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praesentare_fw-la non_fw-la poterant_fw-la sed_fw-la conferebantur_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la romanis_n qui_fw-la penitùs_fw-la idioma_fw-la regni_fw-la ignorabant_fw-la &_o pecuniam_fw-la extra_fw-la regnum_fw-la asportabant_fw-la these_o oppression_n fall_v chief_o upon_o the_o clergy_n as_o appear_v by_o most_o of_o the_o law_n against_o provision_n of_o which_o hereafter_o for_o the_o pope_n assume_v a_o great_a power_n over_o they_o and_o church_n of_o which_o they_o be_v patron_n than_o he_o can_v pretend_v to_o over_o the_o laity_n and_o they_o sometime_o comply_v with_o his_o provision_n and_o submit_v to_o collate_n italian_n and_o foreigner_n as_o at_o other_o time_n they_o do_v to_o heavy_a exaction_n insomuch_o that_o in_o the_o year_n 1240._o misit_fw-la dominus_fw-la papa_n praecepta_fw-la sva_fw-la domino_fw-la cantuariensi_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la edmundo_n &_o sarisberiensi_fw-la &_o lincolniensi_fw-la episcopis_fw-la ut_fw-la trecentis_fw-la romanis_n in_fw-la primis_fw-la beneficiis_fw-la vacantibus_fw-la providerent_fw-la scientes_fw-la se_fw-la suspensos_fw-la à _fw-la beneficiorum_fw-la collatione_fw-la donec_fw-la tot_fw-la competenter_fw-la providerentur_fw-la matth._n paris_n pag._n 532._o and_o it_o appear_v by_o the_o same_o author_n that_o these_o and_o more_o be_v provide_v of_o ecclesiastical_a benefice_n in_o england_n praebendas_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la &_o varios_fw-la redditus_fw-la opimos_fw-la plusquam_fw-la trecentos_fw-la ad_fw-la svam_fw-la vel_fw-la papae_fw-la contulerat_fw-la legatus_fw-la otto_n voluntatem_fw-la id_fw-la p._n 549._o but_o many_o grievous_a complaint_n and_o petition_n in_o parliament_n and_o in_o letter_n to_o the_o pope_n occur_v in_o mr._n prynne_n historical_a collection_n and_o in_o the_o parliament_n roll_v against_o these_o provision_n as_o intolerable_a grievance_n and_o contrary_a to_o all_o law_n and_o reason_n if_o at_o some_o time_n they_o be_v comply_v with_o upon_o condition_n that_o the_o person_n recommend_v by_o the_o pope_n be_v of_o good_a condition_n and_o worthy_a of_o promotion_n how_o do_v that_o relate_v to_o its_o be_v in_o the_o king_n power_n even_o to_o admit_v the_o person_n to_o the_o dignity_n and_o office_n as_o the_o doctor_n ignorant_o and_o childish_o assert_n but_o his_o conclusion_n viz._n that_o the_o exercise_n of_o their_o government_n be_v according_a to_o the_o king_n law_n i_o do_v not_o quarrel_v with_o he_o about_o for_o it_o be_v or_o aught_o to_o have_v be_v so_o but_o not_o according_a to_o the_o king_n pleasure_n nor_o will_v any_o unbiased_a man_n in_o read_v king_n alfred_n law_n have_v ready_o make_v such_o a_o inference_n as_o the_o doctor_n do_v pag._n 155_o 156_o tell_v we_o out_o of_o l._n l._n aluredi_n that_o king_n alfred_n reserve_v to_o himself_o the_o liberty_n even_o of_o dispense_v with_o the_o marriage_n of_o nun_n which_o he_o will_v represent_v as_o a_o thing_n prohibit_v by_o the_o canon_n only_o and_o that_o the_o king_n reserve_v to_o himself_o a_o power_n of_o dispense_v with_o it_o though_o without_o his_o especial_a dispensation_n he_o suffer_v the_o canon_n to_o take_v place_n now_o the_o marriage_n of_o nun_n be_v real_o prohibit_v by_o a_o law_n of_o the_o state_n by_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n of_o that_o age_n for_o brompton_n give_v we_o a_o account_n of_o king_n alfred_n law_n say_v thus_o ego_fw-la alfredus_fw-la west-saxonum_n rex_fw-la ostendi_fw-la haec_fw-la omnibus_fw-la sapientibus_fw-la meis_fw-la &_o dixerunt_fw-la placet_fw-la ea_fw-la custodire_fw-la and_o many_o temporal_a law_n be_v among_o they_o all_o enact_v by_o the_o same_o authority_n and_o the_o same_o law_n or_o canon_n that_o prohibit_v nun_n from_o marry_v give_v the_o king_n and_o not_o only_o he_o but_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o diocese_n leave_v to_o dispense_v so_o that_o the_o doctor_n may_v as_o well_o have_v argue_v for_o the_o bishop_n as_o the_o king_n reserve_v a_o power_n to_o himself_o of_o dispense_v the_o word_n be_v si_fw-mi quis_fw-la sanctimonialem_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la abduxerit_fw-la sine_fw-la licentia_fw-la regis_fw-la vel_fw-la episcopi_fw-la etc._n etc._n then_o he_o say_v that_o our_o king_n preside_v sometime_o