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have_v annex_v to_o his_o imperial_a crown_n as_o at_o large_a i_o have_v clear_v before_o that_o the_o king_n be_v supreme_a head_n and_o visitor_n in_o all_o ecclesiastical_a and_o civil_a cause_n here_o see_v cap._n 4._o here_o have_v be_v full_o prove_v and_o that_o from_o the_o king_n all_o judge_n ecclesiastical_a and_o temporal_a derive_v their_o authority_n and_o sure_o a_o delegation_n of_o power_n from_o the_o king_n can_v be_v no_o bar_n or_o estople_n to_o the_o king_n to_o exert_v his_o prerogative_n that_o he_o thereby_o can_v be_v conclude_v from_o delegate_a power_n to_o other_o to_o correct_v and_o reform_v misdemeanour_n and_o offence_n in_o community_n create_v by_o he_o or_o his_o ancestor_n or_o to_o supervise_v the_o action_n and_o management_n of_o his_o judge_n ecclesiastical_a local_a visitor_n or_o person_n commissioned_n by_o he_o as_o to_o dr._n thomas_n coveney_n case_n i_o shall_v consider_v it_o when_o i_o come_v to_o treat_v of_o appeal_n appeal_n 12._o whether_o college_n be_v of_o temporal_a or_o spiritual_a nature_n ☞_o concern_v the_o temporal_a estate_n of_o the_o fellow_n and_o the_o profit_n of_o the_o fellowship_n be_v freehold_n that_o alter_v not_o the_o case_n of_o the_o king_n power_n of_o visit_v for_o although_o it_o be_v dispute_v by_o learned_a author_n whether_o college_n be_v of_o a_o lay_v or_o spiritual_a nature_n yet_o it_o be_v most_o clear_a that_o they_o have_v undergo_v visitation_n the_o reason_n of_o which_o be_v because_o they_o be_v the_o nursery_n of_o learning_n and_o piety_n qualification_n of_o great_a moment_n to_o the_o well-being_n of_o government_n and_o consequent_o require_v the_o prince_n special_a care_n since_o upon_o the_o purity_n or_o impurity_n of_o these_o fountain_n much_o good_a or_o bad_a must_v be_v derive_v to_o the_o sovereign_n and_o subject_a and_o although_o in_o the_o university_n some_o study_n relate_v not_o at_o all_o to_o divinity_n as_o civil_a law_n physic_n etc._n etc._n yet_o the_o body_n of_o the_o student_n