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canopy_n of_o estate_n the_o cap_n of_o maintenance_n the_o purse_n wherein_o the_o great_a seal_n be_v bear_v the_o great_a mace_n etc._n etc._n all_o which_o shall_v follow_v hereafter_o in_o place_n convenient_a sect_n iu_o chap._n ii_o ecclesiastical_a ensign_n ecclesiastical_a have_v in_o the_o former_a chapter_n discourse_v of_o thing_n honorary_a represent_v estate_n or_o dignity_n temporal_a let_v we_o now_o consider_v of_o such_o ornament_n as_o bear_v a_o representation_n of_o estate_n or_o dignity_n ecclesiastical_a according_a to_o the_o distribution_n thereof_o of_o which_o sort_n be_v these_o ensue_a example_n in_o blazon_n here_o you_o shall_v not_o say_v debruised_a or_o oppress_v both_o in_o respect_n the_o croysier_n extend_v not_o to_o the_o extremity_n of_o the_o escocheon_n as_o also_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o slender_a substance_n thereof_o whereby_o it_o may_v be_v