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destruction_n to_o be_v contrive_v post_v to_o his_o father_n in_o all_o haste_n hough_v and_o kill_v all_o the_o post_n horse_n which_o way_n so_o ever_o he_o pass_v 460._o holinshed_a hist_o of_o eng._n 45._o fab._n sozom._n hist_o eccle_n l._n 1._o c._n 6._o euseb_n l._n 2._o de_fw-la vita_fw-la const_n mr_n bro._n fol._n 460._o and_o come_v safe_o to_o his_o father_n in_o britain_n holinshed_a say_v constantius_n be_v the_o daughter_n son_n of_o one_o crispus_n that_o be_v brother_n to_o the_o emperor_n claudius_n and_o that_o he_o begin_v his_o reign_n over_o the_o britain_n 289._o and_o so_o also_o say_v fabian_n constantius_n be_v not_o against_o the_o law_n for_o christian_n in_o britain_n to_o profess_v the_o christian_a religion_n in_o his_o time_n but_o prefer_v the_o most_o constant_a christian_n to_o high_a preferment_n and_o great_a trust_n and_o so_o consecrate_v his_o whole_a family_n to_o god_n that_o his_o court_n be_v as_o a_o church_n wherein_o be_v both_o clergy_n 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constantius_n and_o helen_n and_o we_o find_v not_o any_o other_o but_o constantius_n except_o we_o will_v apply_v it_o to_o king_n coel_n and_o then_o it_o be_v receive_v and_o approve_v by_o he_o who_o here_o in_o britain_n cause_v the_o persecutor_n to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n and_o the_o persecution_n thereupon_o cease_v as_o gildas_n write_v for_o this_o must_v needs_o be_v apply_v to_o persecution_n in_o britain_n and_o not_o to_o the_o tyrant_n dioclesian_n and_o maximian_n 8._o gild._a l._n de_fw-fr con_fw-mi brit._n c._n 8._o the_o persecution_n here_o end_v long_o before_o their_o death_n and_o neither_o of_o they_o nor_o any_o other_o emperor_n but_o constantius_n have_v power_n and_o command_v here_o at_o this_o time_n and_o hereupon_o our_o late_a author_n themselves_o thus_o testify_v of_o he_o constantin_n stow_z &_o how_o be_v hist_n do_fw-mi rom._n in_o constant_a &_o constantin_n constantius_n abolish_v the_o superstition_n of_o the_o gentile_n in_o his_o dominion_n 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his_o dear_a friend_n and_o make_v his_o counsellor_n 1._o mr._n bro._n fol._n 463._o 1._o and_o divers_a even_o of_o this_o nation_n have_v deliver_v that_o this_o our_o new_a king_n and_o emperor_n particular_o place_n st._n taurinus_n archbishop_n in_o york_n wherein_o although_o they_o be_v mistake_v if_o they_o understand_v taurinus_n bishop_n of_o eureux_fw-fr neither_o the_o time_n or_o place_n allow_v yet_o we_o can_v safe_o say_v but_o he_o may_v or_o do_v place_v some_o other_o of_o that_o name_n there_o and_o if_o both_o these_o shall_v fail_v yet_o so_o many_o more_o authority_n concur_v that_o constantius_n give_v consent_n and_o assistance_n to_o the_o public_a restitution_n of_o religion_n here_o in_o his_o time_n for_o this_o we_o have_v the_o warrant_v of_o the_o most_o and_o approve_v antiquary_n st._n gildas_n and_o st._n bede_n after_o they_o matthew_n of_o westminster_n and_o other_o st._n gildas_n write_v that_o before_o the_o persecution_n have_v be_v here_o 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