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equum_fw-la and_o do_v not_o say_v felonic_a and_o therefore_o ill_a 29._o ass_n 45._o a_o man_n be_v indict_v that_o he_o be_v communis_fw-la latro_fw-la and_o the_o indictment_n hold_v vicious_a because_o too_o general_a so_o here_o the_o offence_n be_v return_v general_o but_o there_o ought_v to_o be_v something_o individual_a c._n 5.57_o specot_n case_n quia_fw-la schismaticus_fw-la inveteratus_fw-la be_v no_o good_a cause_n for_o the_o bishop_n to_o refuse_v a_o clerk_n for_o it_o be_v too_o general_a and_o there_o be_v schism_n divers_a kind_n 38._o e._n 3.2_o because_o the_o clerk_n be_v criminosus_fw-la it_o be_v no_o good_a cause_n for_o the_o bishop_n to_o refuse_v he_o 8_o and_o 9_o eliz._n dy._n 254._o the_o bishop_n of_o n._n refuse_v one_o because_o he_o be_v a_o haunter_n of_o tavern_n etc._n etc._n for_o which_o and_o divers_a other_o crime_n he_o be_v unfit_a hold_v that_o the_o last_o word_n be_v too_o general_a and_o incertain_a 40._o e._n 3.6_o in_o the_o tender_a 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