vncertaine, reputing the legend of S. _George_ apocryphall according to
the censure of Pope [af]_Gelasius:_ and Cardinall _Baronius ecclesiast.
annal. Tom. 2. ad an. 290._ according to the impression at Rome, fol.
650. as also _de Martyrologio Romano, cap. 2._ confesseth as much of
_Quiriacus_ and _Iulitta_, declaring plainely that their acts are
written either by fooles or heretikes, and in his annotations vpon the
_Romane Martyrologie_ 23. Aprill, he taketh vp _Iacobus de Voragine_ for
his leaden Legend of our English S. _George_, concluding in fine, that
the picture of Saint _George_ fighting with a Dragon is _symbolicall_,
and not _historicall_. If the Scripture be true [ag]_whatsoeuer is not
of faith is sinne_: then assuredly these men (as [ah]_Paul_ speaks)
_are damned of their owne selues_ in their owne conscience, who
(notwithstanding all their doubts) pray still in their publike seruice,
[ai]_Deus, qui nos beati Georgij martyris tui meritis & intercessione
lætificas, Concede propitius, &c._ An Idoll as _Paul_ affirmes, 1. Cor.
8. 4. is nothing, _Ergo_, the Papists in worshipping S. _George_ which
is nothing, commit (euen themselues being Iudges) abominable Idolatrie.

[Sidenote af: _Can. sanct. Roman. dist. 15._]

[Sidenote ag: _Rom. 14. 23._]

[Sidenote ah: _Tit. 3. 11._]

[Sidenote ai: _Missal. Roman. ex Con. Triden. decret. restit. in
festo Georgij._]

As they worship some who were no men, so many who were not [ak]holy men,
as a reuerend [al]Doctor of our Church accutely, _Non martyres domini
sed mancipes diaboli_: the Souldiour who peirced Christs holy side was a