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then_o provide_v for_o the_o church_n eucher_n the_o other_o undeprive_v bishop_n and_o clergy_n dyscher_fw-fr but_o while_n or_o before_o they_o go_v about_o this_o the_o irresistible_a irretrievable_o deprive_v they_o also_o how_o shall_v the_o cut_n go_v then_o eucher_n then_o the_o churchwarden_n must_v try_v what_o they_o can_v do_v for_o their_o people_n dyscher_fw-fr but_o let_v they_o be_v irretreivable_o depose_v too_o and_o how_o then_o eucher_n then_o the_o multitude_n of_o christian_a church_n dyscher_fw-fr though_o here_o i_o can_v demand_v how_o a_o unorganize_v multitude_n can_v act_n uniformly_n yet_o i_o will_v not_o pinch_v you_o that_o way_n but_o what_o priest_n must_v or_o can_v they_o provide_v the_o old_a that_o be_v deprive_v or_o new_a eucher_n the_o old_a case_n of_o see_v etc._n etc._n pag._n 41._o dyscher_fw-fr what_o upon_o their_o old_a title_n or_o your_o new_a investiture_n eucher_n here_o i_o be_o in_o a_o strait_a but_o let_v it_o be_v on_o their_o 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