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that_o he_o shall_v not_o escape_v and_o thus_o the_o comyn_v people_n take_v ensample_n of_o hem_n and_o make_v fire_n in_o worship_n of_o saint_n peter_n and_o watch_n thenne_fw-fr criste_n come_v to_o peter_n in_o prison_n and_o thenne_n come_v a_o angel_n to_o peter_n with_o great_a light_n as_o our_o lord_n bid_v and_o anon_o the_o chain_n break_v and_o fill_v fro_o his_o ande_fw-mi and_o foot_n and_o so_o go_v he_o to_o rome_n &_o be_v there_o pope_n xxxv_o year_n and_o turn_v moche_v people_n to_o cristis_fw-la feythe_n but_o soon_o after_o come_v the_o fende_v limb_n that_o be_v call_v simon_n magus_n that_o cowde_a moche_n of_o the_o fende_v craft_n and_o make_v moche_n people_n like_o in_o dyverse_a sykenesse·_n some_o blind_a some_o lame_a some_o deff_a so_o that_o the_o peple_n what_o for_o fere_n and_o for_o wonder_n byleve_v in_o he_o thenne_fw-fr peter_n hele_v all_o those_o that_o simon_n magus_n have_v bury_v and_o bid_v they_o shall_v not_o byleve_v in_o he_o thenne_n 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servant_n in_o comfort_n to_o the_o and_o you_o shall_v suffer_v marterdom_n to_o guider_n for_o my_o sake_n and_o so_o come_v to_o i_o to_o everla_a bliss_n thenne_fw-fr peter_n tell_v his_o brother_n his_o vysion_n that_o he_o have_v in_o the_o night_n and_o so_o take_v clement_n by_o the_o honde_n and_o set_v he_o in_o his_o chayer_n and_o make_v he_o pope_n and_o successor_n after_o he_o thenne_n on_o the_o morrow_n come_v poule_n and_o preched_a the_o people_n thenne_fw-fr this_o simon_n have_v so_o charm_v the_o emperor_n in_o such_o a_o folishnesse_n that_o he_o wend_v that_o he_o have_v be_v goddis_fw-la soon_o so_o this_o symonde_fw-fr magus_n come_v to_o the_o emperor_n and_o say_v there_o be_v two_o man_n of_o galyle_n come_v in_o this_o cyte_n that_o one_o hyght_n peter_n and_o that_o other_o poule_n that_o do_v i_o so_o moche_v disease_n that_o i_o may_v no_o long_o abide_v here_o in_o earth_n ¶_o wherefore_o command_v such_o a_o day_n all_o manner_n of_o people_n to_o 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