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Some men haue stoutlie af∣firmed yea and set fourthe in print that Peter was neuer at Rome. Therfore though Pe∣ter were head Bushoppe, yet rōe ought not to be ye head see.
Saint Hierom vpon ye first chapiter to the Romaines de∣clareth that saint Peter was at Rome Bushoppe and prea∣cher
there: but what should I speake of. S. Hierome alone seing Linus, Ignatius, Dio∣nisius, Egesip. Ireneus, Ter∣tulian, Eusebius, Papias, and Atha. this plainli declare with many mo olde writers? Linus in epistola ad orientales: Igna∣tius in ye third epistle to Thar∣senses et epistola. 11. ad ro. ege∣sippus. li. 3. de exci. Hierom. ca. 2. Iren. li. 3. cap. 1. &. 3. tertul. li. 4. cō. mer. &. li. de praes. Her. Euse. li. 2. ec. hist. ca. 14. 15. 25. papias. Saīt Ihōs scholer affirmeth ye same and so dothe Atha. & Ambrose with other.
Tertuliā li. de. praescrip. haer. saith y• S. Peter suffered martirdōe at Rome, euē ye same kinde of death yt christ dyd. S. Ciprian nameth ye church of Rōe peters see, and calleth it the principal
churche whereoute the vnitye doth springe Li. i. epist. epis, iii. ante calcem. S. Amb. also bea∣rethe testimonye hereof, say∣ing, we think it was not with∣out a cause that tholy apostels Peter & Paule did suffer mar∣tridome ī one day in one place, & vnder one tirād: In one day yt thei might come together vn¦to christ at one time: one place yt Rome should lacke neither of thē, vnder one persecutor, y• either might fele like crudeliti. The day was appointed them for their merit: the place for their glory: the persecutour for their vertue. What place did they suffer in? In the citye of Rhome: whiche was the chiefe and head cytye of all the naci∣ons: So that there shoulde
reste the heade of all holinesse, where before was the head of al supersticion, & there the prin¦ces of ye churches shoulde re∣mayne where before ye princes of ye Gētils did dwel. Haec amb. in cō. in natali petri et pauli. cō. 67 Agayn S. Ambr. saith Peter went forth in the night & sawe Christ mete him goinge into ye citye to whō Peter saide lorde whither goest yu? christ aunswe¦red, I go to Rome there to be crucified againe: And thē Pe∣ter knew yt christes aūswer did perteine to his crucifyinge or death. Haec ambr. li. 5. epistolarū in or̄one cō. auxentiū. And this sam ī effect wt much more hath Egesipp{us} (li. ••. excid hiera. cap. 2) an olde writer euē sone after ye apostels time▪ yea & he being a Greciā which would haue ben
loth to haue testified any thing to the glory of Rome if the ve∣rye trueth had not compelled him y• to haue done .s. Hierome likewise (in catalogo illust. viro rum in titulo pe••. intitulo pauli, in titulo philonis) saieth Peter prīce of the apostles after that he had bene byshop in Antioch &c. came to Rome the seconde yere of Claudi{us} the emperour and kept ye see there .xxv. yeres euen vnto the last yeare of Ne¦ro, vnder whom he beyng cru∣cified did suffer mertirdom. O∣rosius thistoriographer affir∣meth ye like li. 7. ca. 4. &. v. And so doth Euse. li. ii. ca. xiiii. & etiā in li. croni. And holy Bede our coūtremā in his cronacle testifi¦eth ye same of s. Peter. s. Hie, a∣gaine saith in the place recited
Philo fel into gret acquaītāce & loue with Peter in the city of Rome &c. Ireneus moreouer (scholer to s. Iohns disc. Pol.) li. 3. ca. 1. &. 3. sheweth that peter was byshop ī rome & so do chri¦so. & h{is} abbreuiator the ophilat in cōmentariis epistolae poster. ad Timo. Yea, & here now final lie to cōclude s. Peter him selfe in his first epistle & .v. cha. spea∣king vnder ye name of Babilō. (for so he calleth ther rome bi∣cause of superstition & idolatry then vsed amongest ye infidels) sheweth yt he wrot yt his epistle from rome: as al authors doe declare, whiche do interprete that epistle of Peter: and so do Tertu. li. con. Iudeos pag. 128. Sainte Hierome in catalogo virorū illustr, titulo Marci: papias
disciple to S. Iohn euāg. and bishop of Hierusalē: & Eusebius li. 2. ec. his. ca. 15. with many mo. I nede not here to bring in cer¦tayne germayn writers which expoūding the fornamed place of Peter affirme him there to speake of Rhome vnder the name of Babilon (where not without great blasphemy ofte they rayle agaynste all godli∣nesse) and yet they be not asha¦med to say and write: yea and putte forth in printe thousand volumes wherein they denye yt Peter euer was at Rhome.