see_v the_o eight_o day_n after_o he_o be_v baptize_v then_o it_o be_v that_o jerom_n epiphanius_n augustine_n though_o not_o yet_o convert_v to_o the_o faith_n and_o martin_n bishop_n of_o tours_n live_v which_o last_o wrought_v a_o great_a many_o miracle_n according_a to_o the_o account_v give_v by_o sulpicius_n severus_n a_o faithful_a writer_n both_o in_o his_o history_n and_o dialogue_n but_o we_o may_v just_o prefer_v before_o all_o those_o miraculous_a story_n what_o be_v say_v concern_v martin_n judgement_n in_o respect_n to_o the_o slayer_n of_o heretic_n with_o who_o he_o will_v not_o communicate_v and_o do_v not_o above_o once_o and_o that_o against_o his_o will_n at_o the_o instance_n of_o maximus_n tyrannus_n 375._o upon_o the_o death_n of_o valentinian_n beside_o gratian_n who_o be_v already_o emperor_n his_o young_a brother_n be_v also_o elect_v to_o the_o dignity_n and_o next_o year_n valence_n be_v overcome_v in_o thrace_n by_o the_o goth_n and_o his_o body_n never_o 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〈◊〉_d a_o like_a perfect_a and_o of_o the_o same_o kind_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o vulgar_a sense_n be_v not_o the_o existence_n of_o the_o thing_n but_o the_o thing_n itself_o and_o according_o paulinus_n eustathianus_n assert_v a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v that_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o son_n and_o of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n be_v not_o of_o a_o different_a nature_n the_o same_o budaeus_fw-la have_v example_n of_o this_o notion_n pag._n 466._o in_o the_o synod_n convoke_v at_o sardis_n who_o word_n be_v record_v in_o theodoritus_n lib._n two_o cap._n 8._o there_o be_v a_o anathema_n pronounce_v against_o those_o who_o say_v that_o the_o hypostasis_n of_o the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n be_v different_a and_o it_o be_v affirm_v there_o be_v but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v one_o hypostasis_fw-la which_o the_o heretic_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v express_o say_v in_o the_o word_n of_o this_o synod_n that_o the_o heretic_n call_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o the_o catholic_n name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o jerom_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o damasus_n do_v not_o use_v another_o word_n when_o he_o say_v that_o all_o the_o learned_a school_n in_o all_o age_n know_v no_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d many_o other_o have_v also_o speak_v after_o the_o same_o manner_n gregory_n nazianzen_n go_v to_o constantinople_n and_o begin_v to_o engage_v the_o people_n with_o such_o a_o admiration_n of_o his_o learning_n that_o he_o have_v have_v that_o episcopal_n see_v confer_v upon_o he_o unless_o peter_n of_o alexandria_n have_v withstand_v it_o who_o make_v it_o his_o business_n in_o the_o absence_n of_o the_o other_o to_o get_v maximus_n who_o from_o a_o cynic_n be_v turn_v christian_n by_o ill_a method_n substitute_v in_o his_o room_n but_o demophilus_n the_o arian_n and_o maximus_n be_v turn_v out_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o theodosius_n he_o be_v not_o long_o after_o bring_v in_o again_o to_o the_o church_n of_o constantinople_n 381._o then_o be_v the_o second_o ecumenical_a synod_n convocate_v in_o that_o city_n when_o meletius_n first_o with_o some_o other_o bishop_n confirm_v gregory_n in_o antioch_n before_o the_o synod_n meet_v together_o afterward_o upon_o the_o death_n of_o meletius_n and_o that_o flavian_n be_v substitute_v in_o his_o room_n gregory_n upon_o account_n of_o the_o forementioned_a compact_n oppose_v it_o so_o that_o a_o contention_n arise_v and_o upon_o the_o arrival_n of_o the_o egyptian_a bishop_n thing_n come_v to_o that_o pass_n that_o gregory_n relinquish_v the_o bishopric_n of_o his_o own_o accord_n after_o this_o there_o be_v canon_n make_v against_o macedonius_n maximus_n next_o year_n seize_v upon_o the_o empire_n in_o britain_n and_o have_v the_o seat_n of_o his_o empire_n at_o treves_n he_o make_v his_o son_n victor_n his_o colleague_n therein_o not_o 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whence_o arise_v great_a jangle_n 450._o theodosius_n have_v once_o expel_v his_o wife_n eudoxin_n and_o sister_n pulcheria_n who_o wise_a counsel_n have_v be_v a_o long_a time_n useful_a to_o he_o from_o the_o court_n do_v now_o upon_o a_o sense_n of_o his_o error_n recall_v they_o and_o die_v not_o long_o after_o after_o he_o have_v appoint_v marcianus_n to_o succeed_v he_o who_o together_o with_o his_o wife_n pulcheria_n take_v the_o reins_o of_o empire_n into_o his_o hand_n assemble_v the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n which_o be_v style_v the_o four_o general_n one_o and_o wherein_o eutyches_n and_o dioscorus_n be_v condemn_v from_o these_o time_n it_o seem_v to_o have_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o abyssine_n and_o other_o in_o egypt_n who_o be_v infect_v with_o dioscorus_n doctrine_n have_v begin_v to_o oppose_v other_o christian_n as_o there_o be_v many_o in_o babylon_n who_o follow_v nestorius_n opinion_n remnant_n of_o who_o continue_v to_o this_o day_n both_o in_o africa_n and_o asia_n though_o attila_n at_o that_o time_n be_v overcome_v in_o some_o battle_n by_o aetius_n yet_o he_o waste_v gaul_n and_o italy_n far_o and_o near_o in_o which_o age_n they_o say_v the_o city_n of_o venice_n have_v its_o beginning_n many_o person_n for_o fear_v of_o attila_n fly_v into_o the_o island_n wherein_o the_o same_o be_v situate_v 453._o he_o die_v the_o year_n after_o he_o have_v quit_v italy_n 454._o valentinian_n not_o long_o after_o he_o have_v put_v aetius_n to_o death_n be_v himself_o cut_v off_o by_o maximus_n a_o senator_n who_o have_v advise_v he_o to_o that_o fact_n but_o eudoxia_n valentinian_n wife_n call_v geisericus_fw-la out_o of_o africa_n who_o possess_v himself_o of_o rome_n transport_v vast_a riches_n from_o thence_o into_o africa_n and_o marry_v eudoxia_n daughter_n of_o the_o same_o name_n to_o his_o son_n hunericus_n 455._o avitus_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n usurp_v the_o empire_n in_o italy_n while_o merâ—veus_n who_o be_v the_o three_o in_o descent_n from_o pharamund_n and_o who_o distinguish_v the_o first_o race_n of_o the_o king_n of_o france_n by_o that_o of_o the_o merovingian_n according_a to_o his_o own_o name_n reign_v among_o the_o frank_n theodoricus_n king_n of_o the_o goth_n bring_v the_o suevian_o who_o hold_v part_n of_o spain_n under_o his_o subjection_n after_o he_o have_v make_v their_o king_n rechiarius_fw-la his_o prisoner_n be_v encourage_v thereunto_o by_o the_o persuasion_n of_o avitus_n 457._o but_o this_o person_n next_o year_n be_v forsake_v by_o the_o gaul_n and_o goth_n lose_v both_o his_o empire_n and_o his_o life_n at_o the_o same_o time_n die_v martianus_n emperor_n in_o the_o east_n and_o be_v succeed_v by_o leo_n with_o who_o consent_n majorianus_n be_v make_v emperor_n of_o ravenna_n but_o this_o prince_n after_o four_o year_n reign_n be_v slay_v by_o ricimer_n and_o succeed_v by_o severus_n in_o those_o time_n it_o be_v they_o say_v that_o the_o egyptian_a monk_n of_o the_o eutychian_a persuasion_n raise_v commotion_n under_o the_o lead_n of_o timotheus_n aelurus_n and_o that_o at_o last_o they_o advance_v he_o into_o the_o episcopal_a see_v of_o alexandria_n when_o they_o have_v slay_v proterius_n but_o that_o aelurus_n soon_o after_o be_v banish_v by_o the_o emperor_n leo._n 463._o peter_n fullo_n another_o seditious_a person_n have_v expel_v martyrius_n invade_v the_o see_v of_o antioch_n they_o say_v this_o peter_n hold_v the_o same_o opinion_n as_o the_o theopaschites_n who_o affirm_v that_o not_o only_a man_n but_o god_n have_v suffer_v and_o that_o he_o have_v add_v to_o the_o trisagium_fw-la who_o die_v for_o we_o these_o word_n sancte_fw-la fortis_fw-la sancte_fw-la deus_fw-la sancte_fw-la immortalis_fw-la qui_fw-la passus_fw-la es_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la miserere_fw-la nobis_fw-la o_o holy_a and_o strong_a holy_a god_n holy_a and_o immortal_a who_o have_v suffer_v for_o we_o have_v mercy_n on_o we_o but_o he_o be_v quick_o banish_v by_o leo._n 465._o this_o year_n severus_n by_o the_o treachery_n of_o ricimer_n a_o patrician_n be_v poison_v and_o die_v after_o who_o decease_n there_o be_v a_o interregnum_fw-la for_o one_o year_n when_o theodoricus_n king_n of_o the_o goth_n depart_v this_o life_n and_o leave_v his_o son_n evaricus_n to_o succeed_v he_o after_o this_o do_v leo_n the_o emperor_n send_v anthemius_n a_o nobleman_n to_o rome_n and_o make_v he_o augustus_n 467._o in_o the_o mean_a time_n geisericus_fw-la who_o with_o a_o strong_a fleet_n waste_v the_o coast_n of_o greece_n be_v overcome_v by_o lea_n general_n sue_v for_o peace_n and_o confine_v himself_o within_o the_o bound_n of_o africa_n but_o soon_o after_o he_o raise_v new_a commotion_n which_o be_v difficult_o quell_v because_o of_o the_o treachery_n of_o basiliscus_n who_o leo_n send_v against_o he_o 472._o anthemius_n be_v slay_v by_o ricimer_n his_o son-in-law_n and_o olybrius_n advance_v to_o his_o place_n who_o die_v the_o same_o year_n his_o successor_n be_v glycerius_n after_o he_o come_v majorinus_n and_o then_o nepos_n all_o of_o they_o in_o the_o space_n of_o two_o year_n there_o be_v also_o other_o who_o rash_o snap_v at_o the_o western_a empire_n which_o they_o can_v not_o hold_v at_o length_n augustulus_n the_o son_n of_o orestes_n be_v the_o last_o emperor_n of_o the_o west_n 474._o leo_n in_o the_o east_n leave_v a_o son_n of_o his_o own_o name_n leo_n ii_o who_o make_v zeno_n his_o colleague_n in_o the_o empire_n and_o not_o long_o after_o by_o his_o death_n give_v basiliscus_n and_o opportunity_n to_o invade_v the_o empire_n who_o expel_v zeno_n but_o he_o in_o a_o short_a time_n recover_v his_o station_n and_o make_v a_o exile_n of_o basiliscus_n in_o which_o state_n he_o die_v 476._o in_o the_o mean_a time_n the_o ostrogoth_n waste_v illyricum_n and_o italy_n while_o the_o arabian_a saracen_n do_v the_o same_o by_o mesopotamia_n or_o cause_v the_o people_n to_o ransom_v it_o for_o money_n the_o herulian_o also_o be_v call_v 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