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other_o enemy_n only_o his_o clergy_n not_o only_o refuse_v to_o contribute_v to_o the_o defence_n of_o their_o country_n but_o put_v a_o indignity_n of_o the_o base_a nature_n upon_o their_o king_n like_o the_o pharisee_n with_o their_o vow_n of_o corban_n they_o first_o procure_v the_o pope_n to_o pass_v a_o order_n against_o their_o assist_v of_o he_o and_o then_o with_o a_o jewish_a hypocrisy_n look_v demure_a and_o pretend_v that_o true_o they_o will_v assist_v he_o with_o all_o their_o heart_n but_o the_o pope_n have_v forbid_v it_o and_o they_o dare_v not_o do_v it_o in_o return_n to_o this_o usage_n the_o king_n determine_v no_o long_a to_o afford_v his_o protection_n to_o those_o who_o have_v deliver_v themselves_o up_o to_o another_o interest_n and_o thereupon_o refuse_v to_o contribute_v any_o thing_n to_o the_o support_n of_o the_o government_n by_o which_o they_o be_v secure_v in_o the_o peaceable_a enjoyment_n of_o their_o own_o right_n and_o estate_n and_o the_o parliament_n think_v his_o resolution_n so_o just_a that_o they_o close_v in_o with_o it_o and_o ready_o confirm_v it_o with_o their_o authority_n this_o be_v the_o case_n of_o the_o whole_a clergy_n then_o and_o it_o be_v but_o too_o like_o the_o case_n of_o some_o of_o they_o now._n and_o the_o effect_n be_v that_o be_v by_o this_o mean_n bring_v to_o a_o sense_n of_o their_o duty_n the_o great_a part_n of_o they_o present_o submit_v to_o the_o king_n and_o all_o the_o next_o year_n grant_v a_o supply_n to_o he_o and_o have_v thereby_o leave_v we_o this_o observation_n that_o the_o only_a way_n to_o deal_v with_o some_o person_n be_v to_o treat_v they_o as_o they_o deserve_v and_o to_o let_v they_o know_v that_o those_o be_v unworthy_a of_o the_o protection_n of_o the_o government_n who_o be_v embark_a in_o a_o interest_n different_a from_o it_o and_o refuse_v to_o contribute_v to_o the_o necessity_n of_o it_o appendix_n contain_v some_o public_a act_n and_o other_o collection_n refer_v to_o in_o the_o foregoing_a discourse_n appendix_n i._o the_o ancient_a form_n of_o summon_v a_o abbot_n to_o parliament_n exit_fw-la reyner_n apost_n benedict_n p._n 149._o append._n part._n iii._o num_fw-la lxix_o henricus_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_n rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la iii._o etc._n etc._n n._n abbati_n s._n albani_n quia_fw-la de_fw-la auâ—samento_fw-la consilii_fw-la nostri_fw-la pro_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la arduis_fw-la &_o urgentibus_fw-la negotiis_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o statum_n &_o defensionem_fw-la regul_n nostri_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la anglicanae_n contingentibus_fw-la quoddam_fw-la parleamentum_fw-la apud_fw-la westminster_n tali_fw-la die_fw-la teneri_fw-la ordinavimus_fw-la &_o ibidem_fw-la uobiscum_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la caeteris_fw-la prelatis_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la &_o proceribus_fw-la dicti_fw-la regni_fw-la nostti_fw-la colloquium_fw-la habere_fw-la &_o tractatum_fw-la uobis_fw-la in_o â—ide_v &_o dilectione_n quibus_fw-la nobis_fw-la tenemini_fw-la firmiter_fw-la injungendo_fw-la mandamus_fw-la quod_fw-la consideratis_fw-la dictorum_fw-la negotiorum_fw-la arduitate_fw-la &_o periculis_fw-la imminentibus_fw-la personaliter_fw-la intersitis_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la ac_fw-la cum_fw-la prelatis_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la &_o proceribus_fw-la predictis_fw-la super_fw-la predictis_fw-la negotiis_fw-la traâ—taturi_fw-la uestrumque_fw-la consilium_fw-la impensuri_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la sicut_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o honorem_fw-la nostrum_fw-la ac_fw-la salvationem_fw-la &_o defensionem_fw-la regni_fw-la &_o ecclesie_n predicte_n expeditionemque_fw-la dictorum_fw-la negotiorum_fw-la diligitis_fw-la nullatenus_fw-la omittatis_fw-la testae_fw-la meipso_fw-la the_o parliament_n abbot_n thus_o summon_v exit_fw-la eod._n 1._o abbas_n glastoniae_fw-la 2._o abbess_n s._n augustini_fw-la cant_n '_o 3._o abbess_n s._n petri_n westmonaster_n '_o 4._o abbess_n s._n albani_n 5._o abbess_n s._n edmundi_fw-la de_fw-fr bury_n 6._o abbess_n s._n petri_n de_fw-fr burgo_n 7._o abbess_n s._n johannis_n colcestriae_fw-la 8._o abbas_n eveshamiae_n 9_o abbas_n winchelcumbiae_fw-la 10._o abbas_n croylandiae_fw-la 11._o abbas_n de_fw-fr bello_fw-la 12._o abbas_n redingiae_n 13._o abbas_n abendoniae_n 14._o abbas_n salopiae_fw-la 15._o abbess_n s._n petri_n gloucestriae_fw-la 16._o abbas_n bardeneyae_n 17._o abbess_n s._n benedicti_fw-la de_fw-fr hulmo_n 18._o abbas_n thorneiae_n 19_o abbas_n ramseiae_n 20._o abbas_n hydae_fw-la 21._o abbas_n maimesbiriae_fw-la 22._o abbess_n s._n mariae_fw-la eborac_n '_o 23._o abbas_n selbeyae_n 24._o abbas_n tavestoke_n 25._o prio_fw-la conventriae_fw-la ii_o the_o ancient_a writ_n of_o summons_n of_o a_o bishop_n to_o parliament_n cl._n 49._o h._n 3._o m._n 11._o dors._n in_o schedula_n henricus_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_n rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la dominus_fw-la hiberniae_fw-la &_o dux_n aquitaniae_n venerabili_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la patri_fw-la r._n eadem_fw-la gratia_n episcopo_fw-la dunelm_n salutem_fw-la cum_fw-la post_fw-la gravia_n turbationum_fw-la diserimina_fw-la dudum_fw-la habita_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la charissimus_fw-la filius_fw-la edwardus_fw-la primogenitus_fw-la noster_fw-la prâ—_n pace_n in_o regno_fw-la nostro_fw-la assensuranda_fw-la &_o firmanda_fw-la obses_fw-la traditus_fw-la extitisset_fw-la &_o jam_fw-la sedata_fw-la benedictus_n deus_fw-la turbatione_fw-la predicta_fw-la super_fw-la deliberatione_n ejusdem_fw-la salubriter_fw-la providenda_fw-la &_o plena_fw-la securitate_fw-la &_o tranquilitate_fw-la pacis_fw-la ad_fw-la honorem_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o utilitatem_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la firmanda_fw-la &_o totaliter_fw-la complenda_fw-la ut_fw-la super_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la all_o 〈…〉_z be_v regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la negotus_fw-la que_fw-la sine_fw-la consilio_fw-la vestro_fw-la &_o aliorum_fw-la prelatorum_fw-la &_o magnatum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la nolumus_fw-la expediri_fw-la cum_fw-la iisdem_fw-la tractatum_fw-la habere_fw-la nos_fw-la oportet_fw-la uobis_fw-la mandamus_fw-la rogantes_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la &_o dilectione_n quibus_fw-la nobis_fw-la tenemini_fw-la quod_fw-la omni_fw-la occasione_n postposita_a &_o negotiis_fw-la all_o 〈…〉_z s_o pretermissis_fw-la sitis_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la london_n in_o octabis_n s._n hilarii_n proxim_n futur_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la predictis_fw-la prelatis_fw-la &_o magnatibâ—s_fw-la nostris_fw-la quos_fw-la ibid._n vocari_fw-la fecimus_fw-la super_fw-la premissis_fw-la tractatur_fw-la &_o concilium_fw-la impensur_fw-la et_fw-la