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11. ' Patrick says: "Look into the examples of the elders, where you will find no guile."'

The Latin is: exempla majorum perquire ubi nihil fallaciæ invenies. By 'the elders' Villanueva considers Patrick means the saints, apostles, evangelists, and disciples of the Lord, and the fathers and doctors of the Church.

12. 'Patrick says: "Judges who do not judge rightly the judgments of the Church are not judges, but falsifiers (falsatores)."'