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jurisdiction_n among_o other_o thing_n to_o their_o archdeacon_n under_o a_o yearly_o pension_n according_a to_o the_o ancient_a usage_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o lincoln_n a_o copy_n whereof_o take_v out_o of_o the_o register_n be_v here_o insert_v praestent_fw-la archidiaoni_fw-la praedicto_fw-la episcopo_fw-la juramentum_fw-la obedientiae_fw-la &_o fidelitatis_fw-la ratione_fw-la exterioris_fw-la jurisdictionis_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o summis_fw-la seq_n sc_fw-la archid._n lincoln_n 100_o marc._n northant_n 54_o l._n 0_o s._n 0_o d._n buck_n 20._o 0._o 0._o leicester_n 29._o 6._o 8._o bedford_n 14._o 0._o 0._o huntingdon_n 28._o 0._o 0._o stow._n 20._o 0._o 0._o extract_n è_fw-la novo_fw-la registro_fw-la compilato_fw-la 1440._o jurisdiction_n exterior_a then_o be_v a_o humane_a institution_n and_o the_o let_v it_o out_o a_o breach_n only_o of_o a_o pontificial_a or_o other_o ecclesiastical_a canon_n not_o any_o divine_a law_n and_o so_o the_o crime_n be_v become_v ten_o fold_n nay_o 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