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191._o the_o canon_n make_v in_o the_o convocation_n of_o 1597._o bear_v this_o title_n capitula_fw-la sive_fw-la constitutiones_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la per_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o reliquum_fw-la clerum_fw-la cant._n provinciae_fw-la in_o synodo_fw-la etc._n etc._n congregatos_fw-la tractatae_fw-la ac_fw-la posteà _fw-la per_fw-la ipsam_fw-la regiam_fw-la majestatem_fw-la approbatae_fw-la &_o confirmatae_fw-la &_o utrique_fw-la provinciae_fw-la tam_fw-la cant._n quam_fw-la ebor._fw-la ut_fw-la diligentiùs_fw-la observentur_fw-la eà dem_fw-la regiâ_fw-la authoritate_fw-la sub_fw-la magno_fw-la sigillo_fw-la angliae_fw-la promulgatae_fw-la 243._o promulgatae_fw-la sparrow_n p._n 243._o l._n m._n p._n have_v be_v guilty_a of_o a_o piece_n of_o slight_a of_o hand_n in_o produce_v this_o title_n for_o he_o have_v remove_v the_o comma_n which_o shall_v be_v after_o the_o word_n tractatae_fw-la backward_o to_o provinciae_fw-la omit_v the_o word_n between_o those_o 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