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fecerint_fw-la ipsum_fw-la pleniùs_fw-la certificarent_fw-la &_o specialiter_fw-la de_fw-la illis_fw-la quorum_fw-la momina_fw-la sibi_fw-la detecta_fw-la dictis_fw-la confratribus_fw-la suis_fw-la prout_fw-la unumquemque_fw-la in_o dioc._n suâ_fw-la concernebant_fw-la in_o cedulis_fw-la divisis_fw-la conscripta_fw-la circa_fw-la tres_fw-la dies_fw-la antea_fw-la tradidit_fw-la &_o liberavit_fw-la anno_fw-la 1601._o sess_n 18._o the_o extract_v out_o of_o the_o upper-house_n book_n have_v this_o note_v immediate_o before_o the_o dissolution_n archbishop_n exhort_v the_o bishop_n to_o be_v diligent_a in_o their_o charge_n and_o careful_a to_o observe_v the_o canon_n in_o the_o last_o convocation_n anno_fw-la 1586._o the_o lower-house_n book_n immediate_o before_o the_o dissolution_n revereâ—dissimus_fw-la pater_fw-la dominus_fw-la cant._n querelatus_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la prauâ_fw-la &_o immoderatâ_fw-la luxuriâ_fw-la ac_fw-la minus_fw-la verecundo_fw-la gestu_fw-la ac_fw-la morum_fw-la intemperie_n nonnullorum_fw-la clericorum_fw-la provinciae_fw-la cant._n ad_fw-la fora_fw-la &_o loca_fw-la publica_fw-la concurrentium_fw-la quare_fw-la monuit_fw-la decanos_fw-la archidiaconos_n &_o alios_fw-la jam_fw-la praesentes_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la correctio_fw-la delinquentium_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la severè_fw-la procedend_n &_o puniend_n obnoxios_fw-la &_o culpahiles_n &_o si_fw-la incorrigibiles_fw-la perseveraverint_fw-la ad_fw-la implorand_n auxilium_fw-la &_o opem_fw-la episcopi_fw-la diocesani_fw-la vel_fw-la ipsius_fw-la reverendissimi_fw-la patris_fw-la vel_fw-la etiam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la serenissimae_fw-la domine_fw-la nostrae_fw-la reginae_fw-la ne_fw-la actionum_fw-la &_o morum_fw-la pravitas_fw-la istorum_fw-la obnubilet_fw-la &_o obscuret_fw-la dectrinam_fw-la evangelii_n quod_fw-la verbis_fw-la profitentur_fw-la quo_fw-la pluribus_fw-la perniciosum_fw-la siet_fw-la pessimum_fw-la eorum_fw-la exemplum_fw-la dissolution_n the_o writ_n of_o prorogation_n and_o dissolution_n on_o the_o day_n of_o prorogation_n or_o dissolution_n the_o royal_a writ_n be_v produce_v and_o public_o read_v but_o that_o be_v only_o a_o direction_n to_o the_o archbishop_n to_o prorogue_v or_o dissolve_v neither_o of_o these_o be_v effect_v by_o that_o publication_n of_o the_o writ_n on_o the_o contrary_a the_o very_a first_o write_v of_o prorogation_n we_o meet_v with_o anno_fw-la 1532._o may_v 15._o be_v read_v in_o the_o morning_n reverendissimus_fw-la ostendebat_fw-la quoddam_fw-la breve_fw-la regium_fw-la sibi_fw-la directum_fw-la pro_fw-la prorogatione_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la convocationis_fw-la quod_fw-la breve_fw-la idem_fw-la reverendissimus_fw-la publicè_fw-la legebat_fw-la and_o yet_o the_o convocation_n sit_v till_o noon_n and_o after_o dinner_n meet_v again_o so_o also_o anno_fw-la 1434._o march_n 31._o the_o writ_n of_o prorogation_n be_v bring_v in_o and_o read_v and_o afterward_o the_o resolution_n of_o the_o 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ungrateful_a who_o can_v so_o much_o delight_n in_o say_v and_o even_o plead_v that_o the_o convocation_n subsist_v by_o the_o royal_a writ_n exclusive_a of_o the_o archiepiscopal_a authority_n when_o the_o dean_n of_o the_o province_n certificatorium_fw-la or_o return_v with_o the_o exhibit_v whereof_o the_o convocation_n proper_o open_v declare_v and_o recognize_v in_o every_o particular_a the_o immediate_a authority_n by_o which_o they_o assemble_v the_o archiepiscopal_a authority_n direct_o recognise_v in_o the_o dean_n of_o the_o province_n certificatorium_fw-la i_o have_v before_o repeat_v some_o of_o the_o term_n in_o which_o that_o instrument_n recognize_v the_o archiepiscopal_a authority_n but_o for_o a_o more_o full_a satisfaction_n to_o the_o reader_n i_o will_v here_o subjoin_v it_o at_o large_a reverendissimo_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la patri_fw-la ac_fw-la domino_fw-la domino_fw-la thomae_fw-la providentia_fw-la divina_fw-la cantuar_n archiepiscopo_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la primati_fw-la &_o metropolitano_n vestrove_v in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la locum_fw-la tenenti_fw-la sive_fw-la commissario_fw-la vel_fw-la commissariis_fw-la henricus_fw-la permissione_n divina_fw-la london_n episcopus_fw-la omnimodam_fw-la reverentiam_fw-la &_o obedientiam_fw-la tanto_fw-la reverendissimo_fw-la patri_fw-la debitam_fw-la cum_fw-la honore_n literas_fw-la vestras_fw-la reverendissimas_fw-la citatorias_fw-la &_o monitoriale_n jamdudum_fw-la nobis_fw-la sub_fw-la sigillo_fw-la vestro_fw-la direct_v cum_fw-la ea_fw-la qua_fw-la decuit_fw-la reverentia_fw-la humiliter_fw-la recepimus_fw-la exequend_a sub_fw-la tenore_fw-la verborum_fw-la sequentium_fw-la videl_n thomas_n providentia_fw-la divina_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v the_o form_n of_o the_o mandate_n p._n 9_o 57_o quarum_fw-la quidem_fw-la literarum_n vigore_fw-la pariter_fw-la &_o authoritate_fw-la nos_fw-la praefatus_fw-la henricus_fw-la london_n episcopus_fw-la omnes_fw-la &_o singulos_fw-la 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