cap._n 66._o supr_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la ullum_fw-la a_o condito_fw-la mundo_fw-la sub_fw-la sole_a visum_fw-la est_fw-la all_o the_o noble_n of_o his_o army_n which_o worship_v he_o when_o he_o live_v keep_v their_o old_a manner_n &_o custom_n at_o certain_a time_n enter_v in_o and_o prostrate_v themselves_o one_o the_o groond_n salute_v the_o emperor_n after_o his_o death_n lie_v in_o his_o coffin_n as_o if_o he_o have_v still_o be_v constantine_n great_a reverence_n give_v by_o the_o christian_n to_o the_o de_fw-fr ad_fw-la body_n of_o constantine_n lyve_v the_o senate_n and_o all_o other_o magistrate_n worship_v his_o body_n with_o like_a reverence_n all_o kind_n of_o people_n even_o woman_n and_o child_n in_o infinite_a number_n come_v to_o see_v this_o solemnity_n &_o these_o thing_n be_v thus_o perform_v many_o day_n this_o bless_a emperor_n be_v he_o alone_o which_o reign_v when_o he_o be_v dead_a and_o to_o he_o alone_o god_n himself_o be_v author_n thereof_o all_o honour_n which_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v give_v he_o when_o he_o live_v be_v give_v after_o his_o death_n for_o he_o be_v the_o only_a emperor_n which_o in_o all_o the_o action_n of_o his_o life_n pious_o and_o religious_o worship_v god_n the_o king_n of_o all_o &_o his_o son_n christ_n jesus_n he_o alone_o by_o right_n obtain_v this_o honour_n by_o the_o will_n of_o god_n to_o have_v that_o which_o be_v bury_v in_o death_n to_o reign_v among_o man_n totius_fw-la exercitus_fw-la deuce_n &_o comites_fw-la omniumque_fw-la principum_fw-la caetus_fw-la quibus_fw-la antea_fw-la in_o more_fw-it fuit_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la venerari_fw-la pristinum_fw-la morem_fw-la &_o consuetudinem_fw-la conseruamtes_fw-la statis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la introeuntes_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la in_o capsula_fw-la iacentem_fw-la tanquam_fw-la viwm_fw-la etiam_fw-la post_fw-la mortem_fw-la humi_fw-la procumbentes_fw-la salutabant_fw-la horum_fw-la reverentiam_fw-la eodem_fw-la pietatis_fw-la officio_fw-la subsecutus_fw-la est_fw-la senatus_n &_o omnes_fw-la reliqui_fw-la magistratus_fw-la tum_o vero_fw-la cuiusuis_fw-la ordinis_fw-la hominum_fw-la etiam_fw-la muliercularum_fw-la &_o puerorum_fw-la infinita_fw-la turba_fw-la ad_fw-la idem_fw-la spectaculum_fw-la confluebat_fw-la haec_fw-la per_fw-la multos_fw-la dies_fw-la factitata_fw-la solus_fw-la vero_fw-la iste_fw-la beatus_fw-la imperator_fw-la etiam_fw-la mortuus_fw-la regnavit_fw-la cum_fw-la ei_fw-la soli_fw-la post_fw-la hominum_fw-la memoriam_fw-la vel_fw-la ipso_fw-la deo_fw-la authore_fw-la omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la solebant_fw-la honores_fw-la tanquam_fw-la superstiti_fw-la tribuerentur_fw-la num_fw-la cum_fw-la be_v solus_fw-la ex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la imperatoribus_fw-la regem_fw-la omnium_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o christum_fw-la eius_fw-la omnibus_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la actionibus_fw-la pie_n sancteque_fw-la coluerit_fw-la jure_fw-la sane_fw-la etiam_fw-la hunc_fw-la honorem_fw-la solus_fw-la adeptus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntate_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la morte_fw-la sepultum_fw-la erat_fw-la tamen_fw-la apud_fw-la homines_fw-la regnaret_fw-la 9_o they_o also_o make_v his_o picture_n and_o in_o they_o worship_v he_o as_o though_o he_o 69._o cap._n 69._o be_v still_o lyve_v and_o paint_v he_o as_o reign_v in_o heaven_n neque_fw-la haec_fw-la voce_fw-la tantum_fw-la &_o clamoribus_fw-la significabant_fw-la verumetiam_fw-la re_fw-la ipsa_fw-la declarabant_fw-la cum_fw-la ea_fw-la vita_fw-la functum_fw-la pictis_fw-la tabellis_fw-la tanquam_fw-la viwm_fw-la colerent_fw-la nam_fw-la cum_fw-la caeli_fw-la effigiem_fw-la in_o tabella_fw-la proprijs_fw-la death_n constantine_n worship_v in_o his_o picture_n after_o his_o death_n coloribus_fw-la expressissent_fw-la depingunt_fw-la eum_fw-la super_fw-la caelestes_fw-la orb_n in_fw-la ethaereeo_fw-la caelum_fw-la requiescentem_fw-la thus_o his_o body_n be_v honourable_o keep_v unburied_a until_o his_o son_n constantius_n come_v none_o of_o they_o be_v present_a at_o his_o death_n then_o be_v with_o great_a solemnity_n bring_v to_o the_o apostle_n church_n where_o the_o priest_n and_o people_n decease_v the_o priest_n and_o other_o pray_v for_o the_o soul_n of_o their_o emperor_n constantine_n decease_v with_o tear_n and_o mourn_v pray_v unto_o god_n for_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o emperor_n populus_fw-la frequens_fw-la una_fw-la cum_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la lachrymis_fw-la &_o sane_fw-la magno_fw-la cum_fw-la gemmitu_fw-la preces_fw-la pro_fw-la animo_fw-la imperatoris_fw-la deo_fw-la fundebant_fw-la and_o so_o with_o sacred_a ceremony_n and_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o mass_n and_o holy_a prayer_n he_o be_v join_v to_o the_o people_n 71._o cap._n 70._o 71._o of_o god_n in_o heaven_n licet_fw-la contemplari_fw-la ter_z beatae_fw-la animae_fw-la tumulum_fw-la apostolici_fw-la nominis_fw-la decease_v mass_n say_v for_o he_o decease_v appellaâ—ione_fw-la decorari_fw-la &_o dei_fw-la populum_fw-la aggregari_fw-la divinisque_fw-la ceremonijs_fw-la &_o mystico_fw-la sacrificio_fw-la sanctarumque_fw-la precationum_fw-la societate_fw-la perfrui_fw-la 10._o nicephorus_n write_v that_o the_o holiness_n and_o piety_n of_o this_o renown_a emperor_n image_n the_o relic_n of_o constantino_n work_v many_o miracle_n so_o his_o image_n be_v so_o miraculous_o approve_v after_o his_o death_n that_o god_n give_v such_o a_o infallible_a gift_n of_o heal_v and_o miracle_n both_o to_o his_o grave_n and_o image_n that_o all_o disease_n whatsoever_o be_v certain_o cure_v by_o the_o only_o touch_v of_o they_o magna_fw-la gloria_fw-la bonorum_fw-la conciliator_n deus_fw-la virum_fw-la eum_fw-la veluti_fw-la fidelem_fw-la ministrum_fw-la accumulavit_fw-la 55._o niceph._n hist_o eccl._n l._n 8._o cap._n 55._o sanationum_fw-la &_o miraculorum_fw-la gratia_fw-la &_o urnae_fw-la &_o statuae_fw-la ipsius_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o porpheretici_fw-la marmoris_fw-la columna_fw-la posita_fw-la est_fw-la immissa_fw-la ut_fw-la deinceps_fw-la nulla_fw-la aegri_fw-la tudo_fw-la contrectatis_fw-la eye_n non_fw-la cederet_fw-la &_o fides_fw-la verbi_fw-la illius_fw-la christi_fw-la adimpleretur_fw-la dicentis_fw-la ego_fw-la glorificantes_fw-la i_o glorifiâ—â—bo_fw-la the_o memorable_a work_n and_o foundation_n of_o christian_a piety_n be_v argument_n of_o constantine_n his_o religion_n the_o most_o honour_a emperor_n that_o ever_o be_v church_n most_o sumptuous_a altar_n chalice_n paten_n candelstick_n and_o other_o vessel_n of_o gold_n and_o silver_n which_o he_o found_v privilege_n immunity_n and_o aim_n which_o he_o bestow_v upon_o religion_n be_v innumerable_a eusebius_n have_v write_v his_o life_n in_o 4._o book_n and_o many_o other_o have_v entreat_v of_o they_o able_a in_o themselves_o to_o minister_v subject_a of_o a_o whole_a history_n therefore_o i_o must_v pass_v they_o over_o only_o say_v in_o general_a with_o that_o author_n of_o this_o noble_a emperor_n solus_fw-la ex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la romanis_n imperatoribus_fw-la deum_fw-la omnium_fw-la regem_fw-la incredibili_fw-la 75._o euseb_n l._n 4._o vit_fw-fr const_n cap._n 75._o pietatis_fw-la study_v honoravit_fw-la solus_fw-la omni_fw-la cum_fw-la libertate_fw-la vocis_fw-la &_o linguae_fw-la christi_fw-la verbum_fw-la personuit_fw-la solus_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la dicam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la eius_fw-la praeter_fw-la caeteras_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la aevo_fw-la honoribus_fw-la effecit_fw-la solus_fw-la impium_fw-la multorum_fw-la deorum_fw-la ficticium_fw-la cultum_fw-la sustulit_fw-la omnesque_fw-la vias_fw-la idololatriae_fw-la refutavit_fw-la igitur_fw-la &_o dum_fw-la viveret_fw-la &_o postque_fw-la est_fw-la mortuus_fw-la his_fw-la honoribus_fw-la cumulatus_fw-la est_fw-la quales_fw-la neminem_fw-la aliquando_fw-la nec_fw-la apud_fw-la graecos_n nec_fw-la barbaros_fw-la sed_fw-la ne_fw-la antiquissimis_fw-la quidem_fw-la romanorum_fw-la temporibus_fw-la cum_fw-la neminem_fw-la cum_fw-la isto_fw-la conferendum_fw-la ulla_fw-la 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