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consecration_n of_o the_o person_n so_o elect_v or_o confirmation_n if_o consecrate_v before_o and_o now_o but_o translate_v from_o one_o see_v to_o another_o as_o the_o case_n may_v vary_v so_o be_v it_o acknowledge_v by_o one_o that_o take_v on_o he_o to_o know_v more_o than_o many_o other_o of_o this_o particular_a but_o whereas_o he_o add_v that_o thereupon_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v that_o when_o the_o church_n come_v to_o such_o a_o condition_n that_o be_v to_o be_v without_o archbishop_n and_o dean_n and_o chapter_n of_o both_o which_o the_o same_o author_n say_v the_o late_a king_n be_v content_a in_o the_o confer_v at_o the_o isle_n of_o wight_n to_o grant_v a_o abolition_n &_o that_o this_o be_v acknowledge_v on_o all_o side_n that_o where_o there_o be_v no_o dean_n and_o chapter_n to_o elect_n and_o no_o archbishop_n to_o consecrate_v and_o confirm_v the_o person_n