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increase_n to_o who_o blessing_n i_o humble_o commend_v these_o my_o poor_a endeavour_n myself_o my_o friend_n my_o persecutor_n from_o the_o cell_n of_o my_o solitary_a recollection_n who_o wish_v your-hon_n all-happinesse_n paul_n harris_n pr._n i_o hear_v that_o some_o of_o our_o divine_n if_o worthy_a that_o name_n take_v great_a exception_n unto_o i_o for_o call_v the_o catholic_a bishop_n of_o ireland_n titulary_a bishop_n by_o which_o term_n they_o understand_v no_o true_a bishop_n at_o all_o but_o sure_o if_o i_o have_v be_v able_a to_o have_v put_v wit_n into_o their_o head_n as_o well_o as_o a_o book_n into_o their_o hand_n they_o have_v be_v free_v from_o that_o error_n let_v they_o then_o consult_v with_o the_o canon_n or_o if_o they_o have_v it_o not_o let_v they_o look_v into_o bellar._n de_fw-fr clericis_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 17._o and_o they_o will_v find_v this_o to_o be_v a_o good_a argument_n teneus_fw-la tam_fw-la de_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d quaâ—_n de_fw-fr materia_fw-la hic_fw-la est_fw-la episcopus_fw-la titularis_fw-la ergo_fw-la verus_fw-la even_o as_o that_o hic_fw-la est_fw-la parochus_fw-la ergo_fw-la presbyter_n but_o i_o be_o no_o better_a than_o my_o predecessor_n as_o many_o as_o have_v expose_v themselves_o to_o public_a consure_n by_o their_o write_n for_o all_o of_o we_o may_v say_v with_o terentianus_n manrus_fw-la pro_fw-la captu_fw-la lectoris_fw-la habene_fw-la sua_fw-la fata_fw-la libelli_fw-la page_n 28._o lin_v 2._o read_v a_o thousand_o owo_n hundred_o pag._n 29._o lin_v 20._o for_o cis_fw-la read_v ea_fw-la pag._n 49_o for_o patrick_n read_v patriarch_n pag._n 88_o lin_v 21._o for_o unlike_a read_v like_o the_o sorme_n of_o a_o scapular_a scapular_a for_o so_o they_o may_v be_v debar_v from_o estate_n legacy_n and_o executorship_n executorship_n excuse_v i_o that_o in_o my_o arcte_n mastix_fw-la i_o call_v he_o george_n barnwell_n barnwell_n lib._n 1._o é_fw-fr 9_o aâ—or_n lib._n 8._o mor._n s._n 11._o â—_o 5_o