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licentiousness_n not_o infufficiency_n to_o govern_v for_o then_o the_o pope_n ought_v to_o have_v give_v he_o a_o assistant_n petijsti_fw-la to_o prove_v wâ—ich_a he_o cite_v two_o other_o canon_n in_o which_o place_n it_o appear_v that_o to_o bishop_n unable_a by_o reason_n oâ—_n age_n to_o discharge_v their_o function_n the_o pope_n assign_v coadiutores_fw-la and_o by_o this_o the_o glosser_n may_v evict_v that_o he_o have_v the_o same_o ordinary_a authority_n to_o dispose_v of_o kingdom_n as_o of_o bishopricke_n this_o canon_n therefore_o do_v only_o unfaithful_o relate_v the_o act_n of_o another_o pope_n and_o not_o determine_v nor_o decree_v any_o thing_n nor_o bind_v the_o conscience_n 27_o in_o the_o same_o question_n there_o be_v a_o canon_n or_o two_o in_o which_o our_o case_n be_v thus_o far_o concern_v etc._n that_o they_o handle_v the_o pope_n authority_n in_o absolve_v and_o dispense_v from_o oath_n and_o the_o first_o be_v cite_v often_o and_o with_o great_a courage_n because_o beside_o the_o word_n ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la juramentis_fw-la &_o cuiuscunquemodi_fw-la obligationibus_fw-la absoluimus_fw-la there_o follow_v parsue_v they_o with_o the_o spiritual_a and_o material_a sword_n but_o when_o we_o consider_v the_o case_n and_o the_o history_n this_o power_n will_v not_o extend_v to_o our_o cause_n for_o the_o pope_n thereby_o do_v give_v liberty_n to_o some_o bishop_n to_o recover_v by_o just_a violence_n such_o part_n of_o the_o church_n patrimony_n as_o be_v take_v away_o from_o they_o and_o do_v dispense_v with_o such_o oath_n as_o they_o have_v be_v force_v to_o take_v by_o those_o which_o injurious_o infest_a the_o church_n yet_o i_o deny_v not_o but_o that_o the_o gloss_a upon_o this_o canon_n be_v liberal_a enough_o to_o the_o pope_n for_o he_o say_v he_o have_v power_n to_o dispense_v against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n &_o against_o the_o apostle_n ibid._n 28_o after_o this_o follow_v that_o
though_o of_o a_o general_a council_n licetâ—_n 40_o this_o pope_n also_o by_o a_o canon_n in_o the_o title_n de_fw-fr voto_fw-la have_v go_v the_o far_a of_o any_o which_o have_v fall_v within_o my_o observation_n for_o a_o king_n of_o hungary_n which_o have_v make_v a_o vow_n to_o undertake_v a_o war_n for_o jerusalem_n prevent_v by_o death_n impose_v the_o execution_n thereof_o upon_o his_o young_a son_n who_o bind_v himself_o to_o perform_v it_o with_o the_o army_n which_o he_o levy_v for_o that_o purpose_n in_o pretence_n trouble_v his_o brother_n in_o his_o kingdom_n to_o he_o therefore_o innocentius_n write_v that_o except_o he_o do_v forthwith_o perform_v the_o vow_n he_o shall_v be_v excommunicate_a and_o deprive_v of_o all_o right_n to_o that_o kingdom_n and_o that_o the_o kingdom_n if_o his_o elder_a brother_n die_v without_o issue_n shall_v devolue_v to_o his_o young_a brother_n but_o all_o these_o threaten_n except_o that_o one_o of_o excommunication_n be_v not_o thunder_v by_o the_o pope_n as_o though_o he_o can_v inflict_v they_o out_o of_o his_o authority_n but_o he_o remember_v this_o ill-advised_n prince_n that_o except_o he_o perform_v the_o will_n of_o his_o father_n he_o lose_v his_o inheritance_n by_o the_o law_n privandâ—â—_n which_o the_o gloss_n in_o this_o place_n endeavour_n to_o prove_v and_o to_o that_o purpose_n cyte_v and_o dispute_v some_o of_o the_o law_n in_o that_o point_n obedient_a 41_o the_o canon_n solitae_fw-la though_o it_o be_v every_o where_o allege_v and_o therefore_o it_o importune_v i_o to_o mention_v it_o reach_v not_o to_o our_o question_n for_o it_o be_v only_o a_o reprehension_n make_v by_o a_o pope_n to_o a_o greek_a emperor_n because_o he_o do_v not_o afford_v his_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n dignity_n enough_o in_o his_o place_n and_o he_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o mistake_v s._n peter_n meaning_n in_o his_o epistle_n where_o he_o teach_v obedience_n to_o emperor_n for_o say_v he_o he_o write_v but_o to_o those_o which_o be_v under_o he_o and_o not_o to_o all_o 2.13_o and_o he_o do_v provoke_v they_o to_o a_o meritorious_a humility_n not_o inform_v they_o of_o a_o necessary_a duty_n for_o say_v he_o if_o that_o place_n shall_v be_v understand_v of_o priest_n and_o literal_o than_o priest_n must_v be_v subject_a to_o slave_n because_o it_o be_v omni_fw-la creaturae_fw-la neither_o say_v he_o be_v it_o say_v to_o the_o king_n absolute_o precellenti_fw-la but_o tanquam_fw-la precellenti_fw-la which_o be_v not_o add_v without_o cause_n for_o say_v the_o gloss_n this_o word_n tanquam_fw-la be_v similitudinarium_fw-la tanquam_fw-la non_fw-la expressiwm_fw-la veritatis_fw-la so_o that_o s._n peter_n do_v not_o call_v the_o king_n superior_a in_o truth_n but_o as_o it_o be_v superior_a as_o i_o note_v the_o cardinal_n to_o subscribe_v letter_n to_o person_n of_o low_a rank_n vester_n uti_fw-la frater_fw-la and_o that_o which_o follow_v of_o the_o punishment_n of_o evil_a doer_n and_o praise_n of_o god_n be_v not_o say_v he_o that_o the_o king_n have_v power_n of_o the_o sword_n over_o good_a and_o evil_a but_o only_o over_o they_o which_o because_o they_o use_v the_o sword_n be_v under_o his_o jurisdiction_n then_o proceed_v he_o to_o magnify_v priesthood_n because_o jeremie_n to_o who_o commission_n be_v give_v over_o nation_n be_v descend_v of_o priest_n and_o because_o the_o sun_n which_o design_v priesthood_n be_v so_o much_o big_a than_o the_o moon_n with_o so_o many_o more_o impertinency_n and_o barbarisme_n and_o inconsequence_n that_o i_o wonder_v why_o he_o who_o sum_v it_o shall_v so_o special_o say_v of_o this_o canon_n that_o it_o be_v multum_fw-la alâ—egabile_fw-la 42_o in_o the_o canon_n gravem_fw-la honorius_n the_o three_o write_v to_o certain_a prelate_n who_o church_n have_v receive_v much_o detriment_n by_o a_o nobleman_n that_o since_o he_o have_v continue_v contemptuous_o under_o excommunication_n two_o year_n if_o upon_o this_o last_o monition_n he_o refuse_v to_o conform_v himself_o they_o shall_v discharge_v those_o church_n from_o their_o obedience_n to_o he_o and_o denounce_v those_o which_o ought_v he_o allegiance_n to_o be_v discharge_v thereof_o as_o long_o as_o be_v remain_v excommunicate_a but_o it_o appear_v not_o here_o whether_o he_o be_v a_o subject_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n or_o no_o and_o yet_o appear_v plain_o that_o he_o be_v no_o sovereign_n and_o therefore_o no_o precedent_n in_o our_o case_n in_o which_o there_o can_v not_o easy_o be_v restitution_n give_v to_o any_o after_o another_o be_v in_o possession_n 43_o in_o the_o next_o volume_n of_o the_o law_n which_o they_o call_v sexâ—us_n sexto_fw-la i_o have_v note_v in_o their_o author_n but_o one_o canon_n which_o come_v within_o any_o convenient_a distance_n of_o this_o point_n which_o be_v a_o letter_n of_o innocent_a the_o four_o to_o the_o nobility_n of_o portugal_n by_o which_o under_o pain_n of_o excommunication_n he_o command_v they_o to_o receive_v the_o king_n brother_n as_o coadiutor_n to_o that_o king_n notwithstanding_o any_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n or_o resistance_n of_o the_o king_n so_o that_o they_o preserve_v the_o right_n in_o the_o king_n and_o in_o his_o child_n if_o he_o shall_v â—ave_n any_o which_o be_v but_o matter_n of_o fact_n do_v not_o constitute_v a_o rule_n nor_o bind_v conscience_n especial_o when_o for_o the_o fact_n itself_o the_o note_n say_v in_o that_o place_n margin_n that_o the_o pope_n ought_v not_o to_o have_v interpose_v himself_o in_o that_o business_n 44_o in_o the_o extravagantsâ—f_a â—f_z pope_n john_n the_o two_o and_o twenty_o fratrum_fw-la there_o be_v one_o canon_n which_o will_v take_v great_a hold_n of_o conscience_n oblige_v to_o that_o sea_n but_o that_o it_o proceed_v from_o a_o pope_n infamed_a for_o heresy_n and_o claim_v that_o jurisdiction_n which_o it_o there_o inculcate_n in_o the_o right_n of_o be_v emperor_n at_o that_o time_n when_o the_o throne_n by_o the_o death_n of_o 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authority_n to_o
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