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dignity_n of_o cathedral_n church_n but_o among_o these_o dignity_n the_o penitentiary_n be_v not_o reckon_v and_o there_o be_v some_o difficulty_n also_o as_o to_o the_o divinity_n lecture_n though_o there_o be_v judgement_n as_o to_o that_o in_o favour_n of_o graduate_n iii_o the_o right_a of_o graduate_n have_v no_o place_n but_o when_o the_o benefice_n be_v vacant_a by_o death_n iv_o when_o the_o graduate_n have_v a_o benefice_n of_o 400_o franc_n a_o year_n or_o a_o annuity_n of_o the_o same_o value_n which_o stand_v he_o instead_o of_o a_o benefice_n he_o be_v think_v provide_v and_o can_v pretend_v to_o any_o benefice_n in_o quality_n of_o a_o graduate_n unless_o he_o have_v not_o that_o provision_n by_o virtue_n of_o his_o degree_n for_o in_o that_o case_n he_o may_v renounce_v his_o benefice_n or_o annuity_n and_o have_v right_a as_o before_o to_o demand_v the_o benefic_n appropriate_v to_o graduate_n the_o reason_n why_o a_o graduate_n have_v a_o benefice_n of_o 400_o franc_n 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it_o be_v not_o just_o that_o exemption_n which_o be_v but_o a_o privilege_v right_o shall_v prejudice_v the_o common_a right_n of_o bishop_n unless_o it_o be_v well_o ground_v and_o grant_v for_o lawful_a cause_n to_o this_o may_v be_v add_v that_o patrocinari_fw-la that_o fraus_fw-la nemini_fw-la debet_fw-la patrocinari_fw-la falsehood_n can_v never_o make_v a_o prescription_n and_o that_o a_o possession_n ground_v on_o a_o bad_a title_n be_v no_o true_a possession_n all_o possible_a rigour_n ought_v to_o be_v use_v then_o against_o the_o right_n of_o exemption_n or_o privilege_n because_o it_o derogate_v from_o the_o common_a law_n and_o nothing_o shall_v be_v grant_v to_o the_o exempt_v but_o what_o be_v express_o set_v down_o in_o their_o title_n of_o exemption_n and_o it_o be_v absolute_o necessary_a that_o the_o privilege_n be_v mention_v in_o plain_a term_n without_o any_o ambiguity_n iii_o the_o more_o ancient_a the_o title_n of_o exemption_n be_v of_o the_o less_o extent_n be_v the_o privilege_n of_o the_o exemption_n as_o appear_v by_o ancient_a formulary_n which_o hardly_o contain_v any_o thing_n else_o in_o respect_n of_o monastery_n but_o the_o liberty_n of_o choose_v the_o abbot_n and_o the_o free_a disposition_n of_o all_o their_o revenue_n as_o to_o the_o rest_n they_o be_v entire_o subject_a to_o the_o bishop_n exemption_n as_o we_o find_v they_o now_o a_o day_n begin_v only_o with_o the_o reformation_n of_o cluni_n and_o cisteaux_n who_o be_v exempt_v from_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o bishop_n by_o the_o title_n of_o their_o foundation_n though_o that_o happen_v in_o a_o disorderly_a time_n yet_o these_o exemption_n be_v not_o meddle_v with_o in_o france_n see_v they_o be_v own_v by_o all_o man_n but_o there_o be_v great_a cause_n to_o doubt_v of_o the_o most_o part_n of_o other_o which_o be_v suppose_v to_o have_v be_v grant_v by_o pope_n after_o the_o foundation_n of_o monastery_n there_o be_v but_o few_o of_o they_o that_o be_v true_a in_o their_o full_a extent_n which_o be_v easy_o discover_v when_o one_o set_v serious_o to_o work_v to_o examine_v the_o title_n and_o in_o that_o manner_n peter_n de_fw-fr blois_n arch_n deacon_n of_o the_o church_n of_o bath_n in_o england_n affirm_v that_o the_o exemption_n of_o monastery_n in_o his_o time_n be_v examine_v of_o which_o the_o great_a part_n be_v forge_v by_o the_o monk_n the_o bishop_n of_o salisbury_n think_v the_o letter_n of_o exemption_n of_o the_o abbey_n of_o malmesbury_n to_o be_v false_a quia_fw-la in_o filo_fw-la &_o bulla_n videbantur_fw-la vitiosae_fw-la stilumque_fw-la romanae_fw-la curiae_fw-la minime_fw-la redolebant_fw-la nevertheless_o the_o abbot_n refuse_v to_o submit_v to_o his_o bishop_n fall_v into_o such_o a_o rage_n against_o he_o that_o the_o same_o peter_n de_fw-fr blois_n complain_v of_o it_o in_o his_o letter_n 68_o letter_n petr._n blaes_n epist_n 68_o to_o pope_n alexander_n iii_o to_o who_o upon_o occasion_n of_o the_o abbot_n of_o malmesbury_n he_o represent_v the_o abuse_n of_o exemption_n take_v it_o in_o his_o own_o word_n vile_fw-mi sunt_fw-la abbates_n &_o miseri_fw-la qui_fw-la potestatem_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la non_fw-la exterminant_n cum_fw-la pro_fw-la annua_fw-la auri_fw-la uncia_fw-la plenam_fw-la à _fw-la sede_fw-la romanâ_fw-la possint_fw-la assequi_fw-la libertatem_fw-la by_o this_o it_o be_v apparent_a enough_o that_o monastery_n obtain_v for_o money_n from_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n as_o many_o exemption_n as_o they_o please_v and_o that_o simony_n be_v much_o practise_v by_o the_o monk_n especial_o the_o regular_a abbot_n who_o by_o that_o mean_n shake_v off_o obedience_n to_o their_o bishop_n that_o they_o may_v more_o free_o squander_v away_o the_o revenue_n of_o their_o monastery_n and_o have_v no_o body_n to_o check_v they_o for_o their_o vice_n ibid._n vice_n petr._n blaes_n ibid._n detestantur_fw-la abbates_n habere_fw-la suorum_fw-la excessuum_fw-la correctorem_fw-la vagam_fw-la impunitatis_fw-la licentiam_fw-la amplectuntur_fw-la claustralisque_n militiae_fw-la jugum_fw-la relaxant_fw-la in_o omnem_fw-la desiderii_fw-la libertatem_fw-la hinc_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la monasteriorum_fw-la fere_n omnium_fw-la facultates_fw-la datae_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o direptienem_fw-la &_o praedam_fw-la these_o and_o many_o other_o reason_n which_o i_o omit_v be_v the_o cause_n that_o no_o great_a favour_n be_v show_v to_o the_o exemption_n of_o monastery_n in_o france_n though_o they_o be_v not_o whole_o reject_v there_o to_o which_o may_v be_v add_v that_o many_o of_o these_o exemption_n especial_o those_o of_o chapter_n have_v be_v obtain_v in_o the_o time_n of_o schism_n and_o it_o often_o happen_v that_o the_o chapter_n which_o oppose_v its_o bishop_n acknowledge_v one_o pope_n and_o the_o bishop_n another_z and_o that_o be_v to_o be_v take_v notice_n of_o in_o the_o title_n of_o exemption_n false_a rule_v how_o to_o distinguish_v true_a exemption_n from_o false_a that_o what_o be_v do_v upon_o occasion_n of_o schism_n may_v not_o be_v authorise_v that_o true_a title_n may_v be_v the_o more_o easy_o distinguish_v from_o such_o as_o have_v be_v foist_v and_o counterfeit_v we_o shall_v here_o set_v down_o several_a rule_n which_o be_v necessary_a to_o be_v know_v if_o one_o will_v with_o any_o exactness_n make_v that_o distinction_n and_o that_o will_v not_o only_o serve_v to_o discover_v the_o falsity_n of_o privilege_n and_o exemption_n but_o also_o to_o judge_n of_o other_o title_n i._o one_o must_v have_v see_v true_a title_n that_o be_v past_o all_o exception_n according_a to_o which_o be_v to_o be_v examine_v those_o that_o be_v produce_v the_o character_n be_v to_o be_v mind_v if_o it_o be_v a_o original_a piece_n for_o it_o seldom_o happen_v that_o they_o who_o counterfeit_a title_n do_v exact_o imitate_v these_o character_n whether_o it_o be_v that_o they_o write_v too_o hasty_o or_o that_o they_o be_v satisfy_v to_o do_v somewhat_o that_o come_v near_o they_o but_o which_o be_v not_o altogether_o like_a ii_o the_o difference_n of_o