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he_o make_v the_o least_o mention_n that_o it_o be_v requisite_a for_o he_o to_o have_v his_o consecration_n from_o the_o see_v of_o canterbury_n 132._o canterbury_n eadmer_n histor_n nou._n lib._n 5_o p._n 132._o alexander_n conturbatus_fw-la animo_fw-la discessit_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la nolebat_fw-la enim_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la cantuariensem_fw-la praeferri_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sancti_fw-la andraeae_fw-la de_fw-la scotiâ_fw-la the_o king_n be_v much_o move_v thereat_o and_o turn_v away_o from_o he_o for_o he_o can_v not_o endure_v that_o the_o church_n of_o canterbury_n shall_v be_v prefer_v before_o that_o of_o st._n andrews_n in_o scotland_n and_o therefore_o send_v eadmerus_n back_o from_o whence_o he_o come_v to_o appease_v he_o therefore_o and_o the_o better_a to_o keep_v and_o hold_v that_o church_n under_o rome_n by_o craft_n which_o he_o see_v he_o can_v not_o do_v by_o force_n neither_o his_o own_o nor_o other_o the_o pope_n side_n with_o scotland_n against_o canterbury_n and_o therefore_o pope_n clement_n 372._o clement_n â—og_n hoveden_n pars_fw-la posterior_n p._n 372._o send_v a_o please_a decree_n to_o william_n king_n of_o scotland_n in_o the_o time_n of_o henry_n the_o second_o duximus_fw-la statuendum_fw-la ut_fw-la scoticana_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la sedi_fw-la cujus_fw-la filia_fw-la specialis_fw-la existit_fw-la nullo_n mediante_n debeat_fw-la subjacere_fw-la &_o nenimi_fw-la nisi_fw-la papae_fw-la licet_fw-la interdicere_fw-la we_o think_v fit_a to_o decree_n that_o the_o church_n of_o scotland_n aught_o to_o be_v subject_a to_o none_o but_o the_o apostolical_a see_v alone_o and_o to_o be_v censure_v by_o no_o other_o superior_a so_o the_o scot_n be_v back_v by_o the_o pope_n to_o stand_v upon_o their_o liberty_n against_o canterbury_n for_o which_o the_o britain_n be_v destroy_v and_o murder_v by_o the_o mean_n of_o augustine_n yet_o their_o sin_n lie_v not_o there_o they_o also_o by_o like_a submission_n to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n shall_v be_v alike_o exempt_v from_o canterbury_n and_o elbodius_n 55._o elbodius_n elbodius_n archiepiscopus_fw-la factus_fw-la ob_fw-la conciliatos_fw-la cambros_n romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la h._n lhuid_fw-la fragm_n p._n 55._o beside_o be_v make_v a_o archbishop_n to_o betray_v his_o church_n for_o a_o pall_n the_o old_a christian_a church_n prevail_v over_o the_o world_n by_o truth_n the_o carnal_a way_n of_o rome_n be_v most_o by_o pall_v and_o preferment_n to_o the_o proud_a and_o covetous_a and_o according_o the_o bishop_n of_o st._n david_n have_v a_o new_a pall_n from_o the_o pope_n and_o the_o confirmation_n of_o their_o archiepiscopal_a dignity_n by_o a_o new_a power_n which_o yet_o be_v soon_o lose_v when_o time_o turn_v and_o their_o enemy_n prevail_v say_v hun_n say_v usher_n p_o 85._o ex_fw-la h._n hun_n h._n huntingdon_n in_o who_o time_n this_o fall_v out_o the_o pope_n never_o fail_v to_o side_n with_o the_o strong_a side_n and_o their_o great_a gain_n and_o roger_n hoveden_n and_o cambrensis_fw-la both_o agree_v in_o the_o relation_n follow_v usque_fw-la ad_fw-la anglorum_fw-la regem_fw-la henricum_fw-la primum_fw-la etc._n etc._n 1_o etc._n cambrens_fw-la itinerar_n lib_n 2._o c._n 1_o the_o church_n of_o st._n david_n enjoy_v all_o along_o all_o manner_n of_o metropolical_a dignity_n the_o use_n of_o the_o pall_n except_v to_o the_o time_n of_o henry_n the_o first_o king_n of_o england_n who_o conquer_a that_o part_n of_o wales_n and_o subject_v the_o welsh_a to_o the_o english_a church_n owe_v subjection_n to_o no_o church_n before_o but_o to_o the_o roman_a only_o and_o to_o she_o immediate_o as_o the_o case_n also_o be_v of_o the_o scottish_a church_n the_o bishop_n of_o wales_n be_v always_o consecrate_a till_o that_o time_n by_o the_o archbishop_n of_o st._n david_n and_o he_o likewise_o by_o they_o as_o his_o suffragans_fw-la no_o profession_n of_o obedience_n or_o subjection_n be_v make_v to_o any_o other_o church_n and_o so_o the_o succession_n and_o dignity_n continue_v to_o the_o year_n 1115._o that_o bernard_n not_o choose_v by_o the_o clergy_n of_o wales_n pro_fw-la more_o bernard_n more_o goodwin_n catalogue_n in_o bernard_n but_o nominate_v by_o k._n henry_n 1._o and_o david_n fitz_n gerald_n by_o king_n stephen_n and_o peter_n by_o henry_n 2._o and_o galfridus_n in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n john_n regio_fw-la urgente_fw-la mandato_fw-la cantuariae_fw-la consecrationem_fw-la susceperunt_fw-la say_v cambrensis_fw-la 454._o cambrensis_fw-la rogue_n hoveden_n pars_fw-la posterior_n p._n 454._o per_fw-la regiam_fw-la violentiam_fw-la say_v hoveden_n be_v force_v by_o the_o king_n command_n to_o take_v their_o consecration_n at_o canterbury_n 454._o canterbury_n rogue_n hoveden_n pars_fw-la posterior_n p._n 454._o and_o david_n and_o peter_n beside_o have_v oath_n against_o the_o canon_n impose_v upon_o they_o that_o they_o shall_v stir_v no_o more_o in_o defence_n of_o their_o metropolitical_a right_n but_o bernard_n after_o 454._o after_o rogue_n hoveden_n pars_fw-la posterior_n p._n 454._o the_o death_n of_o henry_n 1._o try_v his_o title_n notwithstanding_o with_o theobald_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n in_o the_o council_n of_o rheims_n but_o the_o cause_n be_v remove_v to_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n before_o eugenius_n the_o three_o he_o be_v overbear_v by_o purse_n and_o witness_n that_o prove_v against_o he_o his_o promise_n of_o obedience_n to_o the_o see_v of_o canterbury_n which_o he_o whole_o deny_v as_o well_o as_o his_o consecration_n thence_o have_v which_o he_o willing_o grant_v and_o so_o lose_v his_o cause_n and_o be_v decree_v to_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o see_v of_o canterbuny_n yet_o 454._o yet_o r._n hoveden_n pars_fw-la poster_n p_o 454._o giraldus_n cambrensis_fw-la be_v choose_v have_v the_o courage_n to_o try_v again_o this_o title_n with_o archbishop_n hubert_n before_o innocent_a the_o three_o but_o be_v overrule_v to_o obey_v he_o et_fw-la papa_n 454._o papa_n r._n hoveden_n pars_fw-la poster_n p_o 454._o praecepit_fw-la non_fw-la amplius_fw-la extorqueri_fw-la illicitum_fw-la juramentum_fw-la de_fw-la non_fw-la prosequendo_fw-la jure_fw-la metropolico_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la exigeret_fw-la canonicam_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la and_o the_o pope_n order_v the_o arch-bishop_n of_o canterbury_n shall_v no_o more_o exact_a that_o unlawful_a oath_n of_o not_o try_v their_o metropolical_a title_n any_o more_o for_o that_o may_v hinder_v grist_n to_o rome_n but_o that_o they_o shall_v rest_v content_v with_o canonical_a obedience_n only_o for_o the_o future_a and_o so_o as_o the_o learned_a and_o candid_a sr._n henry_n spelman_n bewail_v brittannicae_n ecclesiae_fw-la radius_fw-la vltimus_fw-la the_o last_o spark_n of_o the_o british_a glory_n be_v put_v out_o which_o have_v continue_v 400_o year_n before_o the_o time_n of_o austin_n and_o 600_o year_n after_o illud_fw-la quaero_fw-la say_v the_o same_o 110._o same_o spelm._n conc._n p._n 26._o &_o p._n 110._o author_n quî_fw-la factum_fw-la sit_fw-la ut_fw-la caerlegionenses_n alias_o menevense_n episcopi_fw-la successoresque_fw-la svi_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la aevo_fw-la lucii_n metropoliticis_fw-la floruêre_fw-la privilegis_fw-la &_o archiepiscopi_fw-la nominati_fw-la nullâ_fw-la quod_fw-la sciam_fw-la pulsati_fw-la synodo_fw-la sine_fw-la crimine_fw-la provinciâ_fw-la sva_fw-la &_o antiqua_fw-la jurisdictione_n deinceps_fw-la sunt_fw-la exuti_fw-la atque_fw-la spoliati_fw-la this_o i_o ask_v how_o it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o bishop_n of_o caerleon_n or_o st._n david_n and_o their_o successor_n which_o ever_o from_o the_o time_n of_o king_n lucius_n be_v adorn_v with_o all_o metropolitical_a privilege_n and_o bear_v the_o name_n and_o stile_n of_o arch-bishop_n shall_v nevertheless_o without_o be_v call_v in_o question_n in_o any_o synod_n as_o i_o can_v ever_o learn_v or_o any_o crime_n or_o defection_n lay_v ever_o to_o their_o charge_n be_v spoil_v and_o devest_v of_o their_o province_n and_o ancient_a jurisdiction_n for_o ever_o without_o remedy_n if_o private_a interest_n do_v permit_v other_o who_o be_v more_o concern_v to_o be_v as_o sensible_a of_o this_o wrong_n and_o sacrilege_n as_o be_v this_o honest_a and_o conscientious_a lay-gentleman_n
bishop_n in_o a_o diocese_n belong_v to_o another_o whereby_o it_o shall_v fall_v out_o that_o two_o metropolitan_a bishop_n shall_v be_v in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o diocese_n though_o he_o effect_v his_o purpose_n not_o by_o the_o help_n of_o heathen_n or_o tyrant_n as_o do_v augustine_n but_o by_o the_o royal_a patent_n and_o authority_n of_o christian_a king_n and_o emperor_n who_o have_v great_a power_n allow_v herein_o by_o christian_a council_n by_o the_o 12_o canon_n of_o the_o general_n council_n chalcedon_n he_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o as_o balsamon_n chalcedon_n balsamon_n balsamon_n &_o zonar_n in_o can._n 12._o council_n chalcedon_n explain_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v to_o be_v depose_v and_o lay_v aside_o from_o his_o degree_n and_o any_o bishop_n that_o be_v so_o make_v before_o the_o ratify_n of_o this_o canon_n be_v to_o be_v nominal_a and_o titular_a only_o and_o the_o whole_a right_n and_o power_n to_o remain_v in_o the_o ancient_a 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bishop_n or_o pope_n for_o what_o impudence_n be_v it_o otherwise_o for_o person_n who_o stand_v excommunicate_a by_o a_o general_a council_n which_o themselves_o must_v approve_v to_o clamour_v for_o obedience_n and_o subjection_n where_o none_o be_v due_a yea_o when_o no_o christian_n can_v afford_v they_o so_o much_o as_o their_o communion_n under_o such_o fault_n by_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v the_o 10_o canon_n of_o the_o apostle_n if_o a_o man_n pray_v with_o a_o person_n outlaw_v from_o communion_n so_o much_o as_o in_o his_o house_n himself_o be_v to_o be_v excommunicate_v and_o clergy_n also_o that_o shall_v do_v the_o same_o with_o clergy_n depose_v be_v themselves_o to_o be_v depose_v from_o their_o ministry_n together_o with_o they_o canon_n 11._o or_o where_o be_v their_o honour_n and_o fidelity_n to_o their_o country_n which_o vulgar_a breast_n seldom_o
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