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deciderunt. Decollatus eſt etiā tn̄ milesille: qui antea ſuꝑno nutu correptus: ſanctum dei confeſſorē ferire recuſauit. De qͦnimirum cōſtat. quia ⁊ ſi fonte baptiſmatis non eſt ablutus: ſui tamē eſt ſāguinislauacro mūdatus: ac regni celeſtis dignꝰfactus ingreſſu. Tūc iudex tanta miraculorum celeſtium nouitate ꝑculſus: ceſſarimox a ꝑſecutione p̄cepit: honorem referre incipiēs cedi ſāctorū ꝑ quā eos opinabatur prius a chriſtiana fidei poſſe deuotione ceſſare. Paſſus eſt autē beatꝰ Albanus die decimo kalēdarū iuliarū Iuxtaciuitatē Uerolamiū: que nūc a gente anglorū Uerolamiaceſtir ſiue Uuetlingaceſtir appellatur. vbi poſtea redeūte temporū chriſtianorū ſerenitate eccl̓ia eſt mirandi oꝑis atqꝫ martyrio cōdigna extructa. In qͦ videlicet loco vſqꝫ ad hanc diēcuratio infirmorū ⁊ frequentiū operatiovirtutū: celebrare non deſinit. Paſſi ſuntea tempeſtate Aarō et iulius. legionū vrbis ciues: alijqꝫ vtriuſqꝫ ſexus diuerſis īlocis ꝑ plures. qͥ diuerſis cruciatibꝰ torti⁊ inaudita membroꝝ diſcerptione lacerati aīas ad ſuperne ciuitatꝭ gaudia ꝑfectoagone miſerunt.¶ Ut hac ceſſante ꝑſecutione eccleſia inGritānis aliqͣntulū vſqꝫ ad tēpora Arriane veſanie pacē habuerit.Capl̓m. VIII.At vbi turbo ꝑſecutionis quieuit ꝓgreſſi in publicum fideleschriſti qͥ ſe tēpore diſcrimīs ſiluis ac deſertis: abditis ve ſpelūcis occultauerant: renouant eccl̓ias ad ſolum vſqꝫdeſtructas baſilicas ſanctorum fundant:conſtruunt ac ꝑficiunt: ac veluti victriciaſigna paſſim ꝓpalāt: dies feſtos celebrat:ſacra mundo corde atqꝫ ore ꝯficiūt. Māſitqꝫ ī eccleſijs xp̄i q̄ erat in britānia paxvſqꝫ ad tēpora Arriane veſanie: q̄ corrupto orbe toto hanc etiā inſulam extra orbem tam longe remotaꝫ veneno ſue infecit erroris. Et hͦ quaſi via peſtilētie tranſoceanū patefacta: nō mora omniſqꝫ lueshereſeos huiuſqꝫ inſule nouis ſemꝑ aliquid audire gaudenti: ⁊ nihil certi firmiter obtinenti infudit. His temporibꝰ Cōſtantius qui viuente Diocleciano galliā

hiſpaniamqꝫ regebat vir ſūme manſuetudinis et ciuilitatꝭ: in britānia morte obijtHic Cōſtantinū filium ex cōcubina Helena creatum imperatorem galliarum reliquit. Scribit autem Eutropius ꝙ Cōſtantinus in britānia creatus imperatorpatri in regnum ſucceſſerit. Cuiꝰ tempore Arriana hereſis exorta ⁊ ī nicena ſinodo detecta atqꝫ damnata: nihilominꝰ exiciabile ꝑfidie ſue virus: vt diximus: nonſoluꝫ orbis totius ſed ⁊ inſulaꝝ eccleſijsaſperſit.¶ Uregnāte Gratiano maximꝰ in Britannia imꝑator creatus cuꝫ magno exercitu Galliā redierit. ¶ Capl̓m. IXAno ab incarnatione dn̄i. ccclxxvij. Gracianꝰ qͣdrageſimꝰ abauguſto poſt mortē Ualētꝭ ſexānis tenuit: qͣꝫuis iā dudū antea cuꝫ patruo Ualēte ⁊ Ualētiniano fratre regnaret. Qui cū afflictū ⁊ pene collapſū reipublice ſtatū videret Theodoſiū hiſpanuꝫvirum reſtituenda reipublice neceſſitateapd̓ Syrnilū purpura induit: oriētiſqꝫ ⁊Thracie ſil̓ p̄fecit imperio. Qua tēpeſtate maximꝰ vir qͥdē ſtrēnuꝰ ⁊ ꝓbus atqꝫ auguſto dignꝰ: niſi ſacramēti fideꝫ ꝑ tyrānidem emerſiſſet ī britāniā: Inuitꝰ ꝓpe modum ab exercitu creatꝰ imꝑator ī galliamtrāſijt: ibiqꝫ Gratianū iuſtū ſubita incurſione ꝑterritū: atqꝫ ī italiā trāſire meditātē dolis circūuētū interfecit Fratrēqꝫ eiꝰUalētinianū auguſtū italia expulit. Ualētinianꝰ in oriētē refugiēs a Theodoſiopaterna pietate ſuſceptꝰ: mox etiā īꝑio reſtitutꝰ ē: clauſo videlꝫ ītra muros aqͥlegiecapto atqꝫ occiſo ab eis maxīe tyrāno.¶ Ut Archadio regnāte Pelagiꝰ Brito ꝯtra gr̄am dei ſuꝑba bella ſuſceperit.Capl̓m. X.a ¶ Nno ab incarnatiōe dn̄i. cccxciiij. Archadiꝰ filiꝰ Theodoſij cūfratre Honorio. xliij. ab auguſto regnuꝫſuſcipiēs tenuit ānos. xiij. Cuiꝰ tꝑibꝰ Pelagiꝰ brito contra auxiliū gr̄e ſuper venena ſue ꝑfidie longe lateqꝫ diſperſit: vtenscooꝑatore Iuliano de cāpania: quē dudum amiſſi ep̄atus intemperans cupidoexagitabat. Quibꝰ ⁊ ſanctꝰ Auguſtinꝰ ſicut ⁊ ceteri patres orthodoxi multis ſen-

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