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The repressor of over much blaming of the clergy.

that if it can be sureli or in sufficient likelihode proued, that the seid first Constantyn Emperour was neuere baptised of Siluester Pope neither at Rome, al the storiyng, cronicling, and witnessing of thilk same seid voice is not to be trowid for trewe. And thanne ferther forto proue that the seid firste Constantyn Emperour was not baptisid of Pope Siluester neither in Rome, y procede thus: Noman except Constantyn him silf schulde wite better whanne and where Con|stantyn was baptisid, than he which was lyuyng and conuersaunt with the same Constantyn, and was as priuey with Constantyn in the counceilis of his herte and of his conscience, as a confessour is now priuey with a prince to which he is confessour; as mai be take bi the storie clepid The thre departid storie in the firste book the iiije. chapiter, and in the ije. book the xiije. chapiter and the xvje. chapiter. But so it is, that this ful famose and worthi clerk and bischop Eusebi Cesarience, (ful miche preisid and bileeued of Seint Ierom, [The various testimonies in his favour from St. Jerome may be seen in Euseb. Hist. Eccl. vol. 1. pp. lv.-lviii. (Burton's Ed.) The passages from the Historia tripartita of Cassiodorus, to which Pecock here refers, are not much to the purpose.] and of whos worthines greet testimonie is had in the ije. book of The thre departid storie in the viije. chapiter and in the xe. and xje. chapitris, bisidis the othere now bifore alleggid chapitris into the same purpos, and which wroot the moost famose and moost credible storie had among Cristen men next to the storie of the Bible, clepid The Chirchis storie, and which wroot the moost credible Cronicle of alle othere had among Cristen men, to which Ierom couplid the Cronicle which he wroot,) was moost homeli of alle othere with the seid Constantyn, and was so priuey and so homeli with the seid greet Emperour Constantyn, that bi the same Eusebi came out into
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The repressor of over much blaming of the clergy.
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Recock, Reginald, bp. of Chichester, 1395?-1460?
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London,: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts,
1860.
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Great Britain -- Church history

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