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the_o name_n of_o letherwit_n or_o more_o proper_o lecherwit_n yet_o have_v leet_n never_o jurisdiction_n of_o marriage_n or_o divorce_n neither_o consequent_o can_v bishop_n have_v it_o from_o they_o as_o for_o articuli_fw-la cleri_fw-la and_o the_o other_o statute_n there_o be_v not_o a_o word_n in_o they_o concern_v marriage_n nor_o so_o much_o as_o of_o fornication_n and_o adultery_n the_o jurisdiction_n therefore_o pretend_v be_v never_o give_v by_o any_o statute_n linwood_n likewise_o expound_v the_o word_n of_o the_o statute_n of_o circumspectè_fw-la agatis_fw-la which_o give_v bishop_n jurisdiction_n of_o all_o deadly_a sin_n as_o fornication_n and_o adultery_n and_o the_o like_a non_fw-la intelligas_fw-la de_fw-fr omni_fw-la peccato_fw-la mortali_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-la tali_fw-la cujus_fw-la punitio_fw-la spectat_fw-la merè_fw-la ad_fw-la forum_n ecclesiasticum_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la de_fw-la ratione_fw-la cujuslibet_fw-la peccati_fw-la mortalis_fw-la cognosceret_fw-la 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