57_o magdeb._n cent_n 1._o in_o s._n paul_n â—râ—nc_fw-la burg._n hist_o l._n 3._o godwin_n convers_n p._n 7._o protest_v comm_n in_o matth._n westm_n a_o 57_o rom._n c._n 15._o v._n 24._o 28._o 25._o his_o freedom_n from_o prison_n at_o rome_n s._n paul_n go_v through_o france_n into_o spain_n and_o except_o we_o shall_v offer_v so_o great_a violence_n and_o injury_n to_o the_o honour_n of_o s._n paul_n as_o to_o make_v he_o a_o wilful_a breaker_n of_o his_o holy_a resolution_n and_o promise_n he_o himself_o in_o holy_a scripture_n be_v best_a witness_n that_o after_o his_o liberty_n at_o rome_n he_o immediate_o go_v into_o spain_n for_o write_v to_o the_o roman_n he_o say_v whensoever_o i_o take_v my_o journey_n into_o spain_n i_o will_v come_v to_o you_o for_o i_o trust_v to_o see_v you_o in_o my_o journey_n and_o to_o be_v bring_v one_o my_o way_n thitherward_o by_o you_o and_o again_o in_o the_o same_o chapter_n when_o i_o have_v perform_v this_o his_o journey_n to_o jerusalem_n 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&_o commutabitur_fw-la vivet_fw-la &_o regnabit_fw-la &_o consummabuntur_fw-la haec_fw-la omne_fw-la fietque_fw-la regeneratio_fw-la ultimo_fw-la bonos_fw-es iudicabit_fw-la &_o malos_fw-la surget_n stella_fw-la mirabilis_fw-la danaos_n illuminabit_fw-la orbem_fw-la illustrabit_fw-la in_o eneadem_fw-la latus_fw-la piscatoris_fw-la nomen_fw-la agni_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la fine_n seculi_fw-la virtute_fw-la perducet_fw-la ind_n in_o eneade_n iuncta_fw-la vinctos_fw-la à _fw-la diabolo_fw-la liberabiâ—_n in_o the_o last_o age_n god_n will_v be_v humble_v and_o the_o son_n of_o god_n will_v be_v humble_v the_o lamb_n shall_v lie_v in_o hay_n god_n and_o man_n shall_v be_v bring_v up_o by_o a_o virgin_n service_n he_o shall_v choose_v unto_o he_o out_o of_o fisher_n and_o mean_a person_n a_o number_n of_o twelve_o &_o one_o of_o they_o a_o devil_n he_o shall_v make_v subject_a unto_o he_o the_o city_n of_o aeneas_n rome_n &_o king_n not_o by_o sword_n &_o war_n but_o by_o the_o hook_n 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speâ—â—_n aquavitae_fw-la erigens_fw-la gentes_fw-la egregius_fw-la disciplinae_fw-la christianae_n praeco_fw-la falsorum_fw-la deorum_fw-la eversor_fw-la per_fw-la grecian_n aegyptan_a persidem_fw-la asiam_fw-la &_o universam_fw-la ditionem_fw-la romanam_fw-la repetitis_fw-la abrogabat_fw-la legibus_fw-la iubens_fw-la per_fw-la edicta_fw-la christum_fw-la coli_fw-la euangelium_fw-la praedicari_fw-la sacrum_fw-la ministris_fw-la honores_fw-la &_o alimenta_fw-la dari_fw-la atque_fw-la idolorum_fw-la ubique_fw-la destrui_fw-la templa_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la infinita_fw-la praestitit_fw-la agros_fw-la annonam_fw-la stipem_fw-la egenis_fw-la aegris_fw-la viduis_fw-la ac_fw-la orphanis_fw-la pro_fw-la quibusque_fw-la solicitus_fw-la which_o general_a destruction_n of_o idolatry_n and_o plant_v the_o true_a religion_n of_o christ_n the_o messiah_n so_o often_o and_o manifest_o foretell_v by_o the_o holy_a prophet_n never_o any_o other_o comparable_a unto_o this_o in_o any_o degree_n except_o 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