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&_o hoc_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la respectu_fw-la virorum_fw-la sed_fw-la foeminarum_fw-la addit_fw-la tamen_fw-la miranda_n hoc_fw-la respectu_fw-la foeminarum_fw-la nusquam_fw-la adhuc_fw-la concessum_fw-la quod_fw-la tamen_fw-la negate_fw-la d._n alvin_n c._n 3._o de_fw-la episcopis_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la &_o abbatissis_fw-la c._n 22._o &_o citat_fw-la multa_fw-la jura_fw-la ex_fw-la quibus_fw-la actu_fw-la conceditur_fw-la abbatissis_fw-la potestas_fw-la jurisdictionis_fw-la non_fw-la quidem_fw-la excommunicandi_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la sed_fw-la praecipiendi_fw-la suis_fw-la subditis_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la ut_fw-la excommunicent_fw-la rebel_n &_o contumace_n moniale_n &_o hoc_fw-la valere_fw-la vel_fw-la ex_fw-la jure_fw-la communi_fw-la vel_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la vel_fw-la saltem_fw-la ex_fw-la privilegio_fw-la vel_fw-la strictius_fw-la loquendo_fw-la dicendum_fw-la cum_fw-la laimanno_n lib._n 1._o 4._o laiman_n l._n 1._o tract_n 5._o p._n 1._o c._n 3._o n._n 3._o &_o 4._o 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juristae_fw-la de_fw-fr quare_fw-la vide_fw-la salgado_n p._n 1._o c._n 1._o praelud_fw-la 3._o n._n 122_o &_o deinceps_fw-la dice_n hic_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la concedi_fw-la principibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la potestatem_fw-la ex_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la seu_fw-la concessione_n sed_fw-la supremam_fw-la ut_fw-la ibi_fw-la asseritur_fw-la quod_fw-la noâ—_n potest_fw-la eye_v competere_fw-la in_o spiritualibus_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la doctores_fw-la tenent_fw-la respondeo_fw-la quod_fw-la doctores_fw-la praedicti_fw-la asserant_fw-la papaâ—_n non_fw-la posse_fw-la auferre_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la principum_fw-la ex_fw-la consuâ—tudine_fw-la vel_fw-la concessione_n firma_fw-la valide_fw-la &_o licite_fw-la introductam_fw-la 405._o nau._n c._n 27._o in_o enchir._n n_o 70._o salz_n sch_fw-mi ber._n diaz_n cap._n 55._o sect._n apud_fw-la gall._n duvall_n de_fw-fr disc_fw-fr eccl._n p._n 3_o fol._n 405._o sicut_fw-la satis_fw-la insinuat_fw-la navar._n c._n 27._o in_o
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