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obligatory_a si_fw-mi res_fw-la jurata_fw-la sit_fw-la illicita_fw-la superiore_fw-la vetante_fw-la obligatio_fw-la tollitur_fw-la irritationem_fw-la quoque_fw-la 429.430.431.551_o lessius_fw-la de_fw-la justitia_fw-la &_o jure_v 429.430.431.551_o tollitur_fw-la quando_fw-la materia_fw-la juramenti_fw-la promissorij_fw-la subest_fw-la alterius_fw-la potestati_fw-la haec_fw-la igitur_fw-la conditio_fw-la ex_fw-la natura_fw-la rei_fw-la vel_fw-la juris_fw-la dispositione_n includitur_fw-la promissioni_fw-la vel_fw-la juramento_fw-la promissioni_fw-la opposito_fw-la nisi_fw-la superior_a cvi_fw-la materia_fw-la subest_fw-la contradicat_fw-la quicquid_fw-la in_o nostra_fw-la potestate_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la 542_o ibid._n p._n 542_o sub_fw-la votum_fw-la non_fw-la cadit_fw-la nec_fw-la quod_fw-la malum_fw-la est_fw-la nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la se_fw-la firmiter_fw-la obligare_fw-la per_fw-la promissionem_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la in_o potestate_fw-la alterius_fw-la 80._o aquinas_n 22._o q._n 88_o art_n 80._o sed_fw-la solum_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la omnino_fw-la in_o sva_fw-la potestate_fw-la
quicunque_fw-la autem_fw-la est_fw-la subjectus_fw-la alicui_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la in_o quod_fw-la est_fw-la subjectus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la suae_fw-la potestatis_fw-la facere_fw-la quod_fw-la vult_fw-la sed_fw-la dependet_fw-la ex_fw-la potestate_fw-la alterius_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la se_fw-la per_fw-la votum_fw-la firmiter_fw-la obligare_fw-la in_o his_o in_o quibus_fw-la â—aâ—teri_fw-la subjicitur_fw-la sine_fw-la consensu_fw-la svi_fw-la superioris_fw-la ad_fw-la unumquemque_fw-la 90._o ibid._n q._n 88_o art_n 90._o pertinet_fw-la irritare_fw-la juramentum_fw-la quod_fw-la a_o sibi_fw-la subditis_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la circa_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la ejus_fw-la potestati_fw-la subduntur_fw-la gregory_n de_fw-fr valentia_n affirm_v the_o same_o in_o multis_fw-la casibus_fw-la constat_fw-la juramentum_fw-la promissorium_fw-la non_fw-la obligare_fw-la juramento_fw-la disp_n 6._o q._n 7_o de_fw-la juramento_fw-la scilicet_fw-la de_fw-fr re_fw-mi illicita_fw-la nam_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la juramentum_fw-la praestatur_fw-la homini_fw-la superiores_fw-la aut_fw-la domini_fw-la reipromissae_n possunt_fw-la irritare_fw-la juramentum_fw-la non_fw-la tenetur_fw-la quis_fw-la per_fw-la media_fw-la inutilia_fw-la vel_fw-la minus_fw-la grata_fw-la deo_fw-la procurare_fw-la divinum_fw-la honorem_fw-la ad_fw-la implendo_fw-la juramentum_fw-la 5â—5_n p._n 5â—5_n our_o own_o master_n perkins_n do_v but_o translate_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o schoolman_n into_o english_a a_o oath_n say_v he_o bind_v not_o if_o it_o be_v make_v concern_v thing_n which_o be_v not_o in_o our_o power_n as_o to_o swear_v to_o give_v away_o another_o man_n good_n and_o be_v not_o this_o our_o case_n do_v not_o you_o swear_v to_o take_v away_o the_o right_n of_o the_o bishop_n nay_o the_o right_n of_o the_o king_n who_o prerogative_n and_o jurisdiction_n it_o be_v to_o reform_v the_o church_n and_o that_o after_o many_o of_o you_o have_v 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