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pope_n than_o to_o the_o king_n 5._o he_o be_v their_o spiritual_a and_o the_o king_n only_o a_o temporal_a sovereign_n but_o to_o give_v satisfaction_n to_o both_o they_o desire_v leave_v to_o send_v to_o the_o pope_n at_o which_o saucy_a answer_n the_o king_n be_v so_o much_o provoke_v that_o he_o put_v the_o whole_a clergy_n out_o of_o his_o protection_n and_o seize_v upon_o their_o land_n for_o which_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n be_v make_v to_o that_o purpose_n say_v thorn_n 1965._o and_o although_o many_o of_o the_o clergy_n submit_v and_o buy_v their_o peace_n at_o dear_a rate_n yet_o winchelsea_n stand_v it_o out_o ready_a say_v knighton_n to_o die_v for_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n which_o if_o he_o have_v do_v there_o may_v have_v be_v a_o s._n robert_n as_o good_a a_o martyr_n as_o s._n thomas_n of_o canterbury_n for_o our_o historian_n say_v
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come_v only_o for_o the_o great_a solemnity_n of_o it_o a_o mission_n from_o rome_n be_v obtain_v and_o i_o be_o much_o deceive_v if_o gregory_n himself_o do_v not_o imply_v that_o it_o be_v at_o the_o request_n of_o the_o english_a saxon_n themselves_o i_o know_v very_o well_o what_o a_o idle_a story_n the_o monk_n tell_v of_o the_o occasion_n of_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o english_a nation_n viz._n s._n gregory_n see_v some_o pretty_a english_a boy_n to_o be_v sell_v for_o slave_n at_o rome_n and_o have_v lucky_o hit_v upon_o two_o or_o three_o pious_a quibble_n in_o allusion_n to_o the_o name_n of_o their_o nation_n and_o country_n and_o king_n he_o be_v at_o last_o in_o good_a earnest_n move_v to_o seek_v the_o conversion_n of_o the_o whole_a nation_n a_o very_a likely_a story_n for_o so_o grave_a a_o saint_n i_o do_v not_o quarrel_v with_o it_o on_o the_o account_n of_o the_o custom_n of_o sell_v english_a slave_n but_o for_o the_o monkishness_n i._n e._n the_o silliness_n of_o it_o 1._o i_o know_v bede_n report_v it_o but_o he_o bring_v it_o in_o after_o such_o a_o fashion_n as_o though_o he_o be_v afraid_a of_o the_o anger_n of_o his_o brethren_n the_o monk_n if_o he_o have_v leave_v it_o out_o for_o he_o mention_n it_o as_o a_o reverend_a tale_n with_o which_o the_o monk_n use_v to_o entertain_v themselves_o that_o have_v come_v down_o to_o they_o by_o that_o infallible_a method_n of_o conveyance_n viz._n oral_a tradition_n and_o quote_v nothing_o else_o for_o it_o whereas_o in_o the_o preface_n to_o his_o history_n he_o tell_v his_o reader_n that_o in_o the_o matter_n relate_v to_o gregory_n he_o rely_v on_o nothelmus_fw-la who_o have_v be_v at_o rome_n and_o have_v search_v the_o register_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n but_o we_o see_v as_o to_o this_o story_n he_o say_v he_o have_v nothing_o but_o a_o old_a tradition_n for_o it_o 〈…〉_z but_o since_o mr._n cressy_n be_v so_o zealous_a in_o vindication_n of_o this_o story_n i_o desire_v the_o other_o part_n of_o it_o may_v not_o be_v leave_v out_o which_o be_v tell_v by_o broâ—pton_n abbot_n of_o jorval_n viz._n that_o s._n gregory_n and_o his_o companion_n be_v come_v three_o day_n journey_n towards_o england_n and_o then_o sit_v down_o read_n in_o a_o meadow_n a_o grasshopper_n leap_v upon_o his_o book_n and_o make_v he_o leave_v off_o read_n then_o s._n gregory_n think_v serious_o upon_o this_o little_a creature_n name_n for_o his_o wit_n lay_v much_o that_o way_n he_o present_o find_v this_o mystery_n in_o it_o locusta_n say_v he_o quasi_fw-la loco_fw-la sta_fw-la which_o say_v brompton_n he_o speak_v by_o a_o prophetic_a spirit_n for_o messenger_n immediate_o come_v upon_o they_o from_o rome_n and_o stop_v their_o journey_n and_o sure_o he_o have_v be_v much_o to_o blame_v to_o undertake_v such_o a_o journey_n upon_o the_o instigation_n of_o one_o quibble_n if_o he_o have_v not_o be_v as_o ready_a to_o turn_v back_o upon_o the_o admonition_n of_o another_o but_o to_o set_v aside_o these_o monkish_a foppery_n the_o best_a authority_n we_o can_v have_v in_o this_o case_n be_v of_o s._n gregory_n himself_n several_a of_o who_o letter_n be_v still_o extâ—nt_a in_o the_o register_n of_o his_o epistle_n relate_v to_o this_o affair_n in_o one_o send_v to_o the_o king_n of_o france_n theodoric_n and_o theodebert_n he_o express_v himself_o thus_o 58._o atque_fw-la ideo_fw-la pervenit_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la anglorum_fw-la gentem_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la christianam_fw-la deo_fw-la miserante_fw-la desiâ—eranter_a velle_fw-la converti_fw-la sed_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la vestros_fw-la è_fw-la vicino_fw-la negligeâ—eâ—_n &_o desideria_fw-la eorum_fw-la cessare_fw-la suâ_fw-la aahâ—rtatione_n succendere_fw-la ob_fw-la hoc_fw-la igitur_fw-la augustinum_n seruâ—â—m_fw-la dei_fw-la praesentium_fw-la portitorem_fw-la cujus_fw-la zelus_fw-la &_o studium_fw-la bene_fw-la nobis_fw-la est_fw-la cognâ—tum_fw-la cum_fw-la aliis_fw-la seruis_fw-la dei_fw-la praevidâ—mus_fw-la illuc_fw-la dirigendum_fw-la quibus_fw-la etiam_fw-la injunximus_fw-la ut_fw-la aliquos_fw-la secum_fw-la è_fw-la vicino_fw-la debeant_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la 〈◊〉_d cum_fw-la quibus_fw-la eorum_fw-la possint_fw-la mentes_fw-la agnoscere_fw-la &_o voluntatem_fw-la admonitione_n sua_fw-la quantam_fw-la deus_fw-la donaverit_fw-la adjuvare_fw-la and_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n he_o write_v to_o brunichildis_n their_o mother_n indicamus_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la pervenisse_fw-la anglorum_fw-la gentem_fw-la deo_fw-la annâ—ente_fw-la velle_fw-la fieri_fw-la christianam_fw-la 59_o etc._n etc._n which_o be_v the_o most_o remarkable_a testimony_n we_o can_v desire_v to_o our_o purpose_n for_o these_o letter_n be_v send_v by_o augustin_n the_o monk_n before_o ever_o he_o have_v be_v in_o england_n and_o therein_o the_o pope_n express_v the_o desire_n of_o the_o english_a nation_n to_o embrace_v christianity_n not_o bare_o of_o ethelbert_n and_o his_o court_n that_o this_o desire_n be_v make_v know_v at_o rome_n that_o upon_o this_o the_o pope_n send_v augustin_n and_o his_o companion_n that_o the_o french_a who_o be_v their_o neighbour_n have_v be_v too_o negligent_a in_o this_o work_n and_o begin_v to_o be_v more_o slack_a than_o former_o in_o it_o that_o however_o now_o since_o he_o have_v take_v so_o much_o care_n to_o send_v these_o on_o purpose_n for_o that_o work_n he_o entreat_v they_o to_o send_v over_o so_o many_o priest_n as_o may_v serve_v for_o their_o interpreter_n which_o be_v a_o plain_a discovery_n that_o there_o have_v be_v intercourse_n about_o the_o christian_a religion_n between_o the_o french_a and_o the_o saxon_n before_o and_o that_o still_o they_o understand_v their_o language_n so_o well_o as_o to_o serve_v for_o interpreter_n to_o augustin_n and_o his_o brethren_n mr._n cressy_n who_o pare_v and_o clip_v testimony_n to_o make_v they_o serve_v his_o purpose_n render_v those_o word_n 7._o anglorum_fw-la gentem_fw-la desideranter_fw-la velle_fw-la 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the_o pope_n nuntio_n appear_v in_o the_o head_n of_o a_o army_n and_o absolve_v the_o king_n subject_n from_o their_o allegiance_n i_o confess_v it_o be_v not_o much_o better_a in_o france_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o holy_a league_n but_o what_o opinion_n have_v they_o of_o the_o pope_n temporal_a power_n then_o can_v mr._n cressy_n imagine_v that_o there_o be_v such_o people_n in_o england_n as_o jesuit_n and_o it_o be_v not_o many_o year_n since_o their_o reason_n be_v therefore_o show_v to_o be_v unreasonable_a in_o plead_v a_o exemption_n from_o the_o sanguinary_a law_n because_o they_o do_v hold_v the_o pope_n power_n of_o depose_v prince_n and_o absolve_a subject_n from_o their_o allegiance_n and_o do_v not_o the_o jesuitical_a party_n still_o plead_v that_o their_o opinion_n be_v the_o common_a doctrine_n of_o their_o church_n confirm_v by_o general_a council_n and_o approve_v by_o multitude_n of_o divine_n of_o all_o sort_n and_o that_o the_o contrary_n be_v only_o assert_v here_o by_o a_o very_a inconsiderable_a party_n whereof_o some_o be_v excommunicate_v at_o rome_n for_o their_o zeal_n in_o this_o matter_n and_o do_v not_o we_o know_v how_o much_o great_a sway_n the_o jesuitical_a party_n have_v among_o the_o nobility_n and_o gentry_n than_o the_o despise_a secular_a priest_n i_o do_v not_o at_o all_o question_n but_o the_o nobility_n and_o gentry_n of_o england_n will_v do_v as_o much_o to_o preserve_v the_o just_a right_n and_o precious_a life_n of_o their_o sovereign_n as_o of_o any_o nation_n in_o the_o world_n and_o have_v as_o great_a a_o sense_n of_o their_o own_o honour_n as_o well_o as_o interest_n and_o of_o the_o duty_n they_o owe_v to_o their_o country_n but_o ought_v not_o the_o law_n to_o take_v so_o much_o the_o more_o care_n to_o keep_v their_o conscience_n untainted_a in_o these_o thing_n they_o be_v such_o person_n who_o loyalty_n can_v be_v corrupt_v but_o under_o a_o pretence_n of_o conscience_n and_o their_o conscience_n be_v 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