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lateran_n council_n innocent_a iii_o in_o his_o rescript_n to_o the_o archbishop_n of_o sens_n provincâ—ali_fw-la sens_n decr._n greg._n 3.10.10_o ecclesiarum_fw-la cathedralium_n capitula_fw-la per_fw-la procuratores_fw-la suos_fw-la admittidebent_fw-la ad_fw-la tractatum_fw-la in_o concilio_n provincâ—ali_fw-la direct_v that_o the_o proctor_n of_o cathedral_n chapter_n shall_v be_v summon_v to_o these_o provincial_a synod_n from_o whence_o alone_a without_o further_a enquiry_n we_o may_v be_v satisfy_v that_o the_o prior_n of_o cathedral_n church_n dean_n and_o archdeacon_n those_o praelati_fw-la inferiores_fw-la have_v be_v admit_v before_o as_o indeed_o the_o capitular_a clergy_n and_o even_o the_o rural_a presbyter_n have_v be_v though_o the_o practice_n may_v be_v now_o discontinue_v for_o 700_o year_n before_o the_o date_n of_o this_o rescript_n in_o a_o spanish_a council_n at_o taragone_fw-mi 13._o taragone_fw-mi an._n 517._o epistolae_fw-la tale_n à _fw-la metropolitanis_n sunt_fw-la dirigendae_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la de_fw-fr câ—thedralibus_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la verùm_fw-la etiam_fw-la de_fw-la diaecesanis_fw-la ad_fw-la concilium_fw-la trahant_fw-la c._n 13._o we_o find_v it_o particular_o provide_v that_o the_o bishop_n shall_v bring_v along_o with_o they_o to_o these_o synod_n presbyter_n from_o their_o cathedral_n church_n and_o from_o the_o other_o church_n of_o their_o diocese_n and_o in_o the_o account_n of_o a_o domestic_a council_n of_o our_o own_o not_o full_a a_o hundred_o year_n elder_a than_o the_o lateran_n the_o person_n summon_v to_o it_o be_v thus_o reckon_v up_o by_o the_o saxon_a chronicle_n locen_n chronicle_n regis_fw-la consilio_fw-la &_o veniâ_fw-la misit_fw-la willielmus_fw-la archiep_n cantuaraebyrig_n per_fw-la totam_fw-la anglorum_fw-la terram_fw-la &_o jussit_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o abbate_n &_o archidiaconos_n cunctos_fw-la item_n priores_fw-la monachos_fw-la &_o canonicos_fw-la qui_fw-la 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ad_fw-la ann_n p._n 329._o where_o he_o have_v these_o observable_a word_n dedit_fw-la legatus_fw-la in_o dolo_fw-la procuratoribus_fw-la capitulorum_fw-la licentiam_fw-la ad_fw-la propria_fw-la revertendi_fw-la retentis_fw-la tantum_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o abbatibus_fw-la &_o simplicibus_fw-la praelatis_fw-la unde_fw-la non_fw-la immerito_fw-la timuerunt_fw-la ne_fw-la procuratâ_fw-la eorum_fw-la absentiâ_fw-la qui_fw-la majoris_fw-la prudentiae_fw-la erant_fw-la &_o experientiae_fw-la &_o prae_fw-la multitudine_fw-la potentiores_fw-la ad_fw-la contradicendum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la statueretur_fw-la in_o praejudicium_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o proctor_n of_o chapter_n be_v numerous_a and_o resolute_a enough_o to_o quash_n a_o oppressive_a demand_n there_o make_v by_o the_o legate_n and_o to_o rescue_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o gallican_n church_n for_o that_o time_n from_o papal_a encroachment_n in_o england_n the_o way_n be_v for_o the_o dean_n or_o prior_n to_o 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frequent_a willing_a enough_o to_o be_v excuse_v the_o expense_n and_o trouble_v of_o attendance_n and_o this_o method_n be_v often_o practise_v throughout_o henry_n iii_o his_o reign_n till_o the_o council_n of_o read_v in_o the_o seven_o year_n of_o edward_n i._o order_v 25._o order_v item_n praecipimus_fw-la ut_fw-la veniant_fw-la duo_fw-la electi_fw-la ad_fw-la minùs_fw-la à _fw-la clero_fw-la episcopatuum_fw-la singulorum_fw-la qui_fw-la auctoritatem_fw-la habeant_fw-la una_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la tractare_fw-la de_fw-la his_fw-la quae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la communi_fw-la utilitati_fw-la expediunt_fw-la anglicanae_n etiamsi_fw-la de_fw-la conturbatione_fw-la aliquâ_fw-la vel_fw-la expensis_fw-la oporteat_fw-la fieri_fw-la mentionem_fw-la in_o cap._n de_fw-fr exeq._n epise_v ad_fw-la finem_fw-la lynwood_n p._n 25._o that_o the_o clergy_n of_o the_o diocese_n shall_v appear_v by_o two_o proctor_n of_o their_o own_o which_o i_o suppose_v have_v ever_o since_o be_v constant_o practise_v 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in_fw-la hâc_fw-la cleri_fw-la convocatione_n praesentium_fw-la &_o procuratorum_fw-la absentium_fw-la etc._n etc._n statuimus_fw-la &_o ordinamus_fw-la and_o his_o comment_n upon_o they_o run_v thus_o aliorum_fw-la praelatorum_fw-la sc_n abbatum_n decanorum_n &_o archidiaconorum_fw-la praesentium_fw-la non_fw-la dicit_fw-la vocatorum_fw-la quia_fw-la ad_fw-la provinciale_a concilium_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la vocandi_fw-la ex_fw-la necessitate_v nisi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la si_fw-mi tamen_fw-la alii_fw-la veniant_fw-la admittendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la imò_fw-la vocandi_fw-la sunt_fw-la quando_fw-la de_fw-la eorum_fw-la factis_fw-la agitur_fw-la vel_fw-la quia_fw-la eorum_fw-la consilium_fw-la est_fw-la necessarium_fw-la now_o here_o one_o can_v but_o observe_v how_o small_a a_o occasion_n he_o take_v for_o this_o strange_a doctrine_n for_o praesentium_fw-la in_o the_o text_n belong_v as_o well_o to_o the_o superior_a as_o the_o inferior_a prelate_n and_o give_v no_o room_n to_o he_o 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