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not_o long_o but_o he_o be_v banish_v again_o for_o refuse_v to_o submit_v to_o the_o synodical_a constitution_n at_o home_n 42._o then_o a_o synod_n be_v call_v of_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o england_n to_o which_o wilfrid_n be_v summon_v where_o he_o upbraid_v the_o bishop_n 43._o that_o they_o have_v oppose_v the_o pope_n command_n for_o twenty_o two_o year_n and_o wonder_v they_o dare_v prefer_v the_o constitution_n of_o theodore_n before_o the_o bull_n of_o the_o pope_n be_v not_o england_n in_o great_a subjection_n to_o rome_n at_o that_o time_n when_o all_o the_o bishop_n one_o factious_a person_n except_v refuse_v to_o obey_v the_o pope_n upon_o a_o appeal_n for_o two_o and_o twenty_o year_n together_o and_o govern_v themselves_o by_o their_o own_o constitution_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o pope_n express_a command_n notwithstanding_o the_o bishop_n persist_v in_o their_o resolution_n and_o will_v hearken_v to_o no_o term_n 44._o unless_o wilfrid_n will_v submit_v to_o their_o 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great_a hand_n in_o the_o consecration_n of_o the_o abbey_n of_o evesham_n which_o pope_n constantin_n in_o his_o bull_n 144._o say_v it_o be_v to_o be_v under_o the_o benedictin_a rule_n quae_fw-la minus_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la partibus_fw-la adhuc_fw-la habetur_fw-la which_o be_v yet_o very_o little_o know_v in_o those_o part_n so_o that_o the_o come_n in_o of_o the_o benedictin_a order_n into_o those_o part_n of_o england_n be_v not_o a_o matter_n of_o so_o great_a obscurity_n as_o those_o learned_a person_n suppose_v and_o that_o some_o time_n after_o the_o death_n of_o augustin_n and_o his_o companion_n but_o it_o have_v be_v therefore_o think_v so_o obscure_a because_o only_o this_o author_n who_o be_v never_o yet_o print_v make_v so_o express_a mention_n of_o it_o the_o benedictin_n afterward_o think_v it_o make_v for_o their_o honour_n to_o conceal_v it_o §_o 6._o the_o great_a difficulty_n seem_v to_o be_v about_o our_o church_n of_o canterbury_n of_o which_o mr._n selden_n 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