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laiâ—is_fw-la cupidis_fw-la ad_fw-la possidendum_fw-la bishop_n see_z be_v give_v in_o poss_a ssion_n to_o covetous_a layman_n so_o bonifacius_n in_o epistola_fw-la ad_fw-la zachariam_n non_fw-la solum_fw-la rhemensem_fw-la 3._o in_o editione_n veneta_n concilioris_fw-la tom._n 3._o sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la alios_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la regni_fw-la francorum_fw-la laicis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la &_o comitibus_fw-la dedit_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la episcopis_fw-la nihil_fw-la potestatis_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la permitteret_fw-la he_o give_v not_o only_o the_o archbishopric_n of_o rheims_n but_o other_o bishopricke_n also_o of_o france_n to_o lay_v man_n and_o his_o companion_n so_o that_o the_o bishop_n have_v no_o power_n leave_v to_o do_v any_o thing_n in_o church_n affair_n so_o out_o of_o flodoardus_n pap._n dagoberti_fw-la in_o aâ—nal_n in_o vita_fw-la dagoberti_fw-la massonius_n episcopia_n laicis_fw-la donata_fw-la bishopric_n be_v give_v to_o lay_v man_n so_o hincmarus_n 19_o ep._n 6._o cap._n 19_o and_o three_o it_o be_v apparent_a that_o they_o then_o be_v due_a to_o be_v pay_v to_o the_o clergy_n as_o by_o the_o council_n at_o mascon_n appear_v nay_o before_o that_o which_o be_v most_o remarkable_a in_o the_o time_n of_o s._n remigius_n who_o baptize_v the_o first_o king_n clodovaeus_n among_o other_o revenue_n of_o his_o church_n that_o bishop_n of_o rheims_n by_o his_o will_n order_v tithe_n of_o certain_a village_n to_o be_v employ_v above_o what_o be_v for_o the_o relief_n of_o certain_a poor_a widow_n of_o the_o same_o church_n his_o will_n be_v perfect_a in_o flodoardus_n 18._o hist_o rhemens_n lib._n 1._o c._n 18._o wherein_o be_v these_o word_n viduis_fw-la 40._o in_fw-la porticu_fw-la eâ—clesiae_fw-la alimoniam_fw-la praestolantibus_fw-la quibus_fw-la de_fw-la decimis_fw-la villarum_fw-la calmisciaco_fw-it tessiaco_fw-it nova_fw-la villa_n stipendia_fw-la ministrabantur_fw-la superaddo_fw-la de_fw-fr villa_n huldriciaca_n etc._n etc._n france_n no_o soon_o convert_v but_o tything_n follow_v and_o the_o revenue_n of_o this_o church_n of_o rheims_n be_v a_o chief_a part_n of_o charles_n martell_n sacrilege_n paeris_fw-la vide_fw-la proemium_fw-la helgaudi_fw-la floriacensis_fw-la ad_fw-la epit._n aquavitae_fw-la roberti_n regis_fw-la in_o chron._n casin_n 796._o in_o edit_n paeris_fw-la it_o be_v relate_v also_o how_o abbot_n leodebodus_n about_o the_o year_n 620._o give_v tithe_n of_o certain_a village_n in_o some_o parish_n to_o the_o abbey_n at_o floriack_n it_o also_o appear_v how_o pope_n zacharie_n in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o his_o papacy_n give_v a_o privilege_n to_o the_o monastery_n in_o monte_fw-fr casino_n and_o to_o all_o the_o cell_n thereof_o ut_fw-la nullus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la decimas_fw-la tollat_fw-la that_o no_o bishop_n may_v take_v away_o their_o tithe_n imply_v that_o else_o they_o may_v as_o belong_v to_o the_o revenue_n of_o the_o church_n and_o their_o jurisdiction_n howsoever_o they_o may_v obtain_v it_o a_o remarkable_a authority_n as_o in_o the_o privilege_n of_o pope_n john_n the_o three_o anno_fw-la 562._o 1168._o quercetan_n in_o not._n in_o p._n abelard_n p._n 1168._o the_o tithe_n give_v to_o the_o monastery_n of_o s._n medard_n be_v privilege_v furthermore_o agobardus_n in_o his_o book_n write_v in_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o lewis_n his_o reign_n contra_fw-la insulsam_n vulgi_fw-la opinionem_fw-la de_fw-la grandine_fw-la &_o tonitruo_fw-la pag._n 155._o multi_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la sponte_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la decimam_fw-la nunquam_fw-la donant_fw-la viduis_fw-la &_o orphanis_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la indigentibus_fw-la eleemosynas_fw-la non_fw-la tribuunt_fw-la quae_fw-la illis_fw-la frequenter_a praedicantur_fw-la crebro_fw-la leguntur_fw-la subinde_fw-la ad_fw-la haec_fw-la exhortantur_fw-la &_o non_fw-la acquiescunt_fw-la many_o there_o be_v who_o never_o willing_o give_v tithe_n to_o the_o priest_n nor_o alm_n to_o widow_n and_o orphan_n and_o other_o poor_a which_o be_v daily_o preach_v unto_o they_o and_o read_v often_o and_o continual_o be_v urge_v unto_o they_o and_o hincmarus_n who_o though_o he_o be_v something_o late_a say_v 1._o lib._n 55._o capitul_n cap._n 1._o ausoldus_fw-la compresbyter_n noster_fw-la praecepit_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o ipsa_fw-la capella_n missa_fw-la non_fw-la celebraretur_fw-la antequam_fw-la homines_fw-la villae_fw-la ipsius_fw-la svam_fw-la decimam_fw-la presbytero_fw-la svo_fw-la secundum_fw-la antiquam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la darent_fw-la observe_v there_o antiquam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la ausoldus_fw-la our_o fellow_n bishop_n command_v that_o they_o shall_v say_v no_o mass_n in_o that_o chapel_n before_o the_o man_n of_o that_o village_n pay_v their_o tithe_n to_o the_o priest_n according_a to_o the_o ancient_a custom_n 35._o cap._n 35._o after_o de_fw-fr ecclesiarum_fw-la datione_fw-la quae_fw-la etiam_fw-la non_fw-la amplius_fw-la quam_fw-la dotem_fw-la svam_fw-la habent_fw-la cum_fw-la decima_fw-la fidelium_fw-la praemia_fw-la requirebas_fw-la thou_o require_v reward_n for_o the_o gift_n of_o church_n which_o have_v nothing_o but_o the_o glebe_n and_o tithe_n of_o the_o faithful_a and_o elsewhere_o 35._o ep._n 7._o c._n 35._o vnde_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la singulos_fw-la annos_fw-la ministri_fw-la episcoporun_n inquirant_fw-la quid_fw-la parcat_fw-la in_o singulis_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la de_fw-la parte_fw-la decimae_fw-la quae_fw-la iuxta_fw-la sacros_fw-la canon_n ecclesiae_fw-la competit_fw-la whence_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o every_o year_n the_o servant_n of_o the_o bishop_n shall_v inquire_v what_o part_n of_o the_o tithe_n may_v be_v spare_v in_o every_o church_n which_o according_a to_o the_o canon_n belong_v unto_o the_o church_n it_o be_v therefore_o manifest_a that_o they_o be_v due_a which_o also_o alcuin_n walafridus_n strabo_n rabanus_n maurus_n etc._n etc._n do_v in_o the_o time_n ensue_v testify_v as_o appear_v in_o the_o catalogue_n and_o most_o apparent_o annex_v in_o a_o epistle_n among_o those_o of_o boniface_n mogunt_n 107._o ep._n 107._o where_o a_o poor_a curate_n that_o have_v agree_v for_o to_o serve_v the_o cure_n for_o a_o priest_n for_o half_a the_o tithe_n complain_v to_o lewes_n the_o emperor_n which_o also_o be_v quote_v by_o himself_o then_o how_o may_v not_o these_o ecclesiastical_a profit_n be_v as_o indeed_o they_o be_v a_o great_a subject_n