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denominate_v their_o noble_a owner_n with_o better_a term_n and_o attribute_n the_o hostess_n innkeeper_n stabularia_fw-la except_o we_o will_v expound_v they_o in_o so_o large_a a_o sense_n that_o we_o shall_v so_o style_v abraham_n and_o lot_n that_o lodge_v the_o angel_n those_o that_o entertain_v christ_n all_o receiver_n of_o king_n prince_n and_o emperor_n and_o all_o harbourer_n or_o exerciser_n of_o hospitality_n for_o so_o both_o st._n helen_n and_o king_n coel_n entertain_v constantius_n the_o one_o a_o husband_n the_o other_o a_o son_n in_o law_n as_o prince_n use_v it_o seem_v this_o palace_n and_o land_n in_o and_o about_o trever_v to_o have_v descend_v to_o st._n helen_n by_o her_o mother_n or_o some_o ancestor_n of_o that_o country_n for_o both_o beringosus_n say_v st._n helen_n be_v bring_v up_o at_o trever_n and_o otho_fw-la frigensis_fw-la say_v she_o be_v by_o some_o of_o her_o ancestor_n come_v from_o thence_o and_o trever_v be_v at_o that_o time_n the_o most_o renown_a place_n of_o those_o country_n for_o nobility_n learning_n and_o christianity_n and_o she_o the_o only_a child_n of_o her_o father_n king_n coel_n and_o to_o succeed_v he_o in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o britain_n he_o send_v she_o thither_o to_o have_v the_o most_o noble_a education_n and_o there_o it_o be_v probable_o where_o she_o first_o come_v to_o be_v acquaint_v with_o constantius_n then_o live_v in_o those_o part_n and_o this_o make_v the_o atonement_n between_o the_o roman_n and_o k._n coel_n to_o be_v so_o soon_o and_o peaceable_o effect_v without_o any_o effusion_n of_o blood_n as_o our_o antiquity_n tell_v we_o the_o marriage_n of_o constantius_n and_o helena_n be_v by_o what_o be_v say_v so_o clear_a that_o it_o be_v needless_a to_o speak_v any_o more_o of_o that_o subject_n i_o will_v only_o add_v this_o for_o the_o present_a the_o old_a inscription_n of_o the_o church_n of_o st._n gereon_o at_o cullen_n found_v by_o she_o prove_v she_o to_o be_v a_o queen_n and_o a_o 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his_o be_v so_o friendly_a always_o to_o christian_n as_o baronius_n often_o confess_v must_v needs_o much_o more_o procure_v ease_n and_o freedom_n to_o our_o christian_n where_o there_o be_v no_o man_n of_o power_n to_o contradict_v or_o resist_v it_o constantius_n be_v both_o king_n and_o emperor_n here_o and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o britain_n a_o christian_a kingdom_n 24._o bede_n l._n hist_o c._n 8._o galf._n mon._n hist_o reg._n brit._n l._n 5._o c._n 5._o manusc_n gali._n antiq._n c._n 28._o 29._o virun_n l._n 5._o hist_o 1._o harding_n chron._n c._n 57_o 58_o 59_o 60._o hen._n hunt_n hist_o l._n 1._o socrates_n eccl._n hist_n 1._o c._n 1._o eusebius_n l._n 1._o vit_fw-fr const_n c._n 9_o theodoret_n hist_o eccle._n l._n 1._o c._n 24._o therefore_o howsoever_o his_o reason_n make_v doubt_n of_o some_o other_o place_n who_o estate_n and_o condition_n be_v not_o like_a unto_o we_o of_o britain_n they_o do_v not_o move_v any_o question_n of_o the_o quiet_a thereof_o in_o case_n of_o 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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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