Peter，whoseimageyouthreatentodestroy。^35TheremoteandinteriorkingdomsoftheWestpresenttheirhomagetoChristandhisvicegerent；andwenowpreparetovisitoneoftheirmostpowerfulmonarchs，whodesirestoreceivefromourhandsthesacramentofbaptism。^36TheBarbarianshavesubmittedtotheyokeofthegospel，whileyoualonearedeaftothevoiceoftheshepherd。ThesepiousBarbariansarekindledintorage:theythirsttoavengethepersecutionoftheEast。Abandonyourrashandfatalenterprise；reflect，tremble，andrepent。Ifyoupersist，weareinnocentofthebloodthatwillbespiltinthecontest；mayitfallonyourownhead!\"

　　[Footnote33:ThetwoepistlesofGregoryII。havebeenpreservedintheActaoftheNiceneCouncil，tom。viii。p。651—674。

　　Theyarewithoutadate，whichisvariouslyfixed，byBaroniusintheyear726，byMuratoriAnnalid\'Italia，tom。vi。p。120in729，andbyPagiin730。Suchistheforceofprejudice，thatsomepapistshavepraisedthegoodsenseandmoderationoftheseletters。]

　　[Footnote34:Epist。i。p。664。ThisproximityoftheLombardsishardofdigestion。CamilloPellegriniDissert。iv。deDucatuBeneventi，intheScript。Ital。tom。v。p。172，173forciblyreckonsthexxivthstadia，notfromRome，butfromthelimitsoftheRomanduchy，tothefirstfortress，perhapsSora，oftheLombards。IratherbelievethatGregory，withthepedantryoftheage，employsstadiaformiles，withoutmuchinquiryintothegenuinemeasure。]

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