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et_fw-la forma_fw-la quibus_fw-la poterant_fw-la praeberent_fw-la anno_fw-la 1399._o oct._n 8._o coram_fw-la domino_fw-la comparuerunt_fw-la personaliter_fw-la reverendi_fw-la in_o chisto_fw-la patres_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o praelatorum_fw-la &_o cleri_fw-la provinciae_fw-la antedictae_fw-la procuratores_fw-la &_o expositâ_fw-la ibidem_fw-la per_fw-la dominum_fw-la causa_fw-la convocationis_fw-la tractabant_fw-la ipse_fw-la dominus_fw-la &_o reverendi_fw-la patres_fw-la episcopi_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la de_fw-la negotiis_fw-la communibus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la aliis_fw-la praetit_fw-la &_o procuratoribus_fw-la cleri_fw-la scorsim_fw-la separatis_fw-la anno_fw-la 1408._o july_n 23._o the_o archbishop_n explain_v the_o cause_n of_o their_o meeting_n and_o then_o clero_fw-la verò_fw-la inferiori_fw-la à _fw-la praefatis_fw-la majoribus_fw-la praelatis_fw-la seorsim_fw-la separato_fw-la &_o in_o scolis_fw-la theologiae_n sub_fw-la domo_fw-la capitulari_fw-la praefatâ_fw-la juxta_fw-la 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