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this_o charter_n more_o ample_o and_o full_o declare_v the_o same_o be_v grant_v and_o direct_v to_o rhemigius_n the_o first_o bâ—shop_n of_o lincoln_n ib._n coke_n instit_fw-la p._n 4._o cap._n 54._o &_o lib._n 2._o cap._n 6._o sect_n 135._o char._n 2._o rich._n 2._o m._n 1._o by_o this_o it_o appear_v how_o early_o the_o exercise_n of_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n by_o bishop_n be_v on_o foot_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o england_n and_o that_o as_o it_o derive_v itself_o from_o the_o crown_n for_o beside_o this_o distinct_a constitute_v of_o a_o ecclesiastical_a court_n from_o the_o court_n of_o the_o turn_v even_o before_o the_o separation_n before_o speak_v of_o be_v make_v yet_o the_o bishop_n have_v then_o the_o judicial_a cognizance_n of_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n and_o matter_n peculiar_o reserve_v to_o they_o so_o it_o be_v plain_o colligible_a from_o the_o law_n of_o king_n edgar_n among_o which_o this_o be_v one_o celeberimus_fw-la autem_fw-la ex_fw-la omni_fw-la 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