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the_o clergy_n a_o pardon_n for_o their_o body_n and_o good_n pay_v he_o â00000_n l._n which_o be_v pay_v every_o penny_n chap._n xvii_o 1._o how_o campeius_n relate_v the_o whole_a business_n of_o the_o divorce_n unto_o the_o pope_n and_o be_v blame_v for_o the_o same_o 2._o the_o king_n sendâ_n two_o doctor_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n with_o private_a câmmissions_n to_o treat_v with_o the_o pope_n about_o the_o divorce_n 3_o the_o pope_n solemn_o ratify_v the_o marriage_n 4._o the_o sentence_n itself_o but_o we_o can_v well_o go_v on_o with_o our_o history_n except_o we_o fiâst_v arrive_v our_o discourse_n within_o the_o gate_n of_o rome_n to_o observe_v what_o account_n cardinal_n campeius_n have_v give_v unto_o the_o pope_n of_o all_o these_o proceed_n which_o be_v no_o otherwise_o than_o what_o have_v pass_v direct_o here_o in_o england_n which_o be_v relate_v to_o his_o holiness_n by_o the_o cardinal_n the_o pope_n blame_v he_o exceed_o for_o that_o he_o have_v not_o overrule_v 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