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that_o archbishop_n etc._n etc._n do_v use_v to_o make_v and_o send_v out_o their_o summons_n etc._n etc._n in_o their_o own_o name_n at_o that_o time_n who_o yet_o acknowledge_v all_o their_o authority_n from_o the_o crown_n sect._n 3_o 3._o the_o statute_n allow_v the_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n itself_o and_o that_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n shall_v make_v admit_v etc._n etc._n their_o chancellor_n and_o other_o officer_n and_o substitute_n which_o suppose_v the_o constitution_n of_o the_o spiritual_a court_n under_o their_o own_o name_n and_o with_o their_o own_o seal_n sect._n 6._o 4._o this_o statute_n also_o allow_v that_o some_o thing_n be_v limit_v by_o the_o law_n and_o custom_n of_o this_o realm_n and_o if_o such_o thing_n be_v depend_v in_o the_o king_n court_n of_o record_n at_o common_a law_n be_v to_o be_v remit_v to_o the_o spiritual_a court_n to_o try_v the_o same_o sect._n 7._o 5._o but_o what_o be_v the_o penalty_n if_o they_o do_v not_o use_v the_o 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