At ubi turbo persecutionis quievit, progressi in publicum fideles Christi qui se tempore discriminis silvis ac desertis abditisve speluncis occulerant, renovant ecclesias ad solum usque destructas, basilicas sanctorum martyrum fundant, construunt, perficiunt, ac veluti victricia signa passim propalant, dies festos celebrant, sacra mundo corde atque ore conficiunt: mansitque haec in ecclesiis Christi quae erant in Brittania pax usque ad tempora Arrianae vesaniae, quae corrupto orbe toto, hanc etiam insulam extra orbem tam longe remotam veneno sui infecit erroris: et hac quasi via pestilentiae trans oceanum patefacta, non mora, omnis se lues haereseos cuiusque, insulae novi semper aliquid audire gaudenti et nihil certi firmiter obtinenti infudit.
But after the storms of this persecution were overblown, Christs faithful, which in time of danger had lain hid in the forests and deserts or secret dens, cometh forth and sheweth themselves abroad, reneweth their churches which before were thrown flat to the ground, foundeth, buildeth and perfecteth new temples in honour of the holy martyrs, and everywhere as it were displayeth their ensigns in sign of conquest, celebrateth holy days, doth consecrate the holy mysteries with pure mouth and heart: and this peace continued in the churches of Christ in Britain until the times of the Arian fury, which, after infecting the whole world, corrupted also with his venemous errors this island, though situate so far out of the compass of the world: and when that thus the disease had once found as it were an open vent to pass over the ocean, shortly after all the pestilence of all manner of heresies flowed into this island, and they were there received of the inhabitants, as being men delighting ever to hear new things and steadfastly retaining nothing assured.
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