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the_o king_n brother_n as_o coadiutor_n to_o that_o king_n notwithstanding_o any_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n or_o resistance_n of_o the_o king_n so_o that_o they_o preserve_v the_o right_n in_o the_o king_n and_o in_o his_o child_n if_o he_o shall_v â—ave_n any_o which_o be_v but_o matter_n of_o fact_n do_v not_o constitute_v a_o rule_n nor_o bind_v conscience_n especial_o when_o for_o the_o fact_n itself_o the_o note_n say_v in_o that_o place_n margin_n that_o the_o pope_n ought_v not_o to_o have_v interpose_v himself_o in_o that_o business_n 44_o in_o the_o extravagantsâ—f_a â—f_z pope_n john_n the_o two_o and_o twenty_o fratrum_fw-la there_o be_v one_o canon_n which_o will_v take_v great_a hold_n of_o conscience_n oblige_v to_o that_o sea_n but_o that_o it_o proceed_v from_o a_o pope_n infamed_a for_o heresy_n and_o claim_v that_o jurisdiction_n which_o it_o there_o inculcate_n in_o the_o right_n of_o be_v emperor_n at_o that_o time_n when_o the_o throne_n by_o the_o death_n of_o 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