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our_o author_n 62._o but_o above_o all_o fury_n and_o wickedness_n be_v that_o resolution_n which_o he_o take_v soon_o after_o joan._n to_o wit_n upon_o the_o year_n 1213._o when_o he_o send_v sir_n thomas_n hâ—â—thington_n and_o sir_n ralph_n nicholson_n knight_n and_o sir_n râ—â—â—rt_n of_o london_n priest_n for_o his_o ambassador_n to_o the_o great_a maâ—â—â—â—â—â—_n king_n of_o africa_n morocco_n and_o spain_n name_v miramumilinus_n offer_v to_o be_v of_o his_o religion_n and_o to_o make_v his_o kingdom_n tributary_n unto_o he_o moor_n and_o to_o be_v his_o vassal_n &_o hold_v it_o of_o he_o if_o he_o will_v 〈◊〉_d with_o a_o army_n by_o sea_n to_o assist_v he_o but_o when_o the_o say_v maâ—â—â—â—â—tan_n great_a prince_n be_v a_o very_a wise_a man_n inform_v himself_o of_o the_o particularâ—_n of_o his_o person_n &_o state_n show_v contempt_n thereof_o 〈◊〉_d also_o of_o his_o offer_n as_o our_o author_n that_o speak_v with_o one_o of_o the_o ambassador_n set_v down_o at_o large_a 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for_o the_o indifferent_a reader_n to_o consider_v these_o point_n follow_v 8._o first_o that_o we_o have_v prove_v the_o say_a acknowledgement_n in_o all_o former_a king_n it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o this_o deflect_v or_o go_v aside_o from_o their_o step_n or_o if_o he_o have_v do_v it_o will_v at_o least_o have_v be_v note_v wherein_o and_o in_o what_o point_n and_o some_o record_n remain_v thereof_o as_o there_o do_v of_o other_o point_n which_o be_v any_o way_n singular_a in_o he_o second_o we_o find_v this_o king_n much_o commend_v for_o pious_a devotion_n by_o ancient_a writer_n and_o namely_o by_o thomas_n walsingham_n 1274._o who_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o k._n edward_n the_o first_o his_o life_n give_v a_o brief_a note_n of_o this_o king_n henry_n life_n and_o death_n say_v first_o of_o his_o sickness_n and_o death_n that_o be_v at_o the_o abbey_n of_o s._n edmundsburie_a and_o take_v with_o a_o grievous_a sickness_n there_o come_v unto_o he_o diverse_a bishop_n baron_n and_o noble_a man_n to_o assist_v he_o and_o be_v present_a at_o his_o death_n 3_o at_o what_o time_n he_o humble_o confess_v his_o sin_n say_v he_o be_v absolve_v by_o a_o prelate_n and_o then_o devout_o receive_v the_o body_n of_o our_o saviour_n ask_v all_o forgiveness_n and_o forgive_v all_o have_v extreme_a unction_n and_o so_o humble_o embrace_v the_o cross_n give_v up_o his_o spirit_n to_o almighty_a god_n add_v further_o of_o his_o devotion_n in_o his_o life_n that_o every_o day_n he_o be_v accustom_v to_o hear_v three_o mass_n sing_v and_o more_o private_o beside_o and_o that_o when_o the_o priest_n do_v lift_v up_o the_o host_n consecrate_v he_o will_v go_v himself_o and_o hold_v the_o priest_n arm_n and_o after_o kiss_v his_o hand_n and_o so_o return_v to_o his_o own_o place_n again_o 9_o he_o tell_v also_o of_o his_o familiarity_n with_o s._n lewes_n k._n of_o france_n who_o reign_v at_o the_o same_o time_n though_o some_o few_o year_n young_a than_o k._n henry_n confer_v oftentimes_o with_o he_o about_o matter_n of_o devotion_n france_n and_o once_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o be_v delight_v more_o to_o hear_v often_o preach_v than_o many_o mass_n k._n henry_n answer_v that_o he_o be_v more_o delight_v to_o see_v his_o friend_n than_o to_o hear_v another_o man_n talk_n of_o he_o though_o never_o so_o eloquentlie_o 10._o this_o then_o be_v so_o and_o k._n henry_n both_o living_n and_o die_v so_o catholicklie_o as_o both_o this_o man_n and_o all_o author_n do_v write_v of_o he_o there_o can_v be_v no_o doubt_n but_o that_o he_o agree_v full_o in_o judgement_n and_o sense_n with_o all_o his_o predecessor_n as_o well_o in_o this_o point_n of_o the_o pope_n ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n as_o in_o all_o other_o and_o for_o his_o obedience_n to_o the_o sea_n of_o rome_n it_o be_v so_o notorious_a as_o diverse_a of_o his_o own_o people_n at_o that_o time_n do_v think_v it_o to_o have_v excess_n for_o that_o it_o be_v not_o only_o in_o spiritual_a matter_n but_o in_o temporal_a affair_n of_o his_o kingdom_n also_o nihil_fw-la enim_fw-la say_v matthew_n paris_n nisi_fw-la ex_fw-la consensu_fw-la papae_fw-la vel_fw-la illius_fw-la legati_fw-la facere_fw-la voluit_fw-la 3._o he_o will_v do_v nothing_o especial_o in_o his_o late_a year_n but_o either_o by_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o pope_n or_o his_o legat._n and_o further_o in_o another_o place_n ipso_fw-la quoque_fw-la tempus_fw-la rex_fw-la secus_fw-la quam_fw-la deceret_fw-la aut_fw-la expediret_fw-la se_fw-la suumque_fw-la regnum_fw-la sub_fw-la paena_fw-la exhareditationis_fw-la quod_fw-la tamen_fw-la facere_fw-la nec_fw-la potuit_fw-la nec_fw-la debuit_fw-la domino_fw-la papae_fw-la obligaâ—it_fw-la at_o that_o very_a time_n also_o the_o king_n otherwise_o then_o be_v decent_a or_o expedient_a do_v oblige_v himself_o and_o his_o kingdom_n which_o yet_o he_o can_v not_o nor_o aught_o to_o do_v unto_o pope_n innocentius_n the_o four_o under_o pain_n of_o disinheritage_n etc._n etc._n so_o 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lautence_n bishop_n of_o ely_n and_o many_o other_o that_o earnest_o urge_v he_o he_o threaten_v after_o so_o many_o exhortation_n make_v unto_o he_o without_o fruit_n to_o excommunicate_v he_o and_o interdict_v his_o kingdom_n etc._n etc._n ibid._n 12._o but_o yet_o for_o all_o this_o when_o after_o his_o baron_n do_v rise_v against_o he_o and_o hold_v he_o diverse_a year_n in_o war_n pope_n vrban_n the_o 4._o say_v matthew_n paris_n send_v his_o legate_n cardinal_n sabinian_n as_o far_o as_o bellen_n in_o france_n to_o pronounce_v there_o and_o set_v up_o the_o sentence_n of_o excommunication_n against_o the_o say_a baron_n who_o be_v in_o arm_n permit_v he_o not_o to_o enter_v the_o port_n of_o england_n but_o yet_o not_o long_o after_o by_o the_o say_v vrban_n his_o mean_n and_o pope_n clement_n the_o 4._o that_o succeed_v he_o peace_n follow_v again_o in_o the_o say_a realm_n after_o many_o year_n of_o war_n &_o civil_a commotion_n with_o great_a variety_n of_o event_n succeed_v 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