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of_o canterbury_n give_v out_o commission_n to_o several_a person_n for_o the_o exercise_n of_o the_o archiepiscopal_a jurisdiction_n in_o their_o name_n and_o by_o their_o authority_n the_o chapter_n continue_v in_o possession_n of_o this_o jurisdiction_n till_o the_o publication_n of_o cardinal_n pole_n bull_n of_o provision_n to_o the_o archbishopric_n viz._n till_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o year_n 1556._o and_o during_o that_o time_n give_v commission_n to_o the_o several_a officer_n and_o judge_n of_o the_o court_n of_o the_o archbishopric_n have_v the_o spiritual_a jurisdiction_n of_o all_o vacant_a bishopric_n give_v institution_n to_o all_o benefice_n in_o they_o and_o in_o the_o diocese_n of_o cunterbury_n give_v commission_n for_o the_o consecration_n of_o bishop_n etc._n etc._n of_o all_o which_o act_v do_v a_o peculiar_a register_n be_v make_v entitle_v vacatio_fw-la sedis_fw-la metropoliticae_fw-la christi_fw-la cantuar._n post_fw-la depositionem_fw-la thomae_fw-la cranmer_n nuper_fw-la archiepiscopi_fw-la cantuar._n primo_fw-la de_fw-la crimine_fw-la laesae_fw-la majestatis_fw-la authoritate_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la convicti_fw-la &_o deinde_fw-la ob_fw-la varias_fw-la haereses_fw-la authoritate_fw-la sedis_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la depositi_fw-la degradati_fw-la seculari_fw-la brachio_n traditi_fw-la &_o post_fw-la remò_fw-la in_o alma_fw-la universitate_fw-la oxoniensi_fw-la igne_fw-la consumpti_fw-la sub_fw-la anni_fw-la domini_fw-la 1553_o 1554_o &_o 1555._o regnorum_fw-la vero_fw-la philippi_n &_o mariae_fw-la regum_fw-la etc._n etc._n during_o this_o time_n all_o act_n and_o instrument_n begin_v with_o these_o word_n nocholaus_n wotton_n utriusque_fw-la juris_fw-la doctor_n decanus_n ecclesiae_fw-la cathedralis_fw-la &_o metropolitice_n christi_fw-la cantuar._n &_o ejusdem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la capitulum_n ad_fw-la quem_fw-la &_o quos_fw-la omnis_fw-la &_o omnino_fw-la da_fw-la jurisdictio_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la &_o ecclesiastica_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la canturiensem_fw-la sede_fw-la plenâ_fw-la pertinuit_fw-la ipsa_fw-la sede_fw-la jam_fw-la per_fw-la attincturam_fw-la
in_o wood_n and_o secret_a place_n as_o a_o faithful_a and_o holy_a shepherd_n preach_v to_o they_o and_o administer_a the_o sacrament_n and_o for_o this_o purpose_n lurk_v up_o and_o down_o in_o england_n at_o last_o die_v like_o a_o exile_n in_o his_o own_o country_n pag._n 327._o lin_v 25._o it_o be_v think_v that_o pole_n himself_o hasten_v the_o execution_n of_o cranmer_n who_o be_v execute_v in_o march_n 1556._o long_v to_o be_v invest_v with_o that_o see_v which_o the_o only_a personal_a blemish_n i_o find_v lay_v on_o he_o i_o be_o very_o unwilling_a to_o believe_v that_o a_o person_n of_o such_o eminent_a virtue_n as_o cardinal_n pole_n be_v by_o all_o allow_a to_o have_v be_v can_v be_v guilty_a of_o so_o base_a a_o action_n the_o truth_n be_v he_o can_v have_v no_o such_o design_n for_o it_o be_v before_o show_v that_o the_o see_v of_o canterbury_n have_v be_v actual_o void_v immediate_o upon_o the_o attainture_n of_o cranmer_n in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o year_n 1553._o 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about_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o follow_a month_n pole_n be_v to_o all_o intent_n and_o purpose_n full_o possess_v of_o the_o archbishopric_n although_o he_o be_v not_o consecrate_v till_o the_o 22d_o of_o march_n follow_v the_o day_n after_o cranmer_n martyrdom_n the_o historian_n renew_v this_o charge_n against_o pole_n pag._n 340_o but_o there_o urge_v the_o same_o argument_n only_o namely_o his_o choose_v the_o next_o day_n after_o cranmer_n death_n for_o his_o consecration_n which_o be_v of_o no_o moment_n since_o cranmer_n have_v in_o his_o account_n and_o in_o canon_n and_o common_a law_n cease_v long_o since_o to_o be_v archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o himself_o have_v be_v possess_v of_o the_o archbishopric_n above_o two_o month_n pag._n 326._o lin_v 38._o although_o cardinal_n pole_n have_v a_o only_a brother_n david_n that_o have_v continue_v all_o king_n henry_n time_n in_o his_o archdeaconry_n of_o derby_n he_o do_v not_o advance_v he_o till_o after_o he_o have_v be_v 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pag._n 340._o lin_v 22._o this_o be_v a_o device_n set_v up_o by_o pope_n paschal_n the_o second_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o twelve_o century_n for_o the_o engage_v of_o all_o archbishop_n to_o a_o more_o immediate_a dependence_n on_o that_o see_v they_o be_v after_o they_o take_v the_o pall_n to_o act_v as_o the_o pope_n legate_n bear_v as_o the_o phrase_n be_v of_o which_o it_o be_v the_o ensign_n but_o it_o be_v at_o first_o admit_v with_o great_a contradiction_n both_o by_o the_o king_n of_o sicily_n and_o poland_n the_o archbishop_n of_o palermo_n and_o gnesna_n be_v the_o first_o to_o who_o they_o be_v send_v all_o man_n wonder_v at_o the_o novelty_n of_o the_o thing_n and_o of_o the_o oath_n which_o the_o pope_n require_v of_o they_o at_o the_o delivery_n of_o it_o i_o can_v sufficient_o admire_v that_o any_o learned_a man_n shall_v commit_v so_o great_a a_o mistake_n none_o conversant_a in_o the_o history_n of_o the_o church_n can_v be_v ignorant_a that_o the_o custom_n 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poloniae_fw-la tali_fw-la verborum_fw-la contextu_fw-la concedentes_fw-la ut_fw-la omnibus_fw-la privilegiis_fw-la etc._n etc._n quae_fw-la ad_fw-la legatos_fw-la natos_fw-la pertinent_a &_o quae_fw-la alii_fw-la legati_fw-la nati_n praesertim_fw-la vero_fw-la legatus_fw-la cantuariensis_n in_fw-la suis_fw-la provinciis_fw-la utuntur_fw-la libere_fw-la &_o licite_fw-la valeat_fw-la uti_fw-la etc._n etc._n pag._n 360._o lin_v 17._o the_o parliament_n be_v open_v on_o the_o 20_o of_o january_n 1558._o in_o the_o house_n of_o peer_n the_o abbot_n of_o westminster_n and_o the_o prior_n of_o st._n john_n of_o jerusalem_n take_v their_o place_n according_a to_o their_o writ_n tresham_n be_v now_o make_v prior._n thomas_n tresham_n have_v be_v make_v prior_n of_o st._n john_n of_o jerusalem_n by_o the_o queen_n on_o the_o 30_o of_o november_n 1557_o as_o both_o stow_n and_o fuller_n witness_n pag._n 378._o lin_v 45._o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o next_o year_n viz._n 1559._o the_o bishop_n 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