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capituli_fw-la aut_fw-la alium_fw-la in_o dignitate_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la constitutum_fw-la seu_fw-la alius_fw-la personatum_fw-la habentem_fw-la aut_fw-la his_fw-la mihi_fw-la desicientibus_fw-la per_fw-la diaecesanum_fw-la sacerdotem_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la deficiente_fw-la omnino_fw-la per_fw-la aliquem_fw-la alium_fw-la presbyterum_fw-la saecularem_fw-la vel_fw-la regularem_fw-la spectatae_fw-la probitatis_fw-la &_o religionis_fw-la de_fw-la supradictis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la plenè_fw-la instructum_fw-la de_fw-fr hujusmodi_fw-la autem_fw-la impedimento_fw-la docebo_fw-la per_fw-la legitimas_fw-la probationes_fw-la ad_fw-la sanctae_fw-la romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cardinalem_fw-la proponentem_fw-la in_o congregatione_fw-la sacri_fw-la concilii_fw-la per_fw-la supradictum_fw-la nuntium_fw-la transmittendas_fw-la possessiones_fw-la vero_fw-la ad_fw-la mensam_fw-la meam_fw-la pertinentes_fw-la non_fw-la vendam_fw-la nec_fw-la donabo_fw-la neque_fw-la impignorabo_fw-la nec_fw-la de_fw-la novo_fw-la inâ—…eudabo_fw-la vel_fw-la aliquo_fw-la modo_fw-la alienabo_fw-la etiam_fw-la cum_fw-la consensu_fw-la capituli_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la meae_fw-la inconsulâ—…o_fw-la romano_n pontifice_fw-la &_o si_fw-la ad_fw-la aliquam_fw-la alienationem_fw-la devenero_fw-la paenas_fw-la in_o quadam_fw-la super_fw-la hoc_fw-la edita_fw-la constitutione_n contentas_fw-la eo_fw-la ipso_fw-la incurrere_fw-la volo_fw-la in._n elect_a of_o the_o church_n n._n from_o this_o hour_n forward_o shall_v be_v faithful_a and_o obedient_a to_o st._n peter_n the_o apostle_n and_o the_o holy_a roman_a church_n and_o our_o lord_n the_o pope_n n._n and_o his_o successor_n that_o shall_v enter_v canonical_o i_o shall_v be_v in_o no_o council_n consent_n or_o fact_n that_o they_o lose_v life_n or_o member_n or_o be_v take_v with_o any_o ill_a take_n or_o that_o violent_a hand_n be_v any_o way_n lay_v on_o they_o or_o any_o injury_n be_v do_v they_o on_o any_o pretend_a colour_n and_o whatever_o 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