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archiepiscopi_fw-la mei_fw-la &_o omnium_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o dei_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la 841._o ministrorum_fw-la ibid._n p._n 841._o those_o ministri_fw-la dei_fw-la also_o be_v to_o have_v the_o same_o interpretation_n something_o of_o this_o dr._n w._n seem_v to_o have_v be_v aware_a of_o and_o therefore_o slide_v over_o these_o three_o instance_n in_o haste_n as_o it_o be_v and_o touch_v they_o tender_o his_o account_n of_o the_o first_o be_v that_o ina_n make_v his_o law_n with_o the_o consent_n of_o his_o bishop_n and_o all_o his_o alderman_n 171._o alderman_n p._n 171._o of_o the_o last_o that_o athelstan_n publish_v his_o ecclesiastical_a law_n with_o the_o council_n of_o his_o bishop_n 162._o bishop_n p._n 162._o and_o as_o to_o the_o three_o he_o tell_v we_o there_o be_v such_o a_o council_n at_o cloveshoe_n anno_fw-la 824._o 172._o 824._o p._n 172._o and_o that_o be_v all_o very_o succinct_a indeed_o especial_o come_v from_o the_o pen_n of_o so_o prolix_a and_o 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