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golden_a calf_n from_o that_o which_o moses_n
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probetur_fw-la before_o the_o cause_n be_v prove_v c._n 2._o qu._n 1._o c._n 11._o but_o how_o can_v the_o cause_n of_o prince_n he_o prove_v before_o a_o incompetent_a judge_n where_o no_o man_n appear_v to_o answer_n for_o they_o 6._o a_o excommunicate_a person_n can_v excommunicate_v c._n 24._o qu._n 11.4_o but_o the_o pope_n stand_v excommunicate_v himself_o according_a to_o that_o decree_n of_o the_o toletane_a council_n 12._o c._n 1._o non_fw-la erat_fw-la ab_fw-la anathematis_fw-la sententia_fw-la alienus_fw-la aut_fw-la à _fw-la divina_fw-la animadversionis_fw-la ultione_fw-la securus_fw-la quisquis_fw-la contra_fw-la salutem_fw-la principis_fw-la deinceps_fw-la aut_fw-la crexerit_fw-la vocem_fw-la aut_fw-la commoverit_fw-la caedem_fw-la ave_fw-la quamcunque_fw-la quaesierit_fw-la laedendi_fw-la ultionem_fw-la he_o shall_v not_o be_v free_a from_o the_o sentence_n of_o excommunication_n or_o secure_v from_o the_o revenge_n of_o the_o divine_a animadversion_n whosoever_o 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