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de_fw-fr hinc_fw-la ex_fw-la sessionis_fw-la suae_fw-la loco_fw-la sâ—_n subâ—â—gens_fw-la etc._n etc._n then_o the_o glorious_a king_n lewis_n rise_v from_o his_o seat_n make_v a_o most_o 〈◊〉_d complaint_n viz._n that_o â—e_n be_v stripe_v of_o his_o royal_a power_n by_o a_o certain_a prince_n call_v hugo_n who_o just_a grief_n and_o complaint_n we_o holy_a father_n i._n e._n the_o bishop_n there_o assemble_v condâ—â—ing_v be_v join_v together_o in_o the_o unity_n of_o spirit_n have_v make_v thereupon_o this_o decree_n let_v no_o man_n henceforth_o in_o â—ade_n the_o kingly_a power_n nor_o deal_v treacherous_o therewith_o for_o we_o have_v decree_v by_o put_v in_o execution_n the_o council_n of_o toledo_n that_o hâ—go_o the_o invader_n and_o ravisher_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o k._n lewiâ—_n shall_v be_v smite_v with_o the_o sword_n of_o excommunication_n unless_o by_o a_o appoint_a time_n he_o comâ—_n to_o the_o council_n and_o repent_v of_o so_o soul_n a_o fact_n and_o make_v satisfaction_n have_v this_o complaint_n be_v make_v to_o st._n asaph_n or_o dr._n burnet_n they_o will_v have_v tell_v poor_a lewis_n that_o hugo_n have_v conquer_v he_o that_o he_o have_v lose_v all_o his_o right_n and_o so_o long_o as_o he_o live_v must_v only_o be_v call_v the_o late_a king_n lewis_n that_o for_o their_o part_n they_o be_v bind_v to_o swear_v allegiance_n to_o hugo_n and_o to_o assist_v he_o to_o the_o uttermost_a against_o lewis_n but_o contrariwise_a these_o bishop_n own_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o distress_a prince_n and_o decree_v the_o usurper_n excommunicate_a if_o he_o restore_v not_o his_o ill-gotten_a good_n now_o who_o shall_v we_o believe_v for_o either_o this_o council_n or_o some_o bishop_n now_o live_v must_v be_v in_o the_o wrong_n the_o case_n of_o ludoviâ—us_n plus_fw-fr have_v too_o much_o assinity_n with_o we_o for_o his_o own_o child_n rise_v up_o against_o he_o and_o a_o parcel_n of_o st._n asaph_n burnet_n â—owlers_n and_o such_o other_o godly_a and_o loyal_a prelate_n meet_v together_o and_o make_v up_o that_o which_o be_v call_v synodus_fw-la compendiensis_fw-la and_o by_o the_o learned_a baluzius_n just_o style_v synodus_fw-la praedatoria_fw-la these_o join_v with_o the_o rebellious_a child_n against_o the_o father_n and_o formal_o strip_v he_o of_o his_o authority_n in_o order_n to_o his_o be_v imprison_v by_o his_o son_n lotharius_n but_o against_o these_o rabanus_n maurus_n archbishop_n of_o mogunce_n then_o live_v a_o man_n of_o great_a reputation_n and_o authority_n than_o a_o thousand_o such_o false_a loonâ—_n stout_o oppose_v himself_o and_o with_o the_o courage_n and_o fidelity_n of_o a_o christian_a bishop_n condemn_v the_o fact_n and_o write_v a_o tract_n on_o purpose_n de_fw-fr reverentia_fw-la filiorum_fw-la erga_fw-la patres_fw-la &_o subdiâ—â—rum_fw-la erga_fw-la reges_fw-la which_o i_o think_v may_v be_v worth_a any_o honest_a man_n read_v much_o such_o another_o case_n be_v that_o of_o the_o 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