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As for the Petalum that S. John ware / I see not how it can be proved / to be like a bishops mitre. For the cap / that S. Cyprian gave the executioner / argueth rather that it was the common apparel which was customably worn / for else it would not have done him so much good. As for his upper garment which he gave to his deacon / it was a token of his good will / which he would leave ⟨p. 75⟩with him / as the practise hath been seen with us / and proveth nothing that it was any several apparel. As for the white linen garment which he suffered in / it can not seem strange unto us which have seen the holy martyrs of the Lord executed in Smithfield and other places. And it is not to be thought that S. Cyprian had so small judgement / that living in the time of persecution / he would by wearing of some notable apparel from the rest / as it wear betray him self into the hands of his enemies / unless all the christians had done so too for clearer and more open profession of their faith / and greater detestation of the contrary religion: as Tertullian and the christians in his time did / by the wearing of a cloak / which reason may be also alleged of the Petalum of S. John. It is true ¹Chrysostom maketh mention of a white garment / but not in commendation of it / but rather to the contrary. For he showeth that the dignity of their ministry / their safety and crown was in taking heed / that none unmeet were admitted to the Lords supper / not in going about the church with a white garment. And it is easily to be seen by * Solomon in his Ecclesiastes / that to wear a white ²garment / was greatly esteemed in the East parts / and was ordinary to those that were in any estimation / as the wearing of black with us: and therefore was no several apparel for the ministers / or for to execute their ministry in.

As for the Petalum that S. Iohn ware / I see not how it can bee proued / to be like a bishops miter. For the cap / that S. Cyprian gaue the executioner / argueth rather that it was ye commō apparell which was customably worne / for else it would not haue done him so much good. As for his vpper garment which hee gaue to hys deacon / it was a token of his good will / which he would leaue ⟨p. 75⟩