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valentia_n now_o scotland_n be_v so_o call_v of_o valens_n the_o emperor_n valentia_n à _fw-fr valente_n imperaeore_n sic_fw-la dicta_fw-la est_fw-la girald_n cambr._n parker_n &_o pris_fw-fr sup_v both_o which_o emperor_n maximus_n and_o valens_n be_v long_o after_o this_o time_n and_o scotland_n not_o under_o the_o roman_n to_o be_v make_v a_o province_n by_o they_o and_o beside_o so_o many_o protestant_a author_n and_o antiquity_n before_o that_o there_o be_v but_o only_o three_o archbishop_n here_o at_o this_o time_n nor_o after_o diverse_a hundred_o of_o year_n the_o scottish_a history_n and_o all_o protestant_n agree_v that_o scotland_n have_v neither_o archbishop_n nor_o bishop_n perhaps_o long_o after_o this_o time_n the_o testimony_n of_o these_o thing_n be_v to_o many_o to_o be_v produce_v therefore_o i_o will_v only_o instance_n in_o the_o present_a protestant_a archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o his_o deputy_n in_o write_n the_o book_n entitle_v of_o the_o consecration_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n who_o speak_v in_o this_o manner_n franc_n mason_n epist_n dedicat_fw-la and_o l._n 2._o c._n 3._o pag._n 54_o the_o roman_n before_o this_o time_n of_o king_n lucius_n his_o receavinge_v the_o faith_n have_v divide_v brittany_n into_o three_o province_n one_o of_o they_o be_v call_v maxima_fw-la caesariensis_n the_o metropolis_n whereof_o be_v york_n a_o other_o britannia_fw-la prima_fw-la the_o metropolis_n whereof_o be_v london_n the_o three_o britannia_fw-la secunda_fw-la the_o metropolis_n whereof_o be_v caerlegion_n and_o provinge_v beside_o so_o many_o other_o authority_n before_o cite_v both_o by_o asseruius_n menevensis_n schoolmaster_n to_o king_n alfred_n ptolomeus_n lucensis_n in_o the_o life_n of_o eleutherius_fw-la william_n read_v de_n vit_fw-fr pont._n in_o eleuther_n pag._n 3._o and_o john_n leland_n m.s._n leland_n in_o assert_v arthur_n fol._n 36._o that_o the_o archbishop_n of_o this_o island_n be_v only_o seat_v in_o those_o three_o metropolitan_a city_n of_o london_n york_n call_v also_o maximia_n or_o that_o province_n whereof_o it_o be_v metropolis_n and_o caerlegion_n to_o answer_v full_o this_o objection_n thus_o they_o add_v georg._n abb._n &_o fraunc_fw-la mason_n supr_fw-la pag._n 54._o although_o brittany_n be_v after_o the_o nicen._n council_n divide_v into_o five_o province_n valentia_n and_o flavia_n caesariensis_n be_v add_v to_o the_o former_a yet_o there_o be_v no_o new_a archbishopric_n erect_v the_o reason_n whereof_o be_v because_o those_o two_o new_a province_n notitia_fw-la provinc_fw-la occid_n pag._n 117._o be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o former_a and_o consequent_o can_v not_o have_v bishopric_n without_o the_o diminishinge_v of_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o former_a in_o who_o jurisdiction_n original_o they_o be_v which_o be_v not_o sufferable_a because_o it_o be_v against_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o nicen_n council_n can._n 6._o decreeinge_v that_o in_o antioch_n and_o in_o other_o province_n the_o dignity_n prerogative_n and_o authority_n of_o church_n shall_v be_v maintain_v and_o for_o s._n andrew_n in_o scotland_n to_o have_v be_v always_o subject_a to_o york_n or_o when_o york_n have_v