better_o inform_v join_v with_o the_o emperor_n in_o condemn_v the_o three_o chapter_n and_o so_o in_o truth_n in_o defend_v the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n though_o victor_n think_v the_o contrary_n and_o of_o this_o mind_n in_o condemn_v the_o three_o chapter_n she_o be_v as_o by_o victor_n be_v evident_a some_o year_n before_o vigilius_n come_v to_o constantinople_n her_o former_a error_n seduction_n and_o labour_n for_o anthimus_n i_o will_v not_o seek_v to_o lessen_v or_o any_o way_n excuse_n but_o though_o she_o be_v worthy_a of_o blame_n be_v it_o fit_a for_o the_o cardinal_n so_o base_o to_o revile_v she_o and_o in_o such_o a_o unseemly_a and_o undutiful_a manner_n to_o disgorge_v the_o venom_n of_o his_o stomach_n upon_o a_o empress_n tanta_fw-la ne_fw-la animus_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la irae_fw-la who_o will_v have_v think_v such_o rancour_n and_o poison_n to_o have_v rest_v in_o the_o breast_n of_o a_o cardinal_n but_o there_o be_v you_o may_v be_v sure_a some_o great_a cause_n which_o draw_v from_o the_o cardinal_n so_o many_o unseemly_a speech_n against_o the_o empress_n and_o though_o he_o will_v be_v think_v to_o do_v all_o this_o only_a out_o of_o zeal_n to_o the_o truth_n which_o anthimus_n the_o heretic_n oppugn_v yet_o if_o the_o depth_n of_o the_o cardinal_n heart_n be_v sound_v it_o will_v appear_v that_o his_o spite_n against_o she_o be_v for_o condemn_v the_o three_o chapter_n which_o pope_n vigilius_n in_o his_o constitution_n defend_v anthimus_n and_o his_o cause_n be_v but_o a_o pretence_n and_o colour_n the_o apostolical_a constitution_n the_o heresy_n of_o the_o nestorian_n decree_v and_o define_v therein_o that_o be_v the_o true_a mark_n at_o which_o the_o cardinal_n aim_v neither_o emperor_n nor_o empress_n nor_o bishop_n nor_o council_n nor_o any_o may_v open_v their_o mouth_n against_o that_o constitution_n which_o touch_v they_o in_o capite_fw-la but_o they_o shall_v be_v sure_a to_o hear_v and_o bear_v away_o as_o harsh_a and_o hellish_a term_n from_o baronius_n as_o if_o they_o have_v condemn_v the_o trent_n council_n itself_o have_v theodora_n defend_v the_o three_o chapter_n as_o vigilius_n in_o his_o constitution_n do_v the_o cardinal_n will_v have_v honour_v she_o as_o a_o melpomene_n clio_n or_o urania_n because_o she_o do_v not_o that_o she_o must_v be_v nothing_o but_o allecto_n megara_n or_o tisiphone_n and_o they_o be_v too_o good_a name_n for_o she_o 3._o if_o one_o desire_v to_o set_v forth_o her_o praise_n there_o want_v not_o testimony_n of_o her_o dignity_n and_o honour_n constantinus_n manasses_n 87._o manasses_n in_o annal_n suis_fw-la pa._n 87._o say_v that_o she_o be_v jisdem_fw-la addicta_fw-la cum_fw-la marito_fw-la studiis_fw-la &_o iisdem_fw-la praedita_fw-la moribus_fw-la that_o she_o so_o well_o consort_v to_o her_o husband_n that_o she_o be_v addict_v to_o the_o same_o study_n endue_v with_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o he_o be_v that_o justinian_n himself_o call_v she_o 1._o she_o participem_fw-la consilij_fw-la sumente_n eam_fw-la quae_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la est_fw-la data_fw-la nobis_fw-la

547._o nu_fw-la 49_o have_v borrow_v all_o which_o be_v nothing_o but_o a_o mere_a fiction_n and_o legend_n patch_v up_o by_o anastasius_n as_o elsewhere_o i_o shall_v further_o explain_v vigilius_n be_v neither_o call_v nor_o come_v about_o that_o business_n to_o constantinople_n but_o about_o the_o three_o chapter_n the_o cause_n of_o anthimus_n be_v some_o ten_o year_n before_o end_v the_o empress_n know_v the_o resolution_n of_o vigilius_n therein_o that_o he_o have_v absolute_o refuse_v to_o restore_v he_o and_o though_o for_o a_o while_n after_o the_o deposition_n of_o anthimus_n she_o be_v deceive_v by_o his_o fair_a word_n and_o show_v of_o piety_n seek_v to_o restore_v he_o yet_o when_o she_o see_v anthimus_n to_o remain_v a_o obstinate_a heretic_n and_o to_o oppugn_v the_o faith_n of_o chalcedon_n she_o quite_o leave_v off_o all_o strive_n for_o anthimus_n and_o become_v with_o justinian_n a_o condemner_n of_o the_o three_o chapter_n as_o victor_n basilij_fw-la victor_n theodora_n elicuit_fw-la à_fw-la vigilio_n ut_fw-la tria_fw-la capitula_fw-la condemnaret_fw-la vict._n tun._n in_o chron._n a_o 2._o post_v coss_n basilij_fw-la testify_v that_o be_v in_o truth_n a_o earnest_a defender_n of_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n and_o of_o the_o catholic_a faith_n so_o unjust_o do_v the_o cardinal_n take_v occasion_n upon_o a_o untruth_n and_o legendary_a fable_n to_o revile_v the_o empress_n as_o a_o heretic_n 6._o the_o three_o and_o last_o point_n concern_v the_o direful_a thunderblast_n of_o excommunication_n which_o vigilius_n the_o roman_a jupiter_n cast_v from_o heaven_n against_o theodora_n wherewith_o belike_o she_o be_v smite_v to_o death_n wherein_o though_o the_o cardinal_n ibid._n cardinal_n ibid._n be_v exceed_a brag_n and_o think_v his_o say_n to_o be_v warrant_v by_o no_o mean_a witness_n but_o by_o pope_n gregory_n himself_o yet_o for_o all_o that_o i_o must_v be_v bold_a to_o tell_v he_o that_o it_o also_o be_v a_o fiction_n and_o that_o vigilius_n bring_v no_o such_o jovial_a dart_n with_o he_o to_o constantinople_n or_o if_o he_o do_v he_o spend_v they_o not_o upon_o the_o empress_n it_o be_v pope_n agapetus_n and_o not_o vigilius_n by_o who_o if_o by_o any_o theodora_n be_v excommunicate_v see_v theodora_n do_v contend_v with_o agapetus_n about_o anthimus_n and_o that_o also_o before_o his_o deposition_n it_o be_v he_o which_o call_v theodora_n eleutheria_fw-gr a_o persecute_v empress_n vigilius_n have_v no_o occasion_n at_o his_o come_n to_o excommunicate_v she_o the_o cause_n of_o anthimus_n be_v before_o that_o end_v theodora_n and_o vigilius_n consent_v together_o in_o one_o profession_n of_o faith_n he_o condemn_v the_o three_o chapter_n a_o little_a after_o he_o come_v to_o constantinople_n as_o well_o as_o the_o empress_n can_v not_o condemn_v or_o excommunicate_v she_o for_o a_o heretic_n but_o he_o must_v condemn_v himself_o also_o ay_o but_o pope_n gregory_n 36._o gregory_n greg._n lib._n 2._o epist_n 36._o say_v express_o he_o do_v excommunicate_v she_o may_v i_o in_o stead_n of_o a_o answer_n say_v as_o some_o 46._o some_o author_n apol_n tumultuariae_fw-la pro_fw-la dispensatione_fw-la de_fw-la matrim_n hen._n 8._o &_o uxoris_fw-la fratris_fw-la ejus_fw-la fol._n 46._o of_o their_o own_o writer_n do_v in_o another_o cause_n gregorius_n hîc_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la audiendus_fw-la gregory_n be_v here_o not_o to_o be_v regard_v or_o but_o say_v as_o their_o own_o bishop_n canus_n 2._o canus_n de_fw-fr loc_fw-fr theol._n lib._n 11._o ca._n 6._o §._o lex_fw-la vero_fw-la 2._o do_v that_o gregory_n be_v too_o credulous_a in_o write_v report_n the_o matter_n be_v soon_o answer_v but_o i_o be_o not_o willing_a to_o censure_n gregory_n so_o hard_o as_o they_o do_v my_o answer_n be_v that_o the_o name_n of_o vigilius_n be_v by_o a_o error_n either_o of_o the_o writer_n or_o printer_n of_o gregory_n insert_v there_o in_o stead_n of_o agapetus_n for_o of_o agapetus_n victor_n justiniani_fw-la victor_n agapetus_n archiepiscop_n rom._n theodoram_fw-la augustam_fw-la anthimi_fw-la patronam_fw-la communione_fw-la private_a anthimum_fw-la deponit_fw-la &_o mennam_fw-la ejus_fw-la loco_fw-la episcopum_fw-la ponit_fw-la vict._n tunun_n in_o chron._n in_o coss_n justin_n a_o 14._o justiniani_fw-la be_v a_o express_a witness_n that_o he_o indeed_o deprive_v theodora_n of_o the_o communion_n all_o the_o circumstance_n accord_v thereunto_o theodora_n be_v then_o a_o enemy_n to_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n she_o take_v part_n and_o be_v a_o patron_n of_o anthimus_n gregory_n himself_o note_v this_o fact_n to_o be_v do_v equal_o against_o the_o whole_a sect_n citató_n sect_n papa_n contra_fw-la theodoram_fw-la &_o acephalos_fw-la damnationis_fw-la sententiam_fw-la promulgavit_fw-la greg._n loco_fw-la citató_n of_o the_o acephalian_a heretic_n as_o against_o theodora_n now_o vigilius_n have_v nothing_o to_o do_v with_o those_o heretic_n it_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o three_o chapter_n wherewith_o he_o be_v trouble_v the_o head_n of_o the_o acephali_n anthimus_n severus_n petrus_n zoaras_n and_o their_o follower_n be_v condemn_v both_o by_o agapetus_n b._n agapetus_n acephalorum_fw-la principes_fw-la anthimum_fw-la severun_v etc._n etc._n condemnavit_fw-la agapetus_n bin._n not._n in_o vitam_fw-la agapet_n pa._n 416._o b._n and_o by_o the_o great_a council_n of_o constantinople_n 5._o constantinople_n act._n 5._o under_o menna_n where_o be_v present_v the_o legate_n of_o the_o roman_a see_v agapetus_n be_v late_o dead_a and_o the_o same_o sentence_n be_v confirm_v by_o the_o emperor_n justinian_n menna_n justinian_n const_n justin_n post_fw-la finem_fw-la synod_n sub_fw-la menna_n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o synod_n so_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o leave_v for_o vigilius_n to_o do_v against_o the_o acephali_n who_o both_o by_o the_o pontifical_a synodall_n and_o imperial_a sentence_n be_v condemn_v nine_o year_n before_o his_o come_n to_o constantinople_n last_o the_o very_a scope_n and_o coherence_n of_o gregory_n text_n do_v enforce_v this_o correction_n the_o defender_n of_o the_o three_o chapter_n allege_v that_o since_o the_o time_n of_o the_o five_o council_n wherein_o the_o three_o chapter_n be_v condemn_v many_o calamity_n have_v befall_v italy_n whereupon_o they_o conclude_v that_o god_n afflict_v the_o church_n for_o that_o decree_n of_o the_o five_o council_n and_o for_o condemn_v of_o those_o three_o chapter_n gregory_z to_o refute_v this_o their_o reason_n allege_v another_o example_n and_o of_o former_a time_n to_o wit_n of_o condemn_v the_o acephali_n who_o they_o to_o who_o gregory_n write_v acknowledge_v for_o heretic_n say_v postquam_fw-la after_o pope_n agapetus_n when_o he_o come_v into_o this_o kingly_a city_n denounce_v a_o sentence_n of_o condemnation_n against_o theodora_n and_o the_o acephali_n then_o be_v rome_n besiege_v and_o take_v by_o the_o enemy_n that_o be_v the_o goth_n be_v therefore_o god_n angry_a for_o that_o sentence_n against_o the_o acephali_n apply_v this_o reason_n to_o vigilius_n and_o his_o time_n and_o it_o be_v not_o only_o untrue_a but_o unfit_a to_o the_o purpose_n of_o gregory_n for_o before_o vigilius_n his_o come_n to_o constantinople_n not_o only_a vitiges_n the_o goth_n possess_fw-fr rome_n from_o who_o bellisarius_fw-la in_o the_o time_n of_o silverius_n recover_v it_o and_o make_v great_a havoc_n in_o italy_n but_o totilas_n 360._o totilas_n totilas_fw-la romam_fw-la contendit_fw-la quam_fw-la statim_fw-la obsedit_fw-la proc._n lib._n 3._o the_o bell_n goth._n pa._n 360._o also_o before_o vitiges_n come_v besiege_v it_o so_o hard_a that_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o famine_n they_o be_v drive_v not_o only_o to_o eat_v mouse_n and_o dog_n but_o even_o dung_n also_o and_o last_o of_o all_o one_o to_o eat_v up_o another_o and_o that_o same_o year_n totilas_n take_v rome_n sack_v it_o and_o have_v purpose_v utter_o to_o have_v abolish_v it_o and_o burn_v it_o to_o ash_n but_o that_o bellisarius_fw-la by_o his_o most_o prudent_a and_o fortunate_a persuasion_n stay_v he_o from_o that_o barbarous_a immanity_n now_o see_v not_o only_o the_o siege_n but_o captivity_n of_o rome_n be_v after_o the_o come_n of_o that_o pope_n to_o constantinople_n and_o sentence_n against_o theodora_n of_o who_o gregory_n speak_v it_o must_v needs_o be_v he_o mean_v pope_n agapetus_n who_o sentence_n all_o the_o foresay_a calamity_n follow_v and_o not_o vigilius_n seq_fw-la vigilius_n vigilius_n venit_fw-la constantinopolin_n a_o 12._o belli_fw-la gothic_n proc._n lib._n eodem_fw-la pa._n 364._o romam_fw-la obsedit_fw-la totilas_fw-la a_o 11._o ejusdem_fw-la belli_fw-la lib._n eodem_fw-la pa._n 359._o &_o seq_fw-la before_o who_o come_v to_o constantinople_n rome_n be_v besiege_v by_o totilas_n and_o take_v also_o before_o the_o sentence_n if_o it_o be_v as_o by_o anastasius_n be_v to_o be_v gather_v not_o denounce_v till_o the_o second_o year_n after_o vigilius_n his_o come_n thither_o neither_o only_a have_v the_o reason_n of_o gregory_n be_v untrue_a but_o most_o unfit_a for_o his_o purpose_n have_v he_o mean_v vigilius_n in_o this_o place_n for_o he_o clear_o

intend_v such_o a_o calamity_n as_o happen_v before_o the_o condemn_a of_o the_o three_o chapter_n but_o after_o the_o condemn_v of_o the_o acephali_n now_o it_o be_v certain_a by_o the_o act_n of_o the_o five_o council_n and_o by_o the_o emperor_n testimony_n that_o as_o the_o eastern_a bishop_n so_o also_o vigilius_n present_o after_o he_o come_v to_o constantinople_n consent_v to_o condemn_v the_o three_o chapter_n yea_o condemn_v they_o by_o a_o pontifical_a decree_n and_o judgement_n and_o continue_v in_o that_o mind_n till_o the_o time_n of_o the_o five_o council_n at_o which_o time_n by_o the_o general_a synod_n they_o be_v also_o condemn_v gregory_n then_o shall_v have_v speak_v against_o himself_o have_v he_o mean_v vigilius_n and_o his_o come_n to_o constantinople_n in_o say_v that_o after_o the_o sentence_n of_o vigilius_n against_o theodora_n the_o city_n be_v besiege_v and_o take_v as_o it_o be_v once_o again_o indeed_o take_v by_o totilas_n 394._o totilas_n proc._n lib._n eodem_fw-la 3._o a_o 15._o belli_fw-la goth._n pa._n 394._o in_o the_o 23._o year_n of_o justinus_n for_o his_o adversary_n to_o who_o he_o write_v be_v defender_n of_o the_o three_o chapter_n will_v have_v reply_v against_o he_o that_o this_o calamity_n befall_v they_o from_o the_o very_a same_o cause_n see_v both_o the_o eastern_a bishop_n and_o the_o pope_n consent_v in_o that_o doctrine_n of_o condemn_v of_o the_o three_o chapter_n thus_o it_o appear_v not_o by_o surmise_n and_o conjecture_n but_o by_o certain_a and_o evident_a proof_n that_o the_o text_n of_o gregory_n be_v corrupt_v or_o else_o that_o gregory_n himself_o be_v mistake_v therein_o which_o in_o a_o matter_n so_o near_o his_o day_n we_o may_v not_o think_v and_o so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o vigilius_n but_o agapetus_n who_o gregory_n intend_v to_o denounce_v that_o sentence_n against_o the_o acephali_n or_o theodora_n of_o which_o baronius_n make_v such_o boast_n and_o commend_v with_o such_o great_a ostentation_n 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conceal_v and_o cover_v with_o his_o dog_n tail_n but_o enough_o of_o this_o passage_n wherein_o there_o be_v not_o so_o few_o as_o twenty_o lie_n 18._o the_o next_o passage_n in_o anastasius_n contain_v the_o send_n for_o vigilius_n and_o the_o manner_n how_o he_o be_v take_v from_o rome_n and_o bring_v to_o constantinople_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n take_v that_o opportunity_n of_o the_o displeasure_n of_o theodora_n against_o he_o for_o his_o former_a consent_n to_o restore_v anthimus_n suggest_v divers_a accusation_n against_o he_o as_o that_o by_o his_o counsel_n sylverius_n be_v depose_v and_o that_o he_o be_v a_o murderer_n and_o have_v kill_v his_o nephew_n asterius_n whereupon_o the_o empress_n send_v anthimus_n scribo_fw-la to_o take_v he_o wheresoever_o he_o be_v except_o only_o in_o the_o church_n of_o saint_n peter_n scribo_fw-la come_v and_o take_v he_o in_o the_o end_n of_o november_n and_o after_o many_o indignity_n both_o in_o word_n and_o action_n as_o that_o the_o people_n cast_v stone_n and_o club_n and_o dung_n after_o he_o wish_v all_o evil_a to_o go_v with_o he_o he_o in_o this_o violent_a manner_n be_v bring_v to_o sicily_n in_o december_n and_o on_o christmas_n eve_n to_o constantinople_n who_o the_o emperor_n then_o meet_v they_o kiss_v and_o weep_v one_o over_o the_o other_o for_o joy_n and_o then_o they_o lead_v he_o to_o the_o church_n of_o saint_n sophie_n the_o people_n sing_v a_o hymn_n behold_v the_o lord_n come_v thus_o anastasius_n which_o whole_a narration_n to_o be_v a_o very_a lie_v and_o dunghill_n legend_n be_v easy_a to_o demonstrate_v if_o baronius_n and_o binius_fw-la have_v not_o much_o ease_v we_o in_o this_o part_n for_o they_o not_o only_o condemn_v this_o as_o untrue_a but_o prove_v it_o by_o divers_a argument_n to_o be_v such_o the_o first_o for_o that_o vigilius_n be_v call_v to_o constantinople_n only_o 55._o only_o trium_fw-la capitulotum_fw-la causâ_fw-la tantum_fw-la vocatus_fw-la est_fw-la bin._n not_o in_o vita_fw-la vigilij_fw-la §_o tunc_fw-la romani_fw-la non_fw-la alia_fw-la causa_fw-la profectionis_fw-la vigilij_fw-la constantinopolim_n cognoscitur_fw-la bar._n a_o 546._o nu_fw-la 55._o for_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o three_o chapter_n and_o therefore_o anastasius_n put_v down_o other_o cause_n thereof_o aperti_fw-la mendacij_fw-la 54._o mendacij_fw-la bar._n a_o eodem_fw-la 546._o nu_fw-la 54._o arguitur_fw-la be_v convince_v of_o a_o evident_a untruth_n the_o second_o because_o see_v as_o they_o say_v menna_n and_o the_o chief_a eastern_a bishop_n will_v not_o subscribe_v to_o the_o edict_n of_o the_o emperor_n until_o the_o pope_n have_v consent_v justinian_n will_v conciliate_v 55._o conciliate_v putavit_fw-la vigilium_fw-la quibus_fw-la posset_n fieri_fw-la blanditijs_fw-la conciliandum_fw-la bin._n loc_fw-la cit_fw-la eum_n sibi_fw-la quibus_fw-la valuit_fw-la studuit_fw-la conciliare_fw-la blanditijs_fw-la bar._n a_o 546._o nu_fw-la 55._o the_o 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theodora_n the_o patron_n of_o anthimus_n a_o oppugner_n of_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n whence_o it_o may_v appear_v that_o anastasius_n ascribe_v to_o the_o emperor_n that_o which_o be_v do_v by_o the_o empress_n against_o agapetus_n and_o if_o any_o such_o word_n be_v use_v by_o agapetus_n as_o compare_v their_o tyranny_n to_o dioclesian_n persecution_n it_o be_v speak_v no_o way_n of_o justinian_n who_o be_v even_o then_o a_o most_o earnest_a defender_n of_o the_o true_a faith_n but_o of_o theodora_n who_o for_o a_o while_n labour_v for_o anthimus_n and_o against_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n till_o see_v that_o she_o can_v not_o prevail_v therein_o neither_o by_o the_o mean_n of_o agapetus_n nor_o silverius_n nor_o vigilius_n after_o he_o have_v once_o write_v to_o the_o emperor_n his_o confirmation_n of_o the_o deposition_n of_o anthimus_n she_o then_o change_v her_o mind_n the_o cause_n of_o the_o three_o chapter_n be_v then_o move_v she_o become_v as_o the_o 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with_o anthimus_n and_o overcome_v he_o before_o the_o emperor_n that_o the_o emperor_n thereupon_o humble_v himself_o to_o the_o pope_n and_o adore_v ibid._n adore_v augustus_n adoravit_fw-la beatissimû_fw-fr agapetum_fw-la papam_fw-la anast_n ibid._n the_o most_o bless_a agapetus_n that_o then_o he_o banish_v anthimus_n and_o entreat_v agapetus_n to_o consecrate_v menna_n in_o his_o room_n now_o anastasius_n perceive_v these_o his_o fiction_n concern_v justinian_n and_o agapetus_n wherein_o he_o have_v some_o ground_n of_o truth_n to_o be_v plausible_a and_o his_o end_n be_v this_o papae_fw-la ut_fw-la placerent_fw-la quas_fw-la fecisset_fw-la fabulas_fw-la he_o bring_v in_o justinian_n and_o vigilius_n to_o act_v the_o very_a same_o pageant_n again_o and_o that_o without_o any_o ground_n of_o truth_n they_o for_o sooth_n ten_o year_n after_o anthimus_n be_v depose_v and_o for_o aught_o appear_v be_v dead_a at_o that_o time_n must_v come_v in_o quarrel_v again_o about_o anthimus_n as_o fresh_a as_o ever_o the_o emperor_n and_o agapetus_n have_v do_v before_o nay_o they_o must_v contend_v two_o other_o whole_a year_n after_o the_o former_a ten_o about_o this_o helena_n justinian_n and_o his_o empress_n must_v for_o want_n of_o variety_n of_o phrase_n be_v term_v dioclesian_n and_o eleutheria_fw-gr vigilius_n must_v be_v buffet_v and_o beat_v hale_v drag_v imprison_v and_o banish_v true_o anastasius_n have_v some_o ground_n for_o the_o act_n under_o agapetus_n for_o this_o of_o vigilius_n he_o be_v behold_v to_o none_o but_o his_o own_o poetical_a pate_n &_o lest_o any_o little_a scene_n or_o shadow_n of_o resemblance_n may_v be_v want_v baronius_n 49._o baronius_n bar._n a_o 547._o nu_fw-la 49._o supply_v one_o defect_n in_o anastasius_n tell_v we_o how_o vigilius_n for_o the_o same_o cause_n of_o anthimus_n excommunicate_v theodora_n at_o his_o come_n to_o constantinople_n even_o as_o agapetus_n have_v do_v before_o who_o see_v not_o all_o this_o to_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o mimesis_n of_o the_o act_n of_o agapetus_n and_o a_o mere_a fiction_n of_o anastasius_n in_o which_o there_o be_v not_o so_o few_o as_o thirty_o lie_n 22._o you_o have_v see_v the_o tragical_a part_n of_o this_o anastasian_a fable_n now_o follow_v the_o catastrophe_n or_o sudden_a change_n of_o all_o this_o hard_a fortune_n tunc_fw-la gothi_n secerunt_fw-la then_o say_v he_o the_o goth_n make_v totilas_n their_o king_n who_o come_v to_o rome_n besiege_v it_o so_o sore_o that_o the_o city_n be_v press_v with_o a_o great_a famine_n so_o that_o they_o do_v eat_v their_o own_o child_n totilas_n enter_v the_o city_n at_o the_o gate_n of_o saint_n paul_n in_o the_o 13._o indiction_n and_o for_o a_o whole_a night_n cause_v a_o trumpet_n to_o be_v sound_v till_o all_o the_o roman_a people_n be_v flee_v away_o or_o hide_v in_o church_n and_o totilas_n dwell_v with_o the_o roman_n quasi_fw-la pater_fw-la cum_fw-la filijs_fw-la even_o as_o a_o father_n with_o his_o child_n thus_o anastasius_n who_o will_v not_o think_v by_o this_o narration_n that_o totilas_n be_v make_v king_n after_o the_o beat_n dragging_z and_o imprisonment_n of_o vigilius_n and_o banishment_n of_o he_o &_o his_o fellow_n upon_o which_o anastasius_n present_o adjoin_v tunc_fw-la gothi_n fecerunt_fw-la than_o the_o goth_n make_v totilas_n king_n and_o yet_o totilas_n be_v king_n 26._o king_n totilas_n creature_n rex_fw-la gothorum_fw-la anno_fw-la 7._o belli_fw-la gothici_n proc._n lib._n 3._o pa._n 346._o be_v est_fw-la annus_fw-la justiniano_n 16._o ut_fw-la ait_fw-la bar._n a_o 542._o nu_fw-la 1._o vigilius_n byzantium_n venit_fw-la anno_fw-la 12._o belli_fw-la gothici_n proc._n lib._n 3._o pa._n 364._o i●_n est_fw-la justiniani_fw-la 21._o &_o isto_fw-la anno_fw-la constantinopolim_n venisse_fw-la vigilium_fw-la ait_fw-la bar._n a_o 547._o nu_fw-la 26._o not_o only_o before_o all_o that_o tragical_a act_n but_o four_o or_o five_o year_n also_o before_o vigilius_n come_v to_o constantinople_n or_o before_o the_o emperor_n send_v for_o he_o and_o in_o like_a sort_n totilas_n his_o besiege_n of_o rome_n by_o anastasius_n narration_n follow_v all_o the_o former_a whereas_o by_o procopius_n 364._o procopius_n totilas_fw-la romam_fw-la contendit_fw-la quam_fw-la statim_fw-la obsedit_fw-la procop._n lib._n 3._o pa._n 360._o per_fw-la id_fw-la tempus_fw-la obsidionis_fw-la cum_fw-la vigilius_n in_o sicilia_n esset_fw-la etc._n etc._n lib._n eod_a pa._n 364._o it_o be_v evident_a that_o totilas_n besiege_v rome_n while_o vigilius_n stay_v in_o sicily_n before_o he_o set_v forward_o to_o constantinople_n the_o like_a error_n be_v in_o the_o note_n of_o the_o indiction_n for_o totilas_n take_v the_o city_n not_o as_o anastasius_n say_v in_o the_o 13._o but_o as_o 12._o as_o indictione_n 10._o &_o 6._o post_n cons_n basilij_fw-la anno_fw-la totilas_fw-la romam_fw-la ingreditur_fw-la marc._n in_o chron._n be_v est_fw-la juxta_fw-la eundem_fw-la marc._n a_o 547._o cvi_fw-la consentit_fw-la bar._n a_o 547._o nu_fw-la 12._o marcellinus_n witness_v and_o that_o aright_o in_o the_o 10._o indiction_n neither_o do_v he_o enter_v at_o the_o gate_n of_o saint_n paul_n but_o as_o procopius_n 372_o procopius_n vniverso_fw-la exercitu_fw-la instructo_fw-la ad_fw-la p●rtam_fw-la asinariam_fw-la duxit_fw-la etc._n etc._n proc._n lib._n 3._o p._n 372_o express_o declare_v at_o that_o which_o be_v call_v asinaria_fw-la neither_o do_v totilas_n sound_v any_o such_o trumpet_n to_o give_v they_o warning_n or_o space_n to_o flee_v but_o enter_v the_o city_n in_o the_o night_n and_o that_o by_o treachery_n of_o the_o watch_n he_o stay_v ibid._n stay_v vnum_fw-la in_o locum_fw-la copias_fw-la omnes_fw-la coegit_fw-la hostium_fw-la insidias_fw-la veritu●_n proc._n ibid._n his_o army_n together_o till_o morning_n for_o fear_v that_o some_o danger_n may_v befall_v himself_o or_o his_o army_n in_o the_o dark_a by_o the_o lie_a in_o wait_n of_o the_o enemy_n and_o when_o after_o this_o bellisarius_fw-la have_v recover_v the_o city_n totilas_n again_o win_v it_o from_o the_o roman_n which_o be_v three_o year_n after_o this_o to_o wit_n in_o the_o 15._o year_n of_o the_o gothicke_a war_n as_o procopius_n 394._o procopius_n annus_fw-la 14._o exibat_fw-la huius_fw-la belli_fw-la totilas_fw-la deinde_fw-la copias_fw-la romam_fw-la ductavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n proc._n l._n 3._o pa._n 394._o show_v which_o be_v the_o 24._o of_o justinian_n whereas_o his_o first_o take_v it_o be_v in_o the_o 21._o of_o justinian_n then_o indeed_o totilas_n as_o procopius_n 394._o procopius_n praecepit_fw-la ut_fw-la quanta_fw-la vi_fw-la possent_fw-la buccinâ_fw-la clangorem_fw-la eliderent_fw-la etc._n etc._n proc._n ibid._n pa._n 394._o declare_v cause_v divers_a trumpet_n to_o sound_v a_o alarm_n on_o the_o river_n of_o tiber_n in_o the_o night_n time_n as_o if_o he_o will_v on_o that_o side_n assault_v the_o city_n while_o he_o have_v his_o army_n in_o readiness_n on_o the_o contrary_a side_n and_o enter_v there_o by_o treachery_n also_o of_o the_o watch_n the_o roman_n give_v little_o regard_v to_o that_o part_n these_o trumpet_n give_v the_o occasion_n to_o anastasius_n his_o fiction_n which_o be_v

applaud_v the_o same_o thus_o vigilius_n at_o last_o get_v what_o in_o his_o ambitious_a desire_n he_o so_o long_o gape_v and_o thirst_v after_o at_o the_o first_o onset_n he_o seek_v the_o papacy_n but_o get_v it_o not_o at_o the_o second_o turn_n he_o get_v it_o but_o by_o usurpation_n and_o intrusion_n only_o but_o now_o at_o this_o three_o and_o last_o bout_n he_o hit_v the_o mark_n indeed_o he_o get_v the_o rightful_a possession_n of_o it_o and_o be_v now_o become_v what_o he_o will_v be_v the_o true_a bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o vicar_n of_o s._n peter_n 16._o i_o have_v stay_v somewhat_o long_o in_o the_o entrance_n of_o vigilius_n and_o yet_o because_o i_o have_v set_v down_o no_o more_o but_o a_o very_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o naked_a &_o undecked_a narration_n or_o as_o it_o be_v only_o rough_a hew_v i_o must_v pray_v the_o reader_n that_o he_o will_v permit_v i_o to_o set_v down_o some_o few_o exornation_n and_o polishment_n of_o it_o out_o of_o cardinal_n 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