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the_o council_n and_o have_v leave_v any_o work_n especial_o of_o divinity_n have_v maintain_v residency_n to_o be_v de_fw-fr jure_fw-la divino_fw-la proceed_v so_o far_o that_o to_o affirm_v the_o contrary_a they_o esteem_v it_o a_o delude_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o natural_a reason_n itself_o and_o all_o antiquity_n but_o not_o to_o provoke_v the_o court_n against_o its_o self_n they_o have_v find_v out_o exception_n by_o which_o the_o pope_n may_v make_v we_o dispensation_n the_o council_n speak_v not_o of_o reservation_n chief_o reservation_n reservation_n which_o be_v increase_v above_o measure_n because_o they_o concern_v the_o pope_n own_o person_n 214._o n._n 214._o wherefore_o they_o still_o remain_v yea_o they_o be_v increase_v afterward_o it_o seem_v that_o in_o take_v away_o the_o union_n and_o the_o commendum_n ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la the_o regress_v and_o the_o coadjutorship_n be_v in_o a_o great_a share_n proceed_v if_o not_o total_o yet_o the_o great_a part_n 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