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it_o and_o all_o the_o four_o ground_n of_o it_o he_o observe_v moreover_o particular_o the_o day_n of_o the_o date_n of_o it_o so_o signal_o express_v by_o they_o in_o these_o term_n ita_fw-la post_fw-la maturam_fw-la deliberationem_fw-la aliquoties_fw-la iteratam_fw-la censuimus_fw-la ac_fw-la decidimus_fw-la lovanii_n in_fw-la plenu_fw-la facultatis_fw-la congregatione_fw-la sub_fw-la juramento_fw-la indicta_fw-la ac_fw-la servata_fw-la dieâ—9_n â—9_z decembris_fw-la gloriosi_fw-la pontificis_fw-la thomae_fw-la cantuariensis_n angliae_fw-la quondam_a primatis_fw-la mortyrio_fw-la consecratae_fw-la anno_fw-la domine_fw-la incarnationis_fw-la 1662._o and_o whether_o they_o do_v of_o purpose_n fix_v on_o this_o day_n of_o s._n thomas_n of_o canterbury_n as_o most_o proper_a for_o such_o a_o censure_n i_o know_v not_o certain_o but_o suppose_v undoubted_o it_o be_v not_o without_o special_a design_n they_o mention_v he_o and_o his_o primacy_n glory_n martyrdom_n and_o how_o that_o 29._o 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