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renunciabunt_fw-la &_o attentè_fw-fr &_o fideliter_fw-la de_fw-la exequenda_fw-la huius_fw-la rei_fw-la vindicte_fw-la episcopos_fw-la suos_fw-la adiwabunt_fw-la qui_fw-la verò_fw-la archidiaconus_fw-la vel_fw-la diaconus_fw-la hoc_fw-la iurare_fw-la noluerit_fw-la archidiaconatum_fw-la vel_fw-la diaconiam_fw-la irreparabiliter_fw-la perdet_fw-la praesbyteri_fw-la verò_fw-la qui_fw-la relictis_fw-la uxoribê°_n deo_fw-la &_o sac_fw-la be_v ordinibus_fw-la seruire_fw-la elegerunt_fw-la quadraginta_fw-la dies_fw-la ab_fw-la officio_fw-la cellante_n pro_fw-la se_fw-la vicarios_fw-la habebunt_fw-la iniuncta_fw-la eye_n poenitentia_fw-la secundum_fw-la quod_fw-la episcopis_fw-la eorum_fw-la visum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la and_o yet_o this_o unreasonable_a statute_n of_o anselme_n so_o diligent_o defense_v with_o sharp_a censure_n and_o penalty_n have_v no_o great_a speed_n place_n the_o cruel_a law_n of_o anselme_n take_v no_o great_a place_n neither_o in_o the_o life_n time_n of_o the_o say_v 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side_n of_o a_o whore_n to_o make_v christ_n body_n the_o night_n follow_v be_v shameful_o take_v with_o a_o notable_a whore_n etc._n etc._n as_o be_v apparent_a before_o pag._n 294._o i_o will_v therefore_o pass_v over_o that_o matter_n return_v again_o to_o william_n the_o archbishop_n who_o with_o the_o cardinal_n legate_n aforesaid_a although_o he_o busy_o occupy_v himself_o in_o reprive_v the_o matrimony_n of_o priest_n in_o so_o much_o that_o he_o will_v geve_v they_o no_o long_o respite_n to_o put_v away_o their_o wife_n but_o from_o michaelmas_n to_o saint_n andrew_n day_n follow_v yet_o can_v he_o not_o bring_v his_o purpose_n to_o pass_v but_o that_o the_o priest_n still_o continue_v with_o their_o wife_n by_o the_o kings_n leave_n as_o the_o saxon_a story_n plain_o record_v in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v in_o english_a saxony_n cronie_n saxony_n this_o william_n the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o the_o bishop_n which_o be_v in_o england_n do_v command_v commandment_n the_o priest_n keep_v their_o wife_n contrary_a to_o the_o archbishop_n commandment_n and_o yet_o all_o these_o decree_n and_o bid_n stand_v not_o all_o hled_a their_o wyve_n by_o the_o king_n leave_n even_o so_o as_o they_o before_o do_v etc._n etc._n so_o hard_o be_v this_o cause_n to_o be_v win_v that_o the_o archb._n at_o length_n give_v it_o over_o and_o leave_v the_o controversy_n whole_o unto_o the_o king_n whereupon_o he_o decree_v that_o the_o priest_n shall_v remain_v with_o their_o wyve_n still_o 1._o ¶_o an._n 25._o hen._n 1._o and_o so_o continue_v they_o after_o that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o theobaldus_fw-la after_o he_o of_o tho._n becket_n rich._n baldwine_n steven_n langton_n rich._n edmund_n boniface_n peccham_n and_o other_o during_o weâ—nere_fw-la the_o time_n after_o anselme_n 200._o year_n and_o lest_o the_o quarrel_a adversary_n be_v peradventure_o dispose_v here_o to_o cavil_n shall_v object_v and_o say_v anselme_n priest_n with_o wife_n how_o long_o they_o continue_v in_o england_n afer_fw-la anselme_n that_o such_o marriage_n among_o the_o spiritual_a man_n may_v be_v private_a and_o secret_a but_o not_o open_o know_v nor_o quiet_o suffer_v by_o any_o law_n of_o this_o realm_n to_o avoid_v therefore_o what_o may_v be_v by_o they_o object_v i_o think_v it_o good_a and_o as_o a_o thing_n neither_o impertinent_a nor_o unprofitable_a to_o this_o story_n and_o for_o the_o further_o satisfy_v of_o the_o reader_n mind_n herein_o to_o infer_v and_o make_v know_v by_o good_a record_n not_o only_o that_o the_o liberty_n of_o marriage_n among_o spiritual_a man_n have_v continue_v within_o this_o realm_n during_o the_o time_n aforesaid_a videlicet_fw-la two_o hundred_o year_n or_o thereabouts_o after_o anselme_n and_o that_o not_o in_o secret_a wise_n but_o also_o open_o and_o be_v know_v the_o same_o to_o be_v suffer_v and_o lawful_o allow_v of_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o both_o they_o their_o wife_n child_n and_o assign_n may_v inherit_v and_o enjoy_v land_n tenemente_n and_o other_o hereditamente_n by_o way_n of_o feoffament_n deed_n of_o gift_n or_o any_o other_o assurance_n in_o such_o sort_n manner_n and_o form_n as_o lay_v man_n their_o heir_n and_o assign_n at_o this_o day_n lawful_o may_v do_v as_o by_o diverse_a write_n and_o instrument_n show_v unto_o we_o at_o the_o writing_n hereof_o by_o diverse_a man_n who_o name_n hereafter_o follow_v some_o to_o this_o day_n remain_v fair_a seal_v some_o by_o antiquity_n and_o long_o keep_v much_o wear_v and_o their_o seal_n moulder_a and_o waste_v be_v very_o evident_a and_o manifest_a to_o be_v see_v the_o copy_n whereof_o be_v by_o we_o true_o and_o faithful_o excerpt_v out_o of_o the_o very_a original_n be_v yet_o extant_a we_o have_v here_o under_o insert_v as_o follow_v ¶_o certain_a instrument_n and_o evidence_n of_o ancient_a record_n declare_v the_o marriage_n of_o priest_n to_o have_v stand_v in_o time_n paste_v both_o with_o ancient_a custom_n &_o public_a law_n of_o this_o realm_n sciant_fw-la praesentes_fw-la &_o futuri_fw-la quod_fw-la ego_fw-la williel_n de_fw-fr blunwille_fw-fr mile_n concessi_fw-la dedi_fw-la &_o hac_fw-la praesenti_fw-la charta_fw-la mea_fw-la confirmani_fw-la stephano_n de_fw-fr saxlingham_n clerico_n &_o matildae_fw-la uxori_fw-la suae_fw-la pro_fw-la homagijs_fw-la &_o seruitijs_fw-la suis_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la sex_n marcis_fw-la argenti_fw-la quas_fw-la mihi_fw-la dederunt_fw-la in_o norff._n carta_n feoffament_n williel_n de_fw-la blunwille_fw-la milit_fw-la fact_n stephan_n de_fw-fr saxlingâ—am_n clerico_n &_o matilde_n uxori_fw-la suae_fw-la de_fw-la terris_fw-la in_o newton_n in_o com._n norff._n gersumam_fw-la unam_fw-la peciam_fw-la terrae_fw-la arabilis_fw-la quae_fw-la iacet_fw-la in_o campo_fw-it de_fw-it neuton_n in_o cultura_fw-la inter_fw-la mesuagium_fw-la galfridi_fw-la sulyard_n &_o coemeterium_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la de_fw-la neuton_n inter_fw-la terram_fw-la radulphi_n malherbe_n &_o terram_fw-la joannis_n de_fw-fr neuton_n &_o abuttat_fw-la super_fw-la regiam_fw-la stratam_fw-la versus_fw-la orientem_fw-la &_o super_fw-la terram_fw-la quae_fw-la fuit_fw-la henrici_fw-la popiltele_fw-la versus_fw-la occidentem_fw-la habend_n &_o tenend_n de_fw-es i_o &_o haeredibus_fw-la meis_fw-la illis_fw-la &_o heredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la aut_fw-la quibuscunque_fw-la dare_v legare_fw-la vendere_fw-la vel_fw-la assignare_fw-la voluerint_fw-la in_fw-la quocunque_fw-la statu_fw-la fuerint_fw-la liberè_fw-la quietè_fw-la in_fw-la feodo_fw-la per_fw-la petuè_fw-fr &_o haereditariè_fw-la reddendo_fw-la inde_fw-la annuatim_fw-la mihi_fw-la &_o haeredibê°_n meis_fw-la dvos_fw-la denarios_fw-la scilicet_fw-la ad_fw-la festum_fw-la sancti_fw-la andreae_n denarium_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la nativitatem_fw-la sancti_fw-la johannis_fw-la baptistae_fw-la unum_fw-la denarium_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la scutagium_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la quando_fw-la evenit_fw-la unum_fw-la obolum_fw-la tantum_fw-la &_o non_fw-la amplius_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la seruitijs_fw-la consuetudinibus_fw-la sectis_fw-la curiae_fw-la &_o exactionibus_fw-la secularibus_fw-la et_fw-la ego_fw-la williel_n de_fw-fr blunwell_n &_o haeredes_fw-la mei_fw-la warrantizabimus_fw-la acquietabimus_fw-la &_o defendemus_fw-la praedictam_fw-la peciam_fw-la terrae_fw-la praenominatis_fw-la stephano_n &_o matildae_fw-la uxori_fw-la suae_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la aut_fw-la cuicunque_fw-la dare_v legare_fw-la vendere_fw-la vel_fw-la assignare_fw-la voluerint_fw-la
thereof_o 1._o chrisost._n in_o psa._n 30._o hom_n 1._o item_n in_o the_o time_n of_o chrysostome_n it_o appear_v there_o be_v no_o such_o assoyl_a at_o the_o priest_n hand_n by_o these_o word_n where_o he_o say_v i_o require_v thou_o not_o that_o thou_o shall_v confess_v thy_o sin_n to_o thy_o fellow_n servant_n tell_v they_o unto_o god_n who_o care_v for_o they_o confession_n chrysost._n in_o hom_n de_fw-fr penit_fw-la &_o confession_n item_n the_o say_a chrysostome_n in_o a_o other_o place_n write_v upon_o repentance_n and_o confession_n let_v the_o examination_n of_o thy_o sin_n and_o thy_o judgement_n say_v he_o be_v secret_a and_o close_a without_o witness_n let_v god_n only_o see_v and_o hear_v thy_o confession_n etc._n etc._n glosa_n de_fw-fr penit_fw-la do_v 1·_fw-la petrus_n in_o glosa_n item_n in_o the_o time_n of_o ambrose_n de_fw-fr poenit_fw-la dist._n 1._o petrus_n the_o gloze_n of_o the_o pope_n own_o decree_n record_v that_o the_o institution_n of_o baptism_n be_v 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