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either_o of_o procure_v themselves_o some_o employ_v or_o else_o to_o accomplish_v themselves_o in_o this_o great_a school_n to_o be_v able_a to_o serve_v their_o country_n at_o home_n now_o as_o most_o of_o these_o expect_v their_o fortune_n from_o the_o pope_n they_o devote_v themselves_o entire_o to_o his_o will_n as_o well_o as_o all_o the_o clergy_n who_o unanimous_o own_a he_o their_o head_n and_o general_n and_o this_o pope_n boniface_n the_o eight_o do_v very_o evident_o demonstrate_v by_o the_o jubilee_n which_o he_o publish_v in_o the_o year_n 1300._o where_o he_o appear_v first_o in_o the_o habit_n of_o a_o emperor_n then_o in_o his_o pontificial_a robe_n order_v two_o sword_n to_o be_v carry_v before_o he_o as_o mark_n of_o his_o authority_n in_o all_o civil_a as_o well_o as_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n sect._n 23._o in_o the_o mean_a while_o the_o pope_n can_v not_o long_o enjoy_v this_o usurp_a and_o intolerable_a power_n without_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o opposition_n so_o that_o they_o be_v force_v more_o than_o once_o to_o change_v their_o note_n and_o to_o manage_v their_o pretension_n more_o sly_o and_o cautious_o it_o be_v true_a in_o the_o quarrel_n which_o they_o have_v with_o the_o emperor_n henry_n and_o frederick_n they_o often_o get_v the_o better_a yet_o sometime_o they_o meet_v with_o cruel_a rub_n and_o be_v force_v to_o hear_v thing_n which_o be_v not_o much_o to_o their_o credit_n and_o from_o which_o the_o impartial_a may_v judge_v that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n but_o worldly_a honour_n and_o advantage_n that_o be_v the_o end_n of_o all_o their_o design_n but_o when_o boniface_n the_o eight_o will_v have_v play_v some_o of_o his_o trick_n with_o philip_n the_o fair_a of_o france_n he_o oppose_v himself_o so_o seasonable_o against_o the_o pope_n encroachment_n and_o defend_v his_o right_n so_o courageous_o that_o that_o dispute_v turn_v whole_o to_o the_o shame_n and_o confusion_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o philip_n that_o 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to_o
the_o effect_n thereof_o luther_n appeal_v to_o a_o council_n par_fw-fr 27._o why_o luther_n doctrine_n do_v not_o make_v great_a advance_n a_o schism_n among_o the_o protestant_n the_o protestant_n abuse_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o gospel_n of_o the_o academy_n of_o paris_n of_o zwinglius_fw-la and_o calvin_n that_o luther_n take_v a_o great_a many_o of_o the_o romish_a ceremony_n that_o the_o riches_n of_o the_o church_n have_v be_v one_o cause_n of_o the_o progress_n of_o protestant_a religion_n par._n 28._o the_o pope_n recover_v from_o the_o fright_n which_o luther_n have_v put_v he_o into_o that_o he_o now_o act_n more_o cautious_o than_o heretofore_o that_o priest_n and_o monk_n live_v more_o regular_o at_o present_a of_o the_o reestablish_n of_o learning_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n the_o way_n of_o entice_a protestant_n to_o that_o church_n that_o the_o house_n of_o austria_n have_v mighty_o contribute_v to_o the_o papal_a grandeur_n par._n 29._o of_o the_o temporal_a 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