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the_o council_n save_v only_o the_o pope_n legate_n consent_v upon_o that_o three_o canon_n decree_v in_o the_o second_o and_o now_o confirm_v in_o this_o four_o council_n that_o the_o see_v of_o constantinople_n shall_v have_v patriarchall_a dignity_n over_o thrace_n asia_n and_o pontus_n and_o have_v precedence_n before_o other_o patriarch_n as_o the_o next_o after_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n the_o legate_n follow_v the_o instruction_n of_o leo_n be_v so_o averse_a in_o this_o matter_n that_o they_o say_v b._n not_o without_o some_o choler_n contradictio_fw-la nostra_fw-la his_fw-la gestis_fw-la inhaereat_fw-la let_v our_o contradiction_n cleave_v to_o these_o act_n and_o so_o it_o do_v to_o the_o eternal_a disgrace_n both_o of_o they_o and_o their_o master_n the_o glorious_a judge_n notwithstanding_o this_o dissent_v of_o the_o legate_n and_o of_o pope_n leo_n himself_o in_o they_o say_v ibid._n concern_v that_o canon_n that_o which_o we_o have_v speak_v that_o the_o see_v of_o constantinople_n ought_v to_o be_v the_o second_o etc._n etc._n tota_n synodus_fw-la the_o whole_a council_n have_v approve_v it_o why_o but_o the_o pope_n legate_n approve_v it_o not_o they_o contradict_v it_o true_o in_o this_o particular_a they_o dissent_v but_o because_o they_o as_o all_o other_o bishop_n even_o pope_n leo_n himself_o consent_v unto_o that_o general_a maxim_n that_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o great_a part_n shall_v stand_v for_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o whole_a council_n in_o that_o general_a both_o the_o legate_n of_o leo_n and_o leo_n himself_o do_v implicitè_fw-fr and_o virtual_o consent_v to_o that_o very_a canon_n from_o which_o actual_o and_o explicitè_fw-fr they_o do_v then_o dissent_v for_o which_o cause_n the_o most_o prudent_a judge_n true_o say_v tota_n synodus_fw-la the_o whole_a council_n have_v approve_v this_o canon_n either_o explicitè_fw-fr or_o implicitè_fw-fr either_o express_o or_o virtual_o approve_v it_o neither_o do_v only_o those_o secular_a judge_n so_o esteem_v the_o whole_a general_a council_n itself_o profess_v the_o same_o and_o that_o even_o in_o the_o synodall_n relation_n of_o their_o act_n to_o pope_n leo_n the_o universal_a 16_o synod_n say_v thus_o we_o have_v condemn_v dioscorus_n we_o have_v confirm_v the_o faith_n we_o have_v confirm_v the_o canon_n of_o the_o second_o council_n for_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o see_v of_o constantinople_n we_o have_v condemn_v the_o heresy_n of_o eutyches_n thus_o write_v the_o whole_a council_n to_o leo_n declare_v evident_o that_o act_n of_o approve_v that_o canon_n to_o be_v the_o act_n of_o the_o whole_a synod_n although_o they_o know_v the_o contradiction_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o his_o legate_n to_o cleave_v unto_o it_o 30._o you_o see_v now_o that_o in_o every_o sentence_n of_o a_o general_a and_o lawful_a council_n there_o be_v a_o assent_n of_o all_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n they_o all_o either_o explicitè_fw-fr or_o tacitè_fw-fr or_o implicitè_fw-fr 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