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priest_n that_o have_v wife_n in_o village_n and_o town_n to_o keep_v they_o still_o but_o utter_o command_v and_o that_o under_o great_a pain_n not_o only_a priest_n and_o deacon_n but_o subdeacons_n also_o which_o be_v against_o the_o council_n of_o laterane_n which_o be_v already_o marry_v to_o be_v separate_v copulatiâ—_n council_n â—aâ—teran_v 〈◊〉_d 14._o de_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d matrimoine_n copulatiâ—_n and_o that_o none_o shall_v be_v receive_v into_o order_n hereafter_o without_o profession_n of_o perpetual_a chastity_n and_o yet_o notwithstanding_o for_o all_o this_o great_a bluster_a and_o thunder_v of_o this_o romish_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o priest_n yet_o still_o hold_v their_o own_o as_o well_o as_o they_o can_v give_v not_o much_o place_n to_o his_o unlawful_a injunction_n but_o keep_v still_o their_o wife_n almost_o two_o hundred_o year_n after_o refuse_v and_o resist_v of_o long_a time_n the_o yoke_n of_o that_o servile_a bondage_n to_o keep_v still_o their_o 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