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imponendi_fw-la too_o as_o 5._o as_o hostiens_fw-la de_fw-fr censibus_fw-la §._o quis_fw-la imponere_fw-la potest_fw-la duaren_n de_fw-fr sacris_fw-la eccl._n ministeriis_fw-la &_o b_o neficiis_fw-la l._n 7._o c._n 5._o hostiensis_n add_v which_o show_v that_o the_o bishop_n in_o time_n past_o be_v to_o say_v no_o more_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o duarenus_n explain_v the_o reason_n of_o this_o payment_n a_o little_a further_o for_o thus_o he_o write_v dicitur_fw-la hoc_fw-la jus_o vulgo_fw-la cathedraticum_fw-la quod_fw-la cathedrae_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la honori_fw-la episcopali_fw-la debeatur_fw-la cathedra_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o jure_fw-la pontificio_fw-la pro_fw-la honore_fw-la ac_fw-la munere_fw-la episcopali_fw-la saepe_fw-la accipitur_fw-la propterea_fw-la quòd_fw-la olim_fw-la episcopi_fw-la quorum_fw-la munus_fw-la propâ—ium_fw-la ac_fw-la praecipium_fw-la est_fw-la docere_fw-la sedentâ—s_fw-la in_o solio_fw-la &_o cathedra_fw-la docebant_fw-la thus_o he_o which_o 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so_o also_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o visit_v come_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o bishop_n and_o be_v frequent_o use_v in_o that_o sense_n not_o only_o in_o the_o scripture_n but_o also_o by_o ecclesiastical_a and_o profane_a author_n obvious_a every_o where_n to_o be_v meet_v withal_o 238._o episcopus_fw-la debâ—t_fw-la visitate_fw-la singulis_fw-la annis_fw-la parochiam_fw-la nisi_fw-la dimittat_fw-la propter_fw-la gravamen_fw-la ecclesiarun_n &_o tunc_fw-la mittat_fw-la archidiaconum_n etc._n etc._n ab._n sic._n suâ—er_n 2.1_o de_fw-fr ossiâ—_n archid_n c._n ut_fw-la archidiaconus_fw-la 10._o q._n 1._o c._n decrevimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n episcâ—pum_fw-la 2_o coke_n 15._o d._n spelman_n council_n pa._n 238._o now_o to_o procure_v the_o visitor_n by_o way_n of_o stipulation_n and_o contract_n to_o do_v that_o which_o by_o his_o call_n and_o place_n either_o in_o his_o own_o person_n or_o by_o other_o himself_z being_z hinder_v he_o ought_v to_o do_v be_v a_o 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