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that_o he_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o admit_v stephen_n to_o such_o a_o place_n in_o his_o kingdom_n a_o man_n promote_v by_o the_o french_a king_n and_o at_o his_o command_n this_o contention_n continue_v the_o pope_n send_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o england_n command_v they_o to_o put_v the_o king_n and_o his_o land_n under_o the_o sentence_n of_o interdiction_n denounce_v he_o and_o his_o land_n accurse_v the_o bishop_n to_o who_o the_o pope_n write_v be_v by_o this_o time_n become_v the_o pope_n subject_n and_o sâ—…ruants_n and_o not_o the_o king_n which_o be_v the_o end_n which_o the_o pope_n seek_v by_o his_o jurisdiction_n denounce_v the_o interdiction_n and_o then_o flee_v to_o rome_n king_n john_n see_v many_o fall_n from_o his_o obedience_n to_o the_o obedience_n of_o the_o pope_n draw_v his_o people_n to_o a_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n after_o this_o come_v paâ—…dulph_n legate_n from_o the_o pope_n who_o after_o that_o he_o have_v be_v here_o a_o while_n be_v command_v by_o the_o pope_n to_o repair_v to_o the_o french_a king_n there_o with_o stephen_n langton_n to_o take_v council_n and_o to_o stir_v up_o the_o french_a to_o make_v war_n upon_o king_n john_n thus_o king_n john_n be_v depriuâ—…d_v of_o his_o government_n his_o subject_n absolve_v from_o their_o allegiance_n by_o which_o practice_n many_o revolt_v from_o he_o so_o that_o he_o be_v leave_v weak_a and_o when_o the_o popâ—…_n have_v thus_o weaken_v he_o than_o he_o set_v up_o the_o french_a king_n in_o arm_n against_o he_o the_o issue_n be_v this_o the_o king_n circumvent_v by_o these_o practice_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o oppress_v be_v also_o bereave_v of_o all_o help_n be_v force_v to_o deliver_v his_o crown_n to_o pandulph_n and_o receive_v it_o from_o he_o again_o as_o from_o the_o pope_n hand_n and_o thus_o be_v stephen_n langton_n make_v archbishop_n this_o be_v do_v in_o the_o fifteen_o year_n of_o king_n john_n an._n dom._n 1213._o the_o earl_n of_o tholous_a 125._o when_o frederick_n the_o second_o live_v so_o persecute_v by_o the_o pope_n as_o we_o have_v declare_v a_o new_a and_o strange_a generation_n rise_v up_o of_o a_o sudden_a never_o see_v in_o the_o world_n before_o start_v up_o like_o those_o arm_a soldier_n which_o the_o poet_n fain_o to_o have_v spring_v up_o sudden_o of_o the_o serpent_n tooth_n be_v sow_v by_o cadmus_n such_o a_o serpentine_a generation_n of_o friar_n be_v new_o hatch_v at_o this_o time_n the_o first_o founder_n of_o they_o be_v francis_n and_o doâ—…inick_n for_o the_o pope_n have_v a_o purpose_n to_o raise_v themselves_o above_o the_o church_n and_o above_o king_n and_o emperor_n as_o both_o by_o their_o profession_n and_o claim_n in_o the_o canon_n law_n and_o by_o their_o practice_n be_v apparent_a and_o for_o this_o purpose_n thunder_v out_o their_o excommunication_n upon_o every_o occasion_n practise_v this_o power_n in_o depose_v prince_n find_v themselves_o much_o cross_v in_o these_o course_n by_o bishop_n and_o especial_o by_o the_o bishop_n of_o germany_n who_o stand_v out_o for_o a_o long_a time_n faithful_a in_o the_o church_n and_o courageous_a against_o the_o pope_n tyranny_n auentiâ—…us_o give_v many_o testimony_n of_o the_o courage_n of_o the_o german_a bishop_n as_o elsewhere_o also_o we_o have_v observe_v of_o the_o english_a bishop_n for_o he_o write_v of_o the_o time_n of_o frederick_n the_o second_o the_o bishop_n then_o say_v he_o be_v not_o as_o now_o they_o be_v addict_v to_o the_o service_n of_o the_o pope_n give_v to_o idleness_n and_o pleasure_n but_o learned_a industrious_a love_a christ_n and_o declare_v their_o love_n by_o feed_v their_o flock_n diligent_o these_o be_v not_o for_o the_o pope_n purpose_n for_o in_o diverse_a synod_n they_o censure_v the_o pope_n folly_n and_o ambition_n free_o and_o withstand_v his_o tyranny_n then_o be_v the_o church_n so_o govern_v by_o bishop_n all_o matter_n so_o judge_v and_o determine_v that_o the_o pope_n may_v advise_v but_o he_o can_v not_o by_o authority_n attempt_v any_o thing_n in_o the_o province_n of_o any_o bishop_n thing_n be_v guide_v by_o truth_n law_n the_o judgement_n of_o the_o wise_a and_o best_a learn_v in_o the_o province_n and_o by_o the_o council_n and_o common_a consent_n of_o the_o clergy_n of_o that_o province_n who_o have_v reason_n to_o know_v the_o estate_n of_o their_o church_n and_o province_n better_a than_o the_o pope_n or_o any_o stranger_n can_v do_v this_o godly_a order_n in_o the_o church_n the_o pope_n have_v a_o purpose_n to_o confound_v to_o oppâ—…esse_v the_o bishop_n authority_n and_o to_o draw_v all_o power_n to_o himself_o hoc_fw-la iâ—…stitutum_fw-la to_o use_v the_o word_n of_o aueâ—…tinus_n tollere_fw-la &_o antiquare_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la autoruatem_fw-la labefactare_fw-la ad_fw-la unius_fw-la cuâ—…cta_fw-la potestatem_fw-la redigere_fw-la complacitum_fw-la est_fw-la 126._o this_o be_v the_o purpose_n of_o pope_n
30._o p._n 31._o p._n 32._o p._n 33._o p._n 35._o p._n 36._o p._n 37._o p._n 38._o p._n 41._o p._n 42._o p._n 45._o ibid._n p._n 47._o p._n 50._o p._n 52._o p._n 53._o p._n 54._o p._n 57_o confess_v de_fw-fr sacram_fw-la pag._n 64._o extat_fw-la cate-log_n test_n veritat_fw-la tom._n 2._o p._n 798._o albegesij_fw-la quorii_fw-la dogma_fw-la nemo_fw-la ad_fw-la hunc_fw-la diem_fw-la notus_fw-la scriptor_n reliquit_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la haereticos_fw-la eos_fw-la vocent_fw-la genus_fw-la tamen_fw-la haereseos_fw-la praetereunt_fw-la naucler_n generate_fw-la 41._o platin._n innocent_a 3._o plutarch_n lycurgo_fw-la plutarch_n ibid._n plut._n agesil_n plutarch_n publicola_n livi._n plutarch_n scip._n joseph_n antiquit_n lib._n 17._o cap._n 3._o synod_n rhine_n cap._n 5._o ibid._n cap._n 6._o naucler_n vol._n 2._o generate_fw-la 39_o naucler_n 2._o generate_fw-la 39_o the_o pope_n singular_a humility_n the_o like_a oath_n be_v exact_v of_o all_o the_o city_n of_o italy_n under_o the_o empire_n by_o henry_n the_o five_o emperor_n naucler_n 2._o gener_fw-la 38._o hoveden_n part_n poster_n auentin_n ann._n lib._n 3._o vspergen_n auentin_n lib._n 5._o onuphr_n in_o pio_n 4._o m._n gilpin_n pius_fw-la 2._o ad_fw-la mâ—…guntin_n capit_fw-la chemnit_fw-la exampart_n 1._o cap._n 1._o exit_fw-la aâ—…dradio_fw-la de_fw-fr elect_a &_o elect_v potest_fw-la cap._n 4._o significasti_fw-la apocrisiarius_n id_fw-la est_fw-la responsalis_fw-la negotiorum_fw-la ecclesiast_n corum_fw-la hinc_fw-la marus_fw-la epist_n 3._o nostrate_v capcllanum_fw-la appellant_n idem_fw-la ibid._n hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la ampliuâ—…_n ut_fw-la exigamus_fw-la malum_fw-la nos_fw-la illo_fw-la permittente_fw-la compellit_fw-la hoc_fw-la nimirum_fw-la malo_fw-la ac_fw-la necessitate_v compellimur_fw-la iuramentum_fw-la pro_fw-la fide_fw-la pro_fw-la obedientia_fw-la pro_fw-la unitate_fw-la requirere_fw-la anno_fw-la 1099._o d._n 63._o cap._n 33._o luitprand_fw-fr lib._n 6._o cap._n 6._o naucler_n 2._o generate_v 33._o naucl._n gener_n at_o 36._o schardius_n bypomn_a naucler_n gener_n 43._o lib._n 2._o tit_n de_fw-fr iuramentis_fw-la see_v the_o answer_n to_o this_o canon_n cap._n 8._o by_o marsilius_n and_o occam_n sacrar_fw-it ceremon_n lib._n â—…_n sect_n 5._o cap._n 2._o august_n anconit_fw-la lib._n de_fw-fr potest_fw-la eccles._n q._n 22._o art_n 3._o &_o 4._o john_n hart_n epist._n to_o the_o reader_n and_o chap._n 7._o divis_fw-la 7._o hart._n chap._n 10._o divis_fw-la 2_o malmsb._n l._n 3._o de_fw-la gestis_fw-la reg_fw-la anglor_n naucler_n 2._o gener_fw-la 36._o &_o generate_fw-la 36._o diâ—…tin_n 63._o cap._n 22._o hadrianâ—…s_n sigebert_n a_o 774_o leo._n 7._o dist._n 63._o cap._n 23._o in_o synedo_n dist._n 63._o cap._n 18._o &_o 21._o theodor._n de_fw-fr niem_fw-la de_fw-fr investituris_fw-la epiâ—…t_fw-la 4._o ad_fw-la episc._n franc._n cap._n 5._o ibid._n defenâ—…or_n pac_fw-la part_n 2._o cap._n 25._o simplicius_n be_v pope_n a_o 467._o cap._n 5._o this_o otho_n be_v emperor_n an._n 967._o cusan_a de_fw-fr cathol_n concordantia_fw-la lib._n 3._o ca._n 27._o lib._n 4._o regist_n indict_v 13._o cap._n 7â—…_n council_n tolet._n 12._o cap._n 6._o baron_fw-fr annal._n a_o 774._o auentiâ—…_n lib._n 5._o frosard_n iâ—…_n charlemagne_n fol._n 80._o funct_a comm_n aâ—…_n 772._o mutius_n l._n â—…e_n germanorum_n morib_v 7._o sabèl_n ennead_n 8._o l._n 8._o walthram_n l._n d_o e_fw-la inuestitur_fw-la episc._n lupold_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la regni_fw-la &_o imper._n ca._n 1._o fascicul_n tempor_fw-la a_o 7â—…4_n marsâ—…l_n de_fw-fr tranflat_fw-la imperij_fw-la rodulph_n de_fw-fr colâ—…mna_n lib._n the_o translat_a imp._n hartman_n shedell_n mat._n palmer_n a_o 776._o ranulph_n polycron_n lib._n 5._o ca._n 6._o martini_n chronic_a a_o 779._o extat_fw-la ms_n in_fw-la bibliothec_fw-la mertonensis_n collegij_fw-la oxon._n vincent_n in_o speculo_fw-la hist._n lib._n 23._o â—…a_fw-la 168._o naucler_n volume_n 2._o gener._n 23._o naucle_n gâ—…er_n 38._o naucler_n ibid._n m._n cook_n gregorius_n 13._o prâ—…fat_n ad_fw-la corpus_fw-la iâ—…ris_fw-la canon_n platin._n pascal_n 1._o theodoric_n de_fw-fr niem_fw-la theodoricus_n de_fw-fr niem_n style_v apostolicus_n scriptor_n by_o cuspinian_n fred._n 1._o the_o book_n be_v extant_a in_o the_o library_n of_o queen_n college_n oxon._n apoc._n 9_o eccles._n 10._o 8._o anastas_n biblioth_n ad_fw-la an._n 772._o palmerius_n an._n 776._o naucler_n gener_fw-la 23._o answer_v to_o the_o five_o part_n of_o report_n hoveden_n henric_n 1._o rog._n hoveden_n henric._n 2._o hove_v henric._n 2._o this_o be_v henry_n the_o five_o answer_v to_o the_o five_o part_n of_o report_n pag._n 171._o the_o issue_n of_o the_o quest_n of_o investiture_n malmsb._n hen._n 1â—…_n theodoret._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 20._o sozomen_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 16._o synod_n sexta._fw-it action_n 18._o tom._n 2._o council_n council_n matisâ—…n_fw-fr palmer_n chron._n an._n 726._o naucler_n gener_fw-la 25._o epistol_n nicolai_n ad_fw-la michael_n imperatorem_fw-la rom._n 13._o 1._o 1._o pet._n 2._o 13._o chrysoft_a &_o oecum_fw-la in_o epist._n ad_fw-la rom._n 13._o 1._o aenaeus_n siluius_n in_o gestis_fw-la conâ—…il_fw-la basilian_n in_o orat_fw-la ad_fw-la subdit_fw-la et_fw-la imperat_fw-la irasc_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 8._o confess_v leon._n epist._n 80._o ad_fw-la julian._n coens_n episcop_n lib._n 2_o indict_v 11._o cap._n 100_o ibidem_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 6._o contra_fw-la epist._n parmeniani_n in_o eâ—…angel_n joh._n tractatu_fw-la 2._o belâ—…arm_n l._n de_fw-fr clericis_fw-la ca._n 28._o ibid._n ibid._n apoc._n 9_o 11._o ibid._n cap._n 3._o hoveden_n henric_n 2._o thomas_n becket_n stand_v for_o this_o privilege_n of_o holy_a church_n that_o although_o one_o of_o the_o clergy_n have_v commit_v felony_n murder_n or_o treason_n yet_o may_v not_o the_o king_n put_v he_o to_o death_n as_o he_o do_v the_o layman_n fabian_n part._n 7._o cap._n 237._o bellarm._n lib._n de_fw-la clericis_fw-la cap._n 28._o theodoret._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 20._o institut_n lib._n 4._o ca._n 11._o §._o 15._o statut._n 25._o ed._n 3._o de_fw-la provisoribus_fw-la bellaâ—…m_fw-la lib._n de_fw-fr clercis_o cap._n 28_o hove_v henry_n 2._o hove_v ibid._n hove_v ibid._n hoveden_fw-ge annalpag_fw-ge 292._o the_o issue_n of_o exemption_n râ—…g_v hove_v hâ—…nr_n 2._o defensor_fw-la pacis_fw-la part_n 2._o cap._n 23._o constitutio_fw-la justiniani_fw-la quint._n synod_n act_n 1._o memnae_fw-la patriarchae_fw-la 6._o synod_n subscriptio_fw-la sacrae_fw-la ante_fw-la action_n 1._o john_n 5._o 43._o bellarm._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 15._o de_fw-fr rom._n pont._n arift_n ethic._n lib._n 8._o cap_n 10._o bâ—…llar_n ibid._n de_fw-fr rescriptis_fw-la cap._n 14._o 6._o decreta_fw-la lib._n 1._o dist._n 100_o cap._n 2._o dist._n 40_o simo_n papa_n dist._n 34._o cap._n 4._o malmsbury_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr geftis_n pâ—…ntif_a angl._n malmsb._n ibid._n quod_fw-la dicis_fw-la i_o fidem_fw-la excedere_fw-la quod_fw-la praevaricatis_fw-la consuetudinibus_fw-la tuis_fw-la sedem_fw-la appello_fw-la apostolicam_fw-la etc._n etc._n malmsb._n ibid._n hove_v henr._n 2._o malmsb._n l._n de_fw-la gestis_fw-la pontif._n angelo_fw-mi or_o hoveden_n hen._n 2._o pro_fw-la visa_fw-la authoritate_fw-la legendum_fw-la fortasse_fw-la sua_fw-la authoritate_fw-la balaeus_n cent._n 2._o apoc._n 9_o 1._o 11._o apoc._n 17_o 13._o nauâ—…l_n vol._n 2._o generate_fw-la 25._o pâ—…at_fw-la gregor_n 3._o onuphr_n platin._n greg._n 3._o onuphr_n annot_n ibid._n tertull._n lib._n 3._o contra_fw-la martion_n lib._n the_o resurr_n carnis_fw-la 2._o thess._n 2._o 7._o hieronim_n ad_fw-la algasiam_fw-la ambr._n in_o 2._o thess._n 1._o august_n lib._n 20._o ca._n 19_o de_fw-fr civit._n dei_fw-la comm._n in_o 2._o thess_n 2._o sub_fw-la nomine_fw-la hieronymi_n apoc._n 8._o 10._o &_o 9_o 1._o anno_fw-la 733._o harman_n an._n 752._o vsperg_n an._n 753._o anno_fw-la 884._o platin._n hadrian_n 3_o anno_fw-la 685._o beno_n naucl._n gener_fw-la 36_o auent_n l._n 5._o vsperg_n an._n 1080._o naucl._n gener_fw-la 37_o auent_n l._n 5._o usperg_n naucl._n gener_fw-la 37_o nauc_v o_z gener_fw-la 38._o naucler_n ibid._n funct_a lib._n 10._o chron._n king_n william_n of_o sicily_n depose_v naucler_n gen_n 39_o an._n 1155._o §._o 3._o naucler_n generate_fw-la 39_o naucle_n ibid._n est_fw-la romulo_fw-la succedere_fw-la in_o parricidijs_fw-la non_fw-la petro_n in_fw-la ovibus_fw-la pascendis_fw-la onuphr_n vita_fw-la marcelli_n 2._o naucl._n gener_fw-la 40_o report_v this_o as_o do_v before_o frederick_n his_o expedition_n to_o the_o holy_a land_n psal._n 91._o 13._o thou_o shall_v walk_v upon_o the_o asp_n and_o serpent_n thou_o shall_v tread_v under_o foot_n the_o lion_n and_o dragon_n not_o to_o thou_o but_o to_o peter_n both_o to_o i_o and_o to_o peter_n naucl._n gener_fw-la 40._o cuspinian_n vita_fw-la henrici_fw-la &_o philippi_n abbas_n uspergen_v philippo_n 1._o naucl._n gener_fw-la 41._o suspectum_fw-la habens_fw-la rom._n pontificem_fw-la ne_fw-la quid_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la tumultu_fw-la occasionis_fw-la ciâ—…ibus_fw-la prestitisset_fw-la naucler_n multiplices_fw-la rom._n pontificis_fw-la contrase_fw-la ostensas_fw-la callidetates_fw-la exponens_fw-la quam_fw-la iniustè_fw-fr ab_fw-la illo_fw-la insectaretur_fw-la declaravit_fw-la naucl._n naucl._n gener_fw-la 41._o naucl._n gener_fw-la 〈◊〉_d naucl._n gener_fw-la 4â—…_n cuspinian_n vita_fw-la frederici_fw-la 2._o cuspinian_n fred._n 2._o naucler_n gen_n 41._o paulus_n aemyl_n in_o vita_fw-la philippi_n longi_fw-la pet._n de_fw-fr uineis_fw-la l._n