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pag._n 4_o francis_n the_o one_a be_v take_v prisoner_n pag._n 5_o and_o afterward_o the_o pope_n pag._n 7_o scotland_n in_o disorder_n ibid._n faction_n in_o the_o english_a council_n pag._n 8_o cardinal_n wolsey_n be_v rise_v ibid._n and_o greatness_n pag._n 9_o charles_n brandon_n be_v advancement_n pag._n 10_o the_o king_n be_v well_o with_o his_o parliament_n pag._n 11_o the_o king_n education_n pag._n 12_o his_o learning_n and_o vanity_n pag._n 13_o the_o way_n of_o promote_a bishop_n ibid._n a_o contest_v for_o the_o ecclesiastical_a immunity_n pag._n 14_o hunn_n imprison_v murder_v and_o his_o body_n burn_v pag._n 16_o the_o king_n much_o addict_v to_o the_o papacy_n pag._n 20_o car._n wolsey_n intend_v to_o reform_v the_o clergy_n ibid._n the_o summon_n of_o convocation_n pag._n 21_o the_o state_n of_o the_o monastery_n pag._n 22_o wolsey_n suppress_v many_o pag._n 23_o the_o progress_n of_o wikliff_n doctrine_n ibid._n the_o cruelty_n of_o the_o clergy_n pag._n 24_o law_n 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