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to_o be_v endow_v withal_o what_o sacrament_n may_v be_v reiterated_a what_o not_o that_o minister_n son_n be_v not_o to_o succeed_v their_o father_n in_o those_o benefice_n wherein_o their_o father_n immediate_o before_o be_v pastor_n or_o governor_n lest_o happley_v thereby_o there_o may_v time_n in_o what_o manner_n and_o with_o how_o much_o care_n and_o christianity_n these_o fast_n have_v be_v heretofore_o observe_v it_o may_v be_v note_v out_o of_o the_o second_o council_n of_o mâ—lâ—aine_n tit._n 1._o decret_a 22._o where_o the_o bishop_n be_v to_o command_v that_o upon_o the_o sunday_n before_o these_o fast_n paroâ—ht_n non_fw-la solùm_fw-la solenne_fw-fr illud_fw-la jejuntum_fw-la denunctent_fw-la verumetiam_fw-la in_o sva_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la eorum_fw-la parochtali_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la supplicationes_fw-la litaniasque_fw-la pie_n ac_fw-la religiose_fw-la vel_fw-la intùs_fw-la habeat_fw-la vel_fw-la prosequente_fw-la fidelium_fw-la multitudine_fw-la foris_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la sicut_fw-la moris_fw-la est_fw-la obeat_fw-la ut_fw-la dei_fw-la open_a imploratâ_fw-la tum_fw-la episcopus_fw-la in_o eorum_fw-la delectatu_fw-la quibus_fw-la ordenes_n conferet_fw-la spiritûs_fw-la sancti_fw-la lumine_fw-la illustretur_fw-la tum_fw-la illi_fw-la quibus_fw-la conseruntur_fw-la in_o aquavitae_fw-la sanctitate_fw-la doctrina_fw-la religiosisque_fw-la virtutibus_fw-la proficiant_fw-la in_o the_o four_o council_n of_o milan_n be_v set_v down_o out_o of_o leo_n the_o form_n of_o bid_v these_o fast_n in_o the_o church_n quod_fw-la sacrorum_fw-la temporum_fw-la ratio_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o afterward_o quartaigitur_fw-la sexta_fw-la feria_fw-la &_o sabbato_fw-la â—eâ—unemus_fw-la frequentes_fw-la in_o cathedrali_fw-la parochialique_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ad_fw-la litanias_fw-la orationémque_fw-la conveniamus_fw-la &_o quò_fw-la sacris_fw-la illis_fw-la feriâ—â—â—_n cibo_fw-la abstinentiores_fw-la esse_fw-la debemus_fw-la â—o_o abundantsore_a eleemosynarum_fw-la liberalitate_fw-la erga_fw-la christ_n pauperes_fw-la effusiores_fw-la sinius_fw-la tum_fw-la sabbato_fw-la sub_fw-la vesperum_fw-la orationem_fw-la parochialem_fw-la communem_fw-la celebremus_fw-la qua_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la spe_fw-la foelicitatis_fw-la aterna_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la currimus_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la sacra_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la quam_fw-la eo_fw-la die_v a_o reverendissimo_fw-la episcopo_fw-la haberi_fw-la solenne_fw-fr est_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la â—is_fw-la commodis_fw-la qua_fw-la singulorum_fw-la annorum_fw-la revolutione_n consequimur_fw-la deo_fw-la omnipotents_a gratias_fw-la agamus_fw-la etc._n etc._n tom._n council_n 4._o edit_fw-la bin._n these_o four_o fast_n at_o this_o present_a day_n be_v observe_v in_o our_o own_o church_n and_o be_v know_v unto_o we_o by_o the_o name_n of_o emberweeke_n and_o so_o i_o find_v it_o in_o thomas_n becon_n by_o opinion_n of_o much_o people_n these_o day_n be_v call_v imberdaye_n because_o that_o our_o elder_a father_n will_v on_o these_o day_n eat_v no_o bread_n but_o cake_n make_v under_o ash_n so_o that_o by_o the_o eat_n of_o that_o they_o reduce_v into_o their_o mind_n that_o they_o be_v but_o ash_n and_o so_o shall_v turn_v again_o and_o wist_v not_o how_o soon_o etc._n etc._n and_o that_o these_o imberdaye_n be_v due_o and_o devout_o observe_v by_o our_o ancestor_n we_o may_v be_v persuade_v out_o of_o the_o law_n of_o king_n cnute_n where_o it_o be_v say_v chap_n 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o every_o man_n observe_v the_o fast_n which_o be_v command_v with_o all_o earnest_a care_n whether_o it_o be_v the_o imber_n fast_o oâ—_n the_o lent_n fast_o or_o any_o other_o fast_o and_o chap._n 17._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o the_o law_n say_v that_o it_o be_v meet_v and_o right_a that_o at_o these_o fast_n all_o malice_n be_v lay_v aside_o all_o man_n shall_v be_v at_o peace_n and_o concern_v the_o outward_a 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they_o may_v be_v beat_v 62_o woman_n in_o case_n of_o suretyship_n how_o to_o be_v relieve_v 7._o not_o endow_v 57_o may_v be_v tutor_n 61_o wood_n take_v for_o all_o kind_n of_o fuel_n 223._o great_a wood_n in_o what_o case_n tyth-free_a 229._o 230._o and_o why_o 231._o wood_n and_o timber_n how_o distinct_a ibid._n word_n defamatory_n how_o punishable_a 236._o vid._n diffamation_n wrack_v what_o and_o how_o to_o be_v dispose_v of_o 92_o 93._o finis_fw-la errata_fw-la pag._n 36._o lin_v ult_n for_o read_v from_o p._n 38._o 〈…〉_o p._n 107._o l._n 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n that_o p._n 177._o l._n 24._o capellas_fw-la r._n capella_fw-la p._n 191._o l._n ult_n in_o r._n a_o 〈…〉_o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 212._o l._n 1._o be_v r._n it_o p._n 224._o l._n 15._o 〈…〉_o r._n out_o in_o these_o p._n 231._o l._n 8._o other_o secundum_fw-la r._n other_o but_o secundum_fw-la p._n ibid._n l._n 9_o but_o in_o that_o r._n in_o that_o p._n 233._o l._n 30._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d