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sedem_fw-la usurpasse_fw-la &_o malis_fw-la artibus_fw-la nactum_fw-la esse_fw-la imo_fw-la &_o inuâ—sisse_fw-la eum_fw-la intelligit_fw-la a_o 540._o nu_fw-la 4._o violentus_fw-la intrusor_fw-la a_o 538._o nu_fw-la 11._o a_o violent_a invader_n a_o intruder_n of_o the_o apostolic_a see_v a_o bastard_n 2d_o bastard_n agit_fw-fr rom._n pontificem_fw-la quamvis_fw-la spurius_fw-la et_fw-la penitus_fw-la illegitimus_fw-la a_o 538._o nu_fw-la 2d_o and_o unlawful_a pope_n who_o the_o true_a and_o lawful_a pope_n have_v bind_v 4._o bind_v sciens_fw-la cunctos_fw-la sibi_fw-la subjectos_fw-la quos_fw-la vel_fw-la absolvat_fw-la vel_fw-la aeternis_fw-la vinculis_fw-la obliget_fw-la authoritate_fw-la etc._n etc._n a_o 539._o nu_fw-la 4._o with_o eternal_a chain_n against_o who_o he_o have_v shoot_v the_o dart_n 4._o dart_n adversus_fw-la romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la invasorem_fw-la spurilique_fw-la intrusum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la validè_fw-la telum_fw-la damnationis_fw-la intorquet_fw-la a_o 539._o nu_fw-la 4._o of_o damnation_n and_o show_v to_o the_o whole_a world_n that_o he_o ascend_v into_o the_o throne_n ut_fw-la lapsu_fw-la graviore_fw-la ruat_fw-la that_o he_o may_v have_v a_o great_a and_o more_o shameful_a fall_n that_o he_o do_v not_o represent_v ibid._n represent_v silverius_n ostendit_fw-la universo_fw-it orbi_fw-la vigilium_fw-la non_fw-la refer_v simonem_fw-la petrum_fw-la sed_fw-la maâ—um_fw-la neque_fw-la vicâ—rium_fw-la christi_fw-la sed_fw-la antichristum_n ibid._n nor_o be_v the_o successor_n of_o simon_n peter_n but_o of_o simon_n magus_n and_o that_o he_o be_v the_o vicar_n not_o of_o christ_n but_o of_o antichrist_n a_o idol_n 7._o idol_n cernebanc_n quod_fw-la rursus_fw-la idolum_fw-la collocandum_fw-la esset_fw-la in_o templo_fw-la conspiciendamque_fw-la abominationem_fw-la desolationis_fw-la slansen_v in_fw-la loco_fw-la sancto_fw-la a_o 540._o nu_fw-la 7._o even_o the_o abomination_n of_o desolation_n stand_v in_o the_o holy_a place_n and_o set_v 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