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The printed edition from which this e-text has been produced retains thespelling and abbreviations of Hakluyt's 16th-century original. In thisversion, the spelling has been retained, but the following manuscriptabbreviations have been silently expanded:
- vowels with macrons = vowel + 'n' or 'm'- q; = -que (in the Latin)- y[e] = the; y[t] = that; w[t] = with
This edition contains footnotes and two types of sidenotes. Most footnotesare added by the editor. They follow modern (19th-century) spellingconventions. Those that don't are Hakluyt's (and are not alwayssystematically marked as such by the editor). The sidenotes are Hakluyt'sown. Summarizing sidenotes are labelled [Sidenote: ] and placed before thesentence to which they apply. Sidenotes that are keyed with a symbol arelabeled [Marginal note: ] and placed at the point of the symbol, except inpoetry, where they are placed at a convenient point. Additional notes oncorrections, etc. are signed 'KTH'
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The life and trauailes of Pelagius borne in Wales.
Pelagius Cambrius ex ea Britanniæ parte oriundus, famati illius CollegijBannochorensis a Cestria non procul, præpositus, erat, in quo Christianorumphilosophorum duo millia ac centum, ad plebis in Christo commoditatemmilitabant, manuum suarum laboribus, iuxta Pauli doctrinam victitantes.Post quam plures exhibitos, pro Christiana Repub. labores, vir eruditioneinsignis, et tum Græcè, tum Latinè peritus, vt Tertullianus alter,quorundam Clericorum lacessitus iniurijs, grauatim tulit, ac tandem a fidedefecit.
Peragratis igitur deinceps Gallijs, in Aegyptum, et Syriam aliásqueorientis Regiones demum peruenit. Vbi ex earum partium Monacho præsulordinatus, sui nominis hæresim fabricabat: asserens hominem sine peccatonasci, ac solo voluntatis imperio sine gratia saluari posse, vt itanefarius baptismum ac fidem tolleret. Cum his et consimilibus impostricisdoctrinæ fæcibus in patriam suam reuersus, omnem illam Regionem, Iuliano etCælestino Pseudoepiscopis fautoribus, conspurcabat. Verum ante lapsum suumstudia tractabat honestissima, vt post Gennadium, Bedam, et Honorium alijferunt authores, composuítque multos libros ad Christianam vtilitatem. Atpostquam est Hereticus publicatus, multo plures edidit hæresi succurrentes,et ex diametro cum vera pietate pugnantes, vnde erat a suis Britannis inexilium pulsus, vt in Epistola ad Martinum 5. Valdenus habet. Claruit annopost Christum incarnatum, 390. sub Maximo Britannorum Rege.
The same in English.
Pelagius, borne in that part of Britaine which is called Wales, was head orgouernour of the famous Colledge of Bangor, not farre from Chester, whereinliued a Societie of 2100. Diuines, or Students of Christian philosophie,applying themselues to the profite of the Christian people, and liuing bythe labours of their owne hands, according to Pauls doc