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this_o point_n platina_n before_o he_o 3._o who_o make_v neither_o mention_n of_o council_n nor_o father_n deal_v more_o true_o and_o say_v that_o the_o church_n of_o constantinople_n sibi_fw-la vendicare_fw-la conabatur_fw-la that_o place_n which_o boniface_n obtain_v from_o the_o emperor_n phocas_n and_o that_o the_o same_o be_v obtain_v upon_o these_o ground_n viz._n that_o whereas_o the_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n insist_v eo_fw-la loci_fw-la primam_fw-la sedem_fw-la esse_fw-la debere_fw-la ubi_fw-la imperii_fw-la caput_fw-la esset_fw-la it_o be_v answer_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o his_o agent_n that_o constantinople_n be_v but_o a_o colony_n deduce_v out_o of_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n and_o therefore_o that_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n ought_v still_o to_o be_v account_v caput_fw-la imperii_fw-la that_o the_o grecian_n themselves_z in_o their_o letter_n term_v their_o prince_n the_o emperor_n of_o the_o roman_n and_o that_o the_o citizen_n of_o constantinople_n be_v call_v not_o grecian_n but_o roman_n indeed_o platina_n further_o say_v be_v peradventure_o
modesty_n though_o otherwise_o our_o adversary_n be_v drive_v for_o shame_n to_o acknowledge_v the_o truth_n seq_n notwithstanding_o all_o the_o vain_a and_o ridiculous_a conceit_n 5._o and_o jangle_n either_o of_o the_o say_a glossographer_n canonist_n or_o schoolman_n or_o the_o false_a proud_a 2._o and_o insolent_a vaunt_n of_o the_o pope_n themselves_o from_o the_o say_v gregory_n the_o seven_o pretend_v themselves_o to_o be_v caesar_n 78._o and_o emperor_n it_o be_v true_a that_o bellarmin_n labour_v afterward_o to_o advance_v the_o pope_n authority_n in_o temporal_a cause_n indirect_o 2._o thereby_o to_o bring_v they_o so_o far_o within_o the_o compass_n of_o the_o pope_n reach_n as_o that_o he_o may_v depose_v they_o if_o they_o hinder_v the_o good_a of_o the_o church_n but_o his_o deal_n herein_o be_v very_o indirect_a that_o we_o use_v his_o own_o word_n and_o can_v salve_v his_o former_a conclusion_n and_o inference_n whereby_o he_o and_o the_o rest_n 1._o have_v so_o wound_v the_o bishop_n of_o that_o see_v and_o disclose_v their_o nakedness_n as_o all_o their_o adherent_n will_v never_o be_v able_a to_o cure_v they_o placet_fw-la eye_n haec_fw-la omne_fw-la suprascripta_fw-la ter_z lecta_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o domo_fw-la inferiori_fw-la convocationis_fw-la in_o frequenti_fw-la synodo_fw-la cleri_fw-la &_o unanimi_fw-la consensu_fw-la comprobata_fw-la ità _fw-la testor_fw-la apr._n 16._o 1606._o johannes_n overall_n prolocutor_n finis_fw-la 1_o tim._n 6._o 15._o apocal._n 19_o 16._o joh._n 1._o 2_o 10._o hebr._n 1._o 3_o 10._o coloss_n 1._o 16._o prov._n 8._o placet_fw-la eye_n two_o p._n in_o ms._n placet_fw-la three_o p._n in_o ms._n lv_o p._n in_o ms._n v_o p._n in_o ms._n gen._n 4._o 2_o pet._n 2._o 5._o placet_fw-la eye_n vi_fw-la in_o ms._n gen._n 5._o gen._n 9_o 19_o gen._n 10._o 32._o seven_o in_o ms._n gen._n 9_o 6._o rom._n 13._o 4._o epiph._n in_o anchor_n luther_n in_o gen._n perer._n in_o gen._n func_fw-la chron._n sulpit._n sever._n selnec_fw-la georg._n fabric_n &_o nic._n gibbons_n in_o gen._n placet_fw-la viij_o in_o ms._n placet_fw-la ix_o in_o ms._n gen._n 8._o 20._o gen._n 9_o 28._o gen_n 8._o 20._o gen._n 17._o 10._o placet_fw-la x._o in_o ms._n gen._n 6._o gen._n â—_o placet_fw-la xi_o in_o ms._n gen._n 10._o 8._o placet_fw-la twelve_o p._n in_o ms._n placet_fw-la xiij_o in_o ms._n placet_fw-la fourteen_o josh_n 24._o 15._o ezek._n 20._o 8._o placet_fw-la xv_o deut._n 33._o 5._o placet_fw-la xuj_o exod._n 28._o levit._fw-la 8._o num._n 1_o &_o 3_o placet_fw-la xvij_o num._n 6._o 18._o judg._n 2._o &_o ch._n 11._o &_o 13._o placet_fw-la viij_o judg._n 9_o chap._n 17._o 6_o 18._o &_o 19_o 1._o &_o 21._o 26._o deut._n 17._o 15_o 16._o placet_fw-la nineteeen_o gen._n 49._o 10._o judg._n 8._o 22._o 1_o sam._n 8._o 5._o 1_o sam._n 9_o 17._o placet_fw-la xx_o placet_fw-la xxi_o placet_fw-la xxij_o deut._n 5._o 27._o num._n 12._o 10._o chap._n 16._o 32._o josh_n 1._o 16_o 17_o 18._o 1_o sam._n 8._o 10._o exod._n 20._o 12._o placet_fw-la twenty-three_o 1_o king_n 2._o 9_o 1_o sam._n 24._o 7._o exod._n 22._o 28._o eccles_n 10._o 20._o placet_fw-la xxiv_o exod._n 4._o 30._o num._n 27._o 18._o deut._n 13._o 9_o 1_o sam._n 10._o 24._o 1_o sam._n 16._o 13._o placet_fw-la twenty-five_o 2_o sam._n 2._o 4._o 2_o sam._n 5._o 1_o etc._n etc._n 1_o reg._n 1._o 34._o 1_o chron._n 28._o 5._o 1_o reg._n 1._o 39_o 1_o reg._n 12._o 7._o xxvi_o placet_fw-la xxvii_o num._n 12._o 11._o 1_o reg._n 2._o 26._o 35._o 2_o reg._n 23._o 5._o xxviii_o 1_o reg._n 1._o 33_o etc._n etc._n 1_o reg._n 1._o 7._o placet_fw-la eye_n xxix_o placet_fw-la thirty_o placet_fw-la xxix_o placet_fw-la xxxij_o xxxiij_o exod._n 32._o 4._o v_o 21._o leu._n 10._o 16_o 17._o judg._n 2._o 13._o &_o 10._o 6._o placet_fw-la xxxiv_o judg._n 2._o 18._o cap._n 17._o 7_o etc._n etc._n 2_o chro._n 19_o 4_o 8._o 2_o reg._n 16._o 3._o v_o 11._o chap._n 23._o 11._o placet_fw-la xxxv_o 2_o chr._n 36._o 14._o 1_o chron._n 15._o 2_o chron._n 10._o placet_fw-la xxxuj_o 2_o reg._n 16._o 11._o 2_o chr._n 26._o 17._o placet_fw-la xxxvij_o 2_o chr._n 26._o 21._o placet_fw-la xxxviij_o 2_o reg._n 11._o 1._o placet_fw-la thirty-nine_o placet_fw-la xl_o placet_fw-la xli_o jer._n 18._o 18._o jer._n 7._o 4._o jer._n 20._o 2._o placet_fw-la xlii_o 2_o sam._n 12._o 1_o reg._n 14._o 1_o reg._n 18._o 1_o reg._n 19_o 16._o 2_o reg._n 9_o 3._o v_o 13._o placet_fw-la xliii_o 1_o sam._n 15._o 28._o 1_o sam._n 24._o 6._o 1_o sam._n 26._o 9_o 2_o sam._n 1._o 14._o placet_fw-la xliv_o 1_o sam._n 15._o 30_o 31._o placet_fw-la xlv_o jer._n 1._o 10._o placet_fw-la xlvi_o gen._n 7._o 1_o etc._n etc._n 2_o pet._n 2._o 5._o dan._n 4._o 22._o placet_fw-la xlvii_o placet_fw-la xlviii_o judg._n 3._o 9_o 15._o placet_fw-la xlix_o placet_fw-la l._n placet_fw-la li._n placet_fw-la iii._o placet_fw-la liij_o placet_fw-la liv_o dan._n 2._o ecclus._n 10._o 4._o placet_fw-la lv_o jerem._n 27._o 6._o isaiah_n 10._o 5._o placet_fw-la lvi_o placet_fw-la lvii_o placet_fw-la lviij_o nehem._n 9_o 36._o ezra_n 4._o 20._o nehem._n 9_o placet_fw-la lix_o ezra_n 2._o 63._o nehem._n 5._o 12._o 13._o 15._o 13._o 13._o placet_fw-la lx_o placet_fw-la lxi_o placet_fw-la lxii_o nehem._n 13._o 28._o jos_n antiq._n l._n 2._o c._n 8._o placet_fw-la lxiii_o jos_n ibid._n placet_fw-la lxiu_o placet_fw-la lxv_o placet_fw-la lxvi_o 1_o macc._n 1._o 37._o 2_o macc._n 6._o 2_o 4._o placet_fw-la lxvii_o lxviij_o 2_o mac._n 4._o 14._o chap._n 6._o 4._o placet_fw-la lxix_o jos_n ant._n l._n 12._o c._n 6._o 2_o macc._n 5._o 5._o 2_o macc._n 4._o 34._o placet_fw-la lxx_o 2_o macc._n 5._o 15._o 2_o macc._n 13._o 3._o jos_n of_o it_o l._n 12._o c._n 15._o placet_fw-la lxxi_o jos_n of_o it_o ibid._n 1_o macc._n 7._o 5._o 1_o macc._n 9_o v_o 54._o placet_fw-la lxxii_o placet_fw-la lxxiii_o placet_fw-la lxxiu_o jos_n of_o it_o l._n 17._o c._n 13._o placet_fw-la lxxv_o jos_n of_o it_o l._n 13._o c._n 23._o placet_fw-la lxxxvi_o lxxvii_o jos_n de_fw-fr bell_n jud._n lib._n 6._o c._n 11._o jos_n ant._n l._n 14._o c._n 18_o 19_o placet_fw-la lxxviij_o jos_n ib._n c._n 10._o jos_n ib._n c._n 13._o jos_n ib._n l._n 17._o c._n 12._o id._n the_o bell_n l._n 2._o c._n 17._o placet_fw-la lxxix_o jos_n ant._n l._n 15._o c._n 1_o 2._o id._n the_o bell_n l._n 2._o c._n 7._o &_o l._n 6._o c._n 12._o placet_fw-la lxxx_o placet_fw-la lxxxi_o placet_fw-la lxxxii_o placet_fw-la lxxxiii_o jos_n of_o it_o l._n 17._o c._n 18._o placet_fw-la lxxxiv_o jos_n ib._n l._n 15._o c._n 13._o jos_n ib._n l._n 17._o c._n 13._o placet_fw-la lxxxv_o ibid._n l._n 18._o c._n 1_o 2._o id._n the_o bell_n jud._n l._n 2._o c._n 7._o id._n antiq_n jud._n l._n 18._o c._n 1._o id._n the_o bell_n jud._n l_o 2._o c._n 7._o id._n antiq_n l._n 12._o c._n 1._o id_fw-la de_fw-la bell_n l._n 2._o c._n 17._o placet_fw-la lxxxvi_o id._n antiq_n l._n 18._o c._n 3._o &_o l._n 20._o c._n 8._o joh._n 19_o 15_o 12._o placet_fw-la lxxxvil_n matth._n 22._o 17._o mark_v 12._o 14._o luk._n 20._o 22._o placet_fw-la lxxxvili_fw-la placet_fw-la lxxxix_o psal_n 24._o 1._o isaiah_n 3._o 1._o ezra_n 1._o 5._o jerem._n 31._o 35._o placet_fw-la xc_o jer._n 27._o 5._o dan._n 4._o 14._o 12._o 17_o 32._o dan._n 2._o 37._o 5._o 8._o placet_fw-la xci_o psal_n 24._o 10._o 50._o 1._o placet_fw-la xcij_o placet_fw-la xciij_o dan._n 2._o 37_o 38._o ezra_n 1._o 2._o placet_fw-la xclv_n placet_fw-la xcv_o placet_fw-la xcvi_o placet_fw-la xcvii_o placet_fw-la xcviij_o placet_fw-la xcix_o heb._n 11._o 6._o john_n 1._o 4._o rom._n 3._o 29_o 30._o john_n 10._o 16._o placet_fw-la c._n act_n 8._o 27._o john_n 12._o 20._o placet_fw-la ci_fw-fr placet_fw-la cii_o cii_o sc._n dr._n richard_n bancroft_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n canterbury_n sc._n dr._n thornborough_n bishop_n of_o bristol_n and_o dean_n of_o york_n which_o archbishopric_n be_v then_o vacant_a he_o be_v afterward_o bishop_n of_o worcester_n aug._n de_fw-fr haeres_fw-la cap._n 46._o matth._n 5._o 17._o rom._n 3._o 13._o luc._n 2._o 51._o rom._n 1._o 3._o luc._n 22._o 49._o luc._n 9_o 54_o 55._o john_n 19_o 11._o matt._n 26._o 55._o john_n 6._o 14_o 15._o matth._n 20._o 21._o mar._n 10._o 35_o 41._o luc._n 22._o 24._o mat._n 20._o 25_o 26._o bellarm._n de_fw-fr sum_fw-la pontif._n l._n 5._o john_n 18._o 36._o levit._fw-la 12._o 8._o exod._n 13._o 13._o num._n 18._o 16._o deut._n 16._o joh._n 10._o 22_o 23._o matth._n 21._o 16._o 25._o 28._o matth._n 8._o 4._o mark_v 1._o 44._o luke_n 5._o 14._o 17._o 14._o john_n 2._o 15._o matth._n 23._o jos_n antiq._n l._n 18._o c._n 2._o john_n 19_o 30._o matth._n 27._o 51._o matth._n 18._o 15._o matth._n 28._o 18._o hebr._n 1._o 2._o hebr._n 2._o 9_o eph._n 1._o 20_o 21_o 22._o apoc._n 11._o 15._o 17._o 14._o 19_o 16._o rom._n 13._o dr._n mart._n tract_n de_fw-mi jurisd_v