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decernenda_fw-la censuerit_fw-la ibidem_fw-la tab._n 2._o in_o synod_n nationali_fw-la vel_fw-la provinciali_fw-la regis_fw-la rescripto_fw-la convocato_fw-la nihil_fw-la tractari_fw-la aut_fw-la determinari_fw-la potest_fw-la nisi_fw-la eo_fw-la assentiente_fw-la nec_fw-la quicquam_fw-la vim_o legis_fw-la obtinet_fw-la priusquam_fw-la regalis_fw-la assensus_fw-la adhibitus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la dr._n zouch_n descript_n juris_fw-la eccles._n p._n 1._o sect._n 2._o see_v also_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n dr._n duck_n de_fw-fr authoritate_fw-la juris_fw-la civilis_fw-la in_o anglia_fw-it lib._n 2._o cap._n 8._o p._n 3._o sect_n 27._o and_o the_o lord_n chief_a justice_n cook_n 4._o p._n instit_fw-la cap._n 74._o cite_v thereby_o he_o 2_o the_o king_n himself_o in_o the_o proclamation_n before_o mention_v declare_v that_o such_o canon_n constitution_n etc._n etc._n agree_v upon_o by_o the_o archbishop_n bishop_n and_o clergy_n of_o ireland_n to_o the_o end_n and_o purpose_n by_o he_o 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