Caj-epej" lieah gepeca Emperor's * High Marfhal
Depm^nur gelaehre J)o- Germanus intercepted the
ne piftol "J hme ro tap. Letter and tore it in pieces,
•] ri^]>an cy5be ))am Ca- and afterwards told the Em-
j-epe J)asr call ];>ar pole peror that all the People had
Erpejopmm ro papam chofen Gregory to be Pope,
gecopen hxybt> CQau- Then Mauricms the Empe-
piciuf J)a re Eaj-epe ]>a)- ror returned thanks to Al-
Erobe jpanco&e. ^ hme mighty God for this^and gave
ha&ian hat > li)}^2dt ]>a Orders for his Confecration-
us Hkewife that they have much the fame Notion in the Word Com-
fere. And the mod celebrated Wits of France^ not having refufed to
ftoop to fo low and familiar a way of delivering their Explications,
they feem as it were to make my Apology, for the vulgar and lefs
polite kind of Expreffions, I have been obliged to make ufe of
in the foregoing Comparifons. Nom d'aliiance [pmtuelle qui fe domie
par un homme^ fy par m fcmwe a celuy^ qui a tenu fur les fonds
quelqu'un de leurs enfans^ iy redproquement par le parrain a celul
dont on a tenu un des enfants fur les fonds^ fy an pere du mefme
enfant. Cejl mon cotnpere^ il a tenu un de mes enfants, Cejl won
compere^ fay tenu un de ces enfants. Il ejl mon compere^ fay tenu un
enfant avec luy. That the Saxon Word Fscbepa is to be underdood
according to this Acceptation , may very fairly be conjeftured from
GregoriiPsTuronenfis^ from whofe Words the 6'^ixo;i Horn ili ft fecms to
have trandated the whole Paffage, which is thus cited by the Bene-
divines : Gregorian Turonenfis refert^ San^um Diuconum fiUum Afauri-
cii Augufti fbaud duhie natu majoremj ex lavacro facro fufcepijfe^ dum
ConJiantinopoU adhuc moraretur : quod quantum et fuerit perhonorificum^
nullus ejl qui non inteWgat. Gregory of Tours relates, that the Holy
Deacon ftood Godfather at the facred Font to the Son oi Mauri cim the
Emperor (no doubt his t^t^) while he was yet rcfident at Confianti-
nopje : Which thing how great an Honour it was to him, no one can
be ignorant. Lib. x. c. i.
- By GregoriHS Turonenfts^ and Paul, Diac. he is ftiled FrsifeBia
Vrh'H ; and the former fpeaks of m as a near Relation or Brother
to St. Gregory : That St. Gregory had fuch a Brother, the Benedi^ines
prove from his Epiftles, concerning which fee pheir Life of him,
1. 1. c. I, n. 5.
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