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far_o distant_a from_o this_o our_o neighbour_a gallia_n or_o france_n and_o so_o the_o similitude_n or_o identity_n of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o name_n for_o diverse_a country_n give_v occasion_n of_o error_n unto_o some_o few_o such_o as_o reading_z that_o s._n philip_n the_o apostle_n be_v in_o a_o country_n call_v gallia_n and_o s._n joseph_n of_o aramathia_n live_v and_o die_v hear_v in_o britain_n to_o make_v this_o false_a and_o ignorant_a collection_n that_o s._n joseph_n be_v send_v hither_o by_o s._n philip_n out_o of_o this_o next_o gallia_n where_o he_o never_o fix_n acta_fw-la per_fw-la legat._n antiquit._fw-la glast_n manuscr_n tabul_a fix_n be_v and_o it_o be_v evident_a by_o our_o old_a antiquity_n of_o glastenbury_n that_o s._n philip_n neither_o do_v nor_o can_v send_v s._n joseph_n or_o any_o hither_o from_o our_o next_o france_n which_o have_v not_o that_o name_n until_o some_o hundred_o of_o year_n after_o when_o the_o frankes_n of_o sicambria_n come_v first_o 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lucius_n long_o before_o any_o frankes_n give_v name_n unto_o our_o next_o france_n or_o come_v thither_o give_v demonstrance_n that_o s._n philip_n be_v among_o the_o frankes_n of_o sicambria_n which_o many_o other_o also_o
partibus_fw-la docuit_fw-la euangelium_fw-la they_o name_v not_o britain_n except_o coniectural_o britain_n sophronius_n teach_v not_o that_o s._n paul_n preach_v in_o britain_n they_o include_v it_o in_o that_o clause_n and_o other_o part_n of_o the_o west_n 5._o now_o to_o come_v to_o their_o other_o author_n sophronius_n patriarch_n of_o jerusalem_n who_o as_o some_o protestant_n before_o and_o some_o catholics_n also_o write_v do_v teach_v in_o his_o sermon_n of_o s._n peter_n and_o paul_n and_o as_o a_o protestant_a doctor_n affirm_v paulo_n 3._o convers_n part_n 1._o engl._n martyr_n in_o s._n paul_n sutcliffe_n subver_v pag._n 4._o sophron._n l._n aut_fw-la serm._n de_fw-fr petro_n &_o paulo_n in_o his_o sermon_n of_o the_o nativity_n of_o christ_n that_o s._n paul_n preach_v in_o britain_n there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n or_o the_o like_a in_o any_o of_o those_o sermon_n only_o i_o find_v in_o his_o sermon_n or_o book_n of_o s._n peter_n and_o paul_n how_o he_o write_v of_o 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contrary_a whereof_o be_v evident_a and_o she_o send_v the_o christian_a faith_n to_o her_o friend_n in_o britain_n hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la pontificij_fw-la incredibile_fw-la atque_fw-la adeo_fw-la impossibile_fw-it statuunt_fw-la cum_fw-la vero_fw-la cohaeret_fw-la maximè_fw-la quanquam_fw-la enim_fw-la ipse_fw-la ad_fw-la hanc_fw-la insulam_fw-la profectus_fw-la rome_n s._n claudia_n a_o british_a lady_n a_o christian_a before_o s._n paul_n his_o first_o come_v to_o rome_n non_fw-la sit_fw-la tamen_fw-la claudiae_n rufinae_fw-la nobilissimae_fw-la britannae_n &_o graecis_fw-la latinisque_fw-la literis_fw-la instructae_fw-la christianam_fw-la religionem_fw-la suasisse_fw-la perspicuum_fw-la est_fw-la hanc_fw-la itaque_fw-la iam_fw-la ad_fw-la christum_fw-la conuersam_fw-la non_fw-la minus_fw-la est_fw-la verisimile_fw-la christiana_n dogmata_fw-la ad_fw-la britannos_fw-la misisse_fw-la suos_fw-la quam_fw-la ante_fw-la acceptam_fw-la fidem_fw-la epigrammata_fw-la martialis_n what_o a_o 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