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they_o neglect_v &_o scorn_n i_o shall_v then_o desire_v they_o to_o remember_v that_o say_n of_o euripedes_n a_o heathen_a poet_n in_o his_o troadibus_fw-la that_o he_o shall_v receive_v the_o like_a exemplary_a punishment_n homo_fw-la quisquis_fw-la urbes_fw-la vastat_fw-la &_o this_o manibus_fw-la sedes_fw-la sacratas_fw-la templaque_fw-la haud_fw-la recte_fw-la sapit_fw-la nam_fw-la similis_fw-la ipsum_fw-la pestis_fw-la excidii_fw-la manet_fw-la 7_o it_o be_v the_o resolution_n of_o 121._o seneca_n the_o philosopher_n quisquis_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la deorum_fw-la est_fw-la sustulerit_fw-la &_o consumpsit_fw-la atque_fw-la in_o usum_fw-la suum_fw-la vertit_fw-la sacrilegus_fw-la est_fw-la and_o all_o sacrilegium_fw-la canonist_n casuist_n schoolman_n divine_v whatsoever_o accord_n that_o it_o be_v sacrilege_n for_o any_o person_n or_o power_n whatsoever_o to_o invade_v or_o take_v away_o any_o thing_n which_o our_o ancestor_n or_o any_o other_o have_v solemn_o vow_v dedicate_v for_o the_o necessary_a maintenance_n of_o god_n public_a worship_n and_o minister_n under_o what_o specious_a pretext_n soever_o it_o be_v do_v therefore_o to_o take_v away_o or_o abolish_v our_o minister_n tithe_n glebe_n rectory_n and_o other_o due_n confer_v on_o they_o by_o our_o pious_a ancestor_n and_o make_v spoil_n havoc_n of_o the_o church_n edifice_n erect_v by_o they_o for_o god_n public_a worship_n must_v questionless_a be_v sacrilege_n as_o god_n himself_o express_o define_v mal._n 3._o 8_o 9_o with_o all_o commentator_n thereon_o old_a and_o new_a and_o gratian_n caus_n 16._o qu._n â—_o this_o the_o famous_a emperor_n soldier_n charles_n the_o great_a and_o ludovicus_n surname_v the_o godly_a and_o most_o christian_n joint_o resolve_v capit._n caroli_n &_o ludovici_n l._n 6._o cap._n 285_o 295_o 296_o 115_o 305._o &_o l._n 7._o c._n 104._o where_o they_o thus_o conclude_v scimus_fw-la res_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la deo_fw-la esse_fw-la sacratas_fw-la scimus_fw-la eas_fw-la esse_fw-la vota_fw-la fidelium_fw-la &_o pretia_fw-mi peccatorum_fw-la quapropter_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la eas_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la quibus_fw-la a_o fidelibus_fw-la collatae_fw-la deoque_fw-la sacratae_fw-la sunt_fw-la auâ—ert_fw-la proculdubio_fw-la sacrilegium_fw-la committit_fw-la caecus_n enim_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la ista_fw-la non_fw-la videt_fw-la etc._n etc._n si_fw-mi ergo_fw-la amico_fw-la quippiam_fw-la râ—pere_fw-la furtum_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la vero_fw-la fraudari_fw-la vel_fw-la abstrahi_fw-la indubitanter_fw-la sacrilegium_fw-la est_fw-la omnes_fw-la enim_fw-la contra_fw-la legem_fw-la facientes_fw-la resque_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la dirimentes_fw-la vel_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la sacerdotesque_fw-la contra_fw-la divinas_fw-la sanctiones_fw-la vexantes_fw-la sacrilegi_fw-la vocantur_fw-la atque_fw-la indubitanter_fw-la infame_v sacrilegique_a habendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n what_o penalty_n have_v be_v inflict_v upon_o such_o who_o be_v guilty_a of_o this_o sin_n by_o christian_a prince_n in_o foreign_a part_n i_o shall_v brief_o inform_v this_o sacrilegious_a age_n 257_o theodoricus_n king_n of_o the_o goth_n in_o his_o edict_n c._n 125._o enact_v that_o if_o any_o man_n shall_v