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in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la communicavimus_fw-la praedictam_fw-la electionem_fw-la suprema_fw-la authoritate_fw-la dictae_fw-la domine_fw-la nostrae_fw-la reginae_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la commissa_fw-la confirmamus_fw-la supplentes_fw-la ex_fw-la suprema_fw-la authoritate_fw-la regius_fw-la ex_fw-la mero_fw-la principis_fw-la motu_fw-la &_o certa_fw-la scientia_fw-la nobis_fw-la delegata_fw-la quicquid_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la electione_n fuerit_fw-la defectum_fw-la tum_o in_o his_o quae_fw-la juxta_fw-la mandatum_fw-la nobis_fw-la creditum_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la factum_fw-la &_o processum_fw-la est_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la aut_fw-la aliquo_fw-la nostrum_fw-la conditione_n statu_fw-la facultate_fw-la ad_fw-la haec_fw-la perficienda_fw-la deest_fw-la aut_fw-la deerit_fw-la tum_o etiam_fw-la eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la statuta_fw-la huius_fw-la regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la aut_fw-la per_fw-la leges_fw-la ecelesiasticas_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la requisita_fw-la sunt_fw-la aut_fw-la necessaria_fw-la prout_fw-la temporis_fw-la ratio_fw-la &_o rerum_fw-la praesentium_fw-la necessitas_fw-la id_fw-la postulant_fw-la per_fw-la hanc_fw-la nostram_fw-la sententiam_fw-la definitivam_fw-la sive_fw-la hoc_fw-la nostrum_fw-la finale_fw-la decretum_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o cite_v this_o the_o more_o large_o that_o our_o adversary_n may_v see_v what_o use_n be_v make_v of_o the_o dispensation_n whieh_o they_o cavil_v so_o much_o against_o but_o in_o the_o consecration_n which_o be_v a_o act_n of_o the_o key_n of_o order_n they_o make_v no_o use_n at_o all_o of_o it_o this_o be_v likewise_o clear_o prove_v by_o the_o queen_n mandate_n for_o the_o restitution_n of_o arch_a bishop_n parker_n to_o his_o temporalty_n wherein_o there_o be_v this_o clause_n cui_fw-la quidem_fw-la electioni_fw-la &_o personae_fw-la sic_fw-la electae_fw-la regium_fw-la assensum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la adhibuimus_fw-la &_o favorem_fw-la el._n ipsiusque_fw-la fidelitatem_fw-la nobis_fw-la debitam_fw-la pro_fw-la dicto_fw-la archiepiscopatu_a recepimus_fw-la five_o we_o say_v that_o eight_o day_n after_o the_o confirmation_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o 17._o of_o december_n anno_fw-la 1559_o the_o same_o commissioner_n do_v proceed_v to_o the_o consecration_n of_o arch_a bishop_n parker_n in_o the_o archiepiscopall_a chapel_n at_o lambeth_n according_a to_o the_o form_n prescribe_v by_o the_o church_n of_o england_n with_o solemn_a prayer_n and_o sermon_n and_o the_o holy_a eucharist_n at_o which_o