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the_o cure_n for_o their_o private_a profit_n and_o this_o holy_a war_n be_v the_o trade_n whereby_o they_o get_v their_o gain_n they_o lengthen_v it_o out_o to_o the_o utmost_a so_o that_o their_o treachery_n may_v pass_v for_o the_o eight_o impediment_n baronius_n 1104._o conclude_v this_o one_o principal_a cause_n of_o the_o christian_n ill_a success_n that_o the_o king_n of_o jerusalem_n take_v away_o that_o city_n from_o the_o patriarch_n thereof_o herein_o commit_v sacrilege_n a_o sin_n so_o heinous_a that_o malice_n itself_o can_v wish_v a_o enemy_n guilty_a of_o a_o worse_o but_o whether_o or_o no_o this_o be_v sacrilege_n we_o refer_v the_o reader_n to_o what_o have_v be_v large_o discuss_v before_o and_o here_o i_o can_v wish_v to_o be_v a_o auditor_n at_o the_o learned_a and_o unpartial_a argue_v of_o this_o question_n whether_o overgreat_a donation_n to_o the_o church_n may_v not_o afterward_o be_v revoke_v on_o the_o one_o side_n it_o will_v be_v plead_v who_o shall_v be_v 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