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spes_fw-la semper_fw-la mixta_fw-la timori_fw-la si_fw-mi modò_fw-la victor_n eras_fw-la ad_fw-la crastina_fw-la bella_fw-la pavebas_fw-la si_fw-la modò_fw-la victus_fw-la eras_fw-la ad_fw-la crastina_fw-la bella_fw-la parabas_fw-la cui_fw-la vestes_fw-la sudore_fw-la iugi_fw-la cvi_fw-la sica_fw-la cruore_fw-la tincta_fw-la iugi_fw-la quantum_fw-la sit_fw-la onus_fw-la regnare_fw-la probarunt_fw-la non_fw-la fuit_fw-la immensi_fw-la quisquam_fw-la per_fw-la climata_fw-la mundi_fw-la cui_fw-la tot_fw-la in_o adversis_fw-la nil_fw-la respirare_fw-la liceret_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la aut_fw-la ferro_fw-la contritus_fw-la ponere_fw-la ferrum_fw-la aut_fw-la gladio_fw-la potuit_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la finisse_fw-la dolores_fw-la jam_fw-la post_fw-la transactos_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la regnique_fw-la labores_fw-la christus_fw-la ei_fw-la sit_fw-la vera_fw-la quies_fw-la sceptrumque_fw-la perenne_fw-fr in_o the_o story_n of_o this_o alfred_n canterbury_n a_o little_a above_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o pleimundus_n schoolmaster_n to_o the_o say_a alfrede_n and_o also_o bishop_n of_o caunterbury_n succeed_v etheredus_n there_o bishop_n before_o he_o which_o pleimundus_n govern_v that_o sea_n the_o number_n of_o xxxiiij_o year_n after_o pleimundus_n succeed_v athelmus_fw-la and_o sit_v xij_o year_n after_o he_o come_v ulfeâ—mus_fw-la xiij_o year_n then_o follow_v odo_n a_o dane_n bear_v in_o the_o say_v sea_n of_o caunterb_fw-ge and_o govern_v the_o same_o xx_o year_n be_v in_o great_a favour_n with_o king_n athelstane_n king_n edmund_n and_o edwine_n as_o in_o process_n hereafter_o christ_n will_v as_o place_v &_o order_n do_v require_v shall_v more_o at_o large_a
cup_n unto_o the_o king_n chance_v in_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o flower_n to_o stumble_v with_o one_o foot_n help_v and_o recover_v himself_o with_o the_o other_o say_v in_o these_o word_n thus_o one_o brother_n as_o you_o see_v help_v a_o other_o brother_n these_o word_n be_v thus_o speak_v in_o the_o hear_n of_o the_o king_n so_o move_v his_o mind_n that_o forthwith_o he_o command_v the_o false_a accuser_n of_o his_o brother_n to_o be_v have_v out_o to_o execution_n who_o just_a recompense_n i_o will_v wish_v to_o be_v a_o warning_n to_o all_o man_n what_o it_o be_v to_o sow_v discord_n betwixt_o brother_n and_o brother_n king_n ethelstane_n beside_o his_o seven_o year_n lamentation_n for_o this_o act_n build_v the_o two_o monastery_n of_o midletone_n and_o of_o michelenes_n for_o his_o brother_n sake_n or_o as_o the_o story_n say_v for_o his_o soul_n whereby_o it_o may_v appear_v what_o be_v the_o cause_n most_o special_a in_o those_o day_n examine_v of_o build_v monastery_n to_o 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of_o the_o order_n ecclesiastical_a as_o also_o of_o the_o secular_a or_o lay_a people_n whereby_o it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v that_o the_o usurp_a power_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n do_v not_o then_o extend_v itself_o so_o large_o nor_o so_o proud_o to_o derogate_v from_o the_o authority_n of_o king_n &_o prince_n but_o that_o every_o one_o in_o his_o own_o dominion_n have_v under_o god_n and_o not_o under_o the_o pope_n the_o do_v of_o all_o matter_n within_o the_o same_o his_o dominion_n contain_v whether_o they_o be_v cause_n temporal_a or_o spiritual_a aâ—â—â—mporall_a as_o by_o the_o decree_n and_o constitution_n of_o this_o king_n &_o also_o of_o other_o as_o well_o before_o he_o as_o after_o he_o may_v evident_o be_v testify_v as_o where_o he_o among_o other_o law_n thus_o ordein_v â—ouching_v the_o bishop_n in_o word_n as_o follow_v episcopo_fw-la jure_fw-la pertinet_fw-la omnem_fw-la rectitudinem_fw-la promovere_fw-la dei_fw-la videlicet_fw-la athelstane_n ac_fw-la seculi_fw-la in_o primis_fw-la debet_fw-la omnem_fw-la ordinatum_fw-la instruere_fw-la quid_fw-la ei_fw-la â—it_n agendum_fw-la jure_fw-la &_o quid_fw-la hominibus_fw-la secularibus_fw-la iudicare_fw-la debeant_fw-la debet_fw-la etiam_fw-la sedulò_fw-la pacem_fw-la &_o concordiam_fw-la operari_fw-la cum_fw-la seculi_fw-la iudicibus_fw-la qui_fw-la rectum_fw-la velle_fw-la diligunt_fw-la &_o in_o compellationum_fw-la allegationem_fw-la edocere_fw-la ne_fw-la quis_fw-la alij_fw-la perperam_fw-la agate_n in_o iureiurando_fw-la vel_fw-la ordalio_fw-la nec_fw-la pati_fw-la debet_fw-la aliquam_fw-la circumuentionem_fw-la iniustae_fw-la mensurae_fw-la vel_fw-la iniusti_fw-la ponderis_fw-la sed_fw-la convenit_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la consilium_fw-la &_o testimonium_fw-la eius_fw-la omne_fw-la legis_fw-la rectum_fw-la &_o burgi_fw-la mensura_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la pondus_fw-la sit_fw-la secundum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ditionem_fw-la eius_fw-la institutum_fw-la valde_fw-la rectum_fw-la ne_fw-la quis_fw-la proximum_fw-la suum_fw-la seducat_fw-la pro_fw-la quo_fw-la decidat_fw-la in_o peccatum_fw-la et_fw-la semper_fw-la debet_fw-la christianis_fw-la providere_fw-la contra_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la praedicta_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la debet_fw-la se_fw-la de_fw-la pluribus_fw-la intromittere_fw-la ut_fw-la sciat_fw-la quomodo_fw-la grex_fw-la agate_n quem_fw-la ad_fw-la dei_fw-la manum_fw-la custodire_fw-la suscepit_fw-la ne_fw-la diabolus_fw-la cum_fw-la dilaniet_fw-la nec_fw-la malum_fw-la aliquod_fw-la superseminet_fw-la nunquam_fw-la enim_fw-la erit_fw-la populo_fw-la benè_fw-la consultum_fw-la nec_fw-la dignè_fw-la deo_fw-la conversabitur_fw-la ubi_fw-la lucrum_fw-la impium_fw-la &_o magis_fw-la falsum_fw-la diligitur_fw-la ideo_fw-la debent_fw-la omnes_fw-la amici_fw-la dei_fw-la quod_fw-la iniquum_fw-la est_fw-la eneruare_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la iustum_fw-la est_fw-la elevare_fw-la nec_fw-la pati_fw-la ut_fw-la propter_fw-la falsum_fw-la &_o pecuniae_fw-la questum_fw-la homines_fw-la se_fw-la forisfaciant_fw-la erga_fw-la verè_fw-la sapientem_fw-la deum_fw-la cvi_fw-la displicet_fw-la omnis_fw-la iniustitia_fw-la christianis_fw-la autem_fw-la omnibus_fw-la necessarium_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la rectum_fw-la diligant_fw-la &_o iniqua_fw-la condemnent_fw-la &_o faltem_fw-la sacris_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la evecti_fw-la iustum_fw-la semper_fw-la erigant_fw-la &_o prava_fw-la deponant_fw-la hinc_fw-la debent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la cum_fw-la iudicibus_fw-la iudicia_fw-la dictitare_fw-la &_o interest_n ne_fw-la permittant_fw-la si_fw-la possint_fw-la ut_fw-la illinc_fw-la aliqua_fw-la pravitatum_fw-la gramina_fw-la pullulent_fw-la et_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la pertinet_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la dioecesi_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la rectum_fw-la sedulò_fw-la quemcumque_fw-la muent_v nec_fw-la patiantur_fw-la si_fw-la possint_fw-la ut_fw-la christianus_n aliquis_fw-la alij_fw-la noceat_fw-la non_fw-la potens_fw-la impotenti_fw-la non_fw-la summus_fw-la infirmo_fw-la non_fw-la praelatis_fw-la minoribus_fw-la subditis_fw-la non_fw-la dominus_fw-la hominibus_fw-la suis_fw-la seruis_fw-la aut_fw-la liberis_fw-la et_fw-la secundum_fw-la dictionum_fw-la ditionem_fw-la &_o per_fw-la mensuram_fw-la svam_fw-la convenit_fw-la per_fw-la rectum_fw-la ut_fw-la necessaria_fw-la seruitistimentalas_o serui_fw-la operentur_fw-la super_fw-la omnem_fw-la scyram_fw-la cvi_fw-la sunt_fw-la praeest_fw-la et_fw-la rectum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la aliqua_fw-la mensurabilis_fw-la virga_fw-la longioâ—_n quà m_fw-la alia_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la
〈◊〉_d episcopi_fw-la mensuram_fw-la omnes_fw-la institutae_fw-la sint_fw-la &_o exequatae_fw-la per_fw-la suâ—m_fw-la scrysiseyra_n dioecesin_fw-la et_fw-la omne_fw-la pondus_fw-la constet_fw-la secundum_fw-la dictionem_fw-la eius_fw-la &_o si_fw-la aliquid_fw-la controversiarum_fw-la intersit_fw-la discernat_fw-la episcopus_fw-la vniuscuiusque_fw-la domini_fw-la proprium_fw-la est_fw-la &_o necesse_fw-la ut_fw-la seruis_fw-la condescendat_fw-la tithe_n &_o compatiatur_fw-la sicut_fw-la indulgentius_fw-la poterit_fw-la quia_fw-la domino_fw-la deo_fw-la viventi_fw-la sunt_fw-la aeque_fw-la chari_fw-la seruus_fw-la &_o libre_fw-la et_fw-la omnes_fw-la uno_fw-la &_o eodem_fw-la pretio_fw-la redemit_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la sumus_fw-la deo_fw-la necessariò_fw-la serui_fw-la et_fw-la sic_fw-la iudicabit_fw-la nos_fw-la sicut_fw-la antè_fw-la iudicavimus_fw-la eos_fw-la in_fw-la quos_fw-la potestatem_fw-la iudicij_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la habebimus_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la eye_v parcamus_fw-la qui_fw-la nobis_fw-la parere_fw-la debent_fw-la &_o tunc_fw-la manutenebimur_fw-la in_o dei_fw-la omnipotentis_fw-la proprio_fw-la iudicio_fw-la amen_n the_o say_v ethelstane_n beside_o prescribe_v other_o constitution_n also_o as_o touch_v tithe_n geve_v where_o he_o say_v and_o proclaim_v ego_fw-la ethelstanus_n rex_fw-la consilio_fw-la vâ—felmi_n archiepiscopi_fw-la mei_fw-la &_o aliorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la mando_fw-la praepositis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la meo_fw-la in_fw-la nomine_fw-la domini_fw-la &_o sanctorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la ut_fw-la inprimis_fw-la reddant_fw-la de_fw-la meo_fw-la proprio_fw-la decimas_fw-la deo_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o vivente_fw-la capitali_fw-la quà m_fw-la in_o mortuis_fw-la frugibus_fw-la terrae_fw-la &_o episcopi_fw-la mei_fw-la similiter_fw-la faciant_fw-la de_fw-la svo_fw-la proprio_fw-la &_o aldermanni_n mei_fw-la &_o praepositi_fw-la mei_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v i_o ethelstane_n king_n charge_n and_o 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the_o archb._n say_v ungracious_a josell_n thou_o savoure_v no_o more_o truth_n than_o a_o hound_n since_o at_o the_o rood_n at_o the_o north-door_n at_o london_n at_o our_o lady_n at_o walsingam_n &_o many_o other_o diverse_a place_n in_o england_n be_v many_o great_a &_o praysable_a miracle_n do_v shall_v not_o the_o image_n of_o such_o holy_a saint_n and_o place_n gâ—d_n at_o the_o reverence_n of_o god_n &_o our_o lady_n &_o other_o saint_n be_v more_o worship_v than_o other_o place_n and_o image_n where_o no_o miracle_n be_v do_v ☞_o and_o i_o say_v sir_n there_o be_v no_o such_o virtue_n in_o any_o imagery_n that_o any_o image_n shall_v herefore_o be_v worship_v where_o fore_o i_o be_o certain_a that_o there_o be_v no_o miracle_n do_v of_o god_n in_o any_o place_n in_o earth_n because_o that_o any_o image_n make_v with_o man_n hand_n shall_v be_v worship_v and_o herfore_o sir_n as_o i_o preach_v open_o at_o shrewsbury_n &_o other_o place_n i_o say_v now_o here_o before_o you_o 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the_o fiend_n have_v great_a power_n for_o to_o work_v many_o of_o the_o miracle_n that_o now_o be_v do_v in_o such_o place_n for_o both_o man_n and_o woman_n delight_v now_o more_o for_o to_o hear_v and_o know_v miracle_n than_o they_o do_v know_v god_n word_n or_o to_o hear_v it_o effectuous_o wherefore_o to_o the_o great_a confusion_n of_o all_o they_o that_o thus_o do_v christ_n say_v the_o generation_n of_o adulterer_n require_v token_n know_v miracle_n and_o wonder_n nevertheless_o as_o diverse_a saint_n say_v now_o when_o the_o faith_n of_o god_n be_v publish_v in_o christendom_n the_o word_n of_o god_n suffyse_v to_o man_n salvation_n without_o such_o miracle_n and_o thus_o also_o the_o word_n of_o god_n suffice_v to_o all_o faithful_a man_n &_o woman_n without_o any_o such_o image_n but_o good_a sir_n since_o the_o father_n of_o heaven_n that_o be_v god_n in_o his_o godhead_n be_v the_o most_o unknowen_a thing_n that_o may_v be_v and_o the_o most_o wonderful_a spirit_n have_v in_o it_o no_o shape_n or_o likeness_n and_o member_n of_o any_o deadly_a creature_n in_o what_o likeness_n or_o what_o image_n may_v god_n the_o father_n be_v show_v or_o paint_v ¶_o and_o the_o archb._n say_v build_n as_o holy_a church_n have_v suffer_v the_o image_n of_o the_o trinity_n &_o all_o other_o image_n to_o be_v paint_v &_o show_v it_o suffice_v to_o they_o that_o be_v member_n of_o holy_a church_n but_o since_o thou_o be_v a_o rot_a member_n cut_v away_o from_o holy_a church_n thou_o favore_a not_o the_o ordinance_n thereof_o but_o since_o the_o day_n pass_v leave_v we_o this_o matter_n and_o then_o he_o say_v to_o i_o article_n what_o say_v thou_o to_o the_o three_o point_n that_o be_v â—â—â—â—â—fied_v against_o thou_o preach_v open_o in_o shreusbury_n pilgrimage_n that_o pilgrimage_n be_v not_o lawful_a and_o over_o this_o thou_o say_v that_o those_o man_n and_o woman_n that_o go_v on_o pilgrimage_n to_o canterbury_n to_o beverley_n to_o karlington_n to_o walsingam_n 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the_o 6._o time_n humphrey_n arundel_n in_o devonshyre_n captain_n kyte_n in_o norfolk_n make_v stir_v against_o the_o king_n know_v the_o country_n &_o part_n from_o whence_o these_o rebel_n do_v spring_v be_v both_o note_v and_o also_o diffaim_v in_o this_o so_o traitorous_a commotion_n therefore_o let_v we_o now_o learn_v what_o man_n these_o be_v and_o from_o what_o country_n or_o country_n in_o all_o england_n they_o come_v if_o they_o come_v out_o of_o any_o let_v the_o chronicler_n declare_v what_o country_n they_o be_v if_o they_o come_v out_o of_o none_o as_o none_o be_v name_v then_o let_v they_o come_v out_o of_o outopia_n where_o belike_o this_o â—igment_n be_v first_o forge_v and_o invent_v wherefore_o sing_v neither_o the_o country_n from_o whence_o they_o come_v nor_o yet_o the_o name_n of_o any_o of_o all_o these_o xx_o m._n do_v appear_v what_o they_o be_v either_o in_o chronicle_n or_o in_o record_n but_o remain_v altogether_o unknowen_a i_o leave_v it_o gentle_a 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to_o produce_v unto_o the_o king_n before_o for_o his_o purgation_n page_n 159._o and_o final_o if_o this_o be_v his_o purpose_n that_o all_o these_o estate_n both_o spiritual_a &_o temporal_a shall_v have_v be_v cut_v down_o what_o need_v then_o that_o he_o shall_v have_v make_v himself_o a_o regent_n when_o he_o may_v as_o well_o have_v make_v himself_o a_o king_n or_o what_o else_o he_o will_v be_v leave_v then_o prince_n alone_o e_z the_o preamble_n as_o it_o begin_v with_o untruth_n and_o continue_v in_o the_o same_o figure_n heap_v one_o untruth_n upon_o another_o so_o now_o end_v with_o another_o misreport_n as_o untrue_a as_o the_o rest_n show_v &_o declare_v the_o intent_n of_o sir_n john_n oldcastle_n be_v also_o to_o destroy_v all_o manner_n of_o policy_n &_o final_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n etc._n etc._n we_o read_v of_o william_n conqueror_n land_n otherwise_o name_v william_n bastard_n who_o be_v a_o puissant_a duke_n in_o his_o country_n when_o that_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n be_v allot_v to_o he_o and_o he_o come_v over_o with_o all_o his_o peer_n noble_n &_o baron_n of_o his_o whole_a land_n into_o this_o realm_n &_o have_v with_o great_a difficulty_n obtain_v victory_n against_o king_n harold_n yet_o to_o alter_v and_o destroy_v the_o policy_n and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n it_o pass_v his_o power_n insomuch_o that_o it_o have_v not_o be_v permit_v unto_o he_o to_o have_v procee_v so_o far_o as_o he_o do_v unless_o he_o have_v first_o swear_v to_o the_o noble_n of_o this_o land_n to_o retain_v still_o the_o law_n of_o king_n edward_n as_o he_o find_v they_o and_o albeit_o he_o afterward_o forswear_v himself_o break_v his_o oath_n in_o alter_v and_o change_v many_o of_o the_o foresay_a law_n yet_o wild_a he_o nild_v he_o can_v not_o so_o destroy_v they_o all_o for_o the_o which_o much_o war_n and_o great_a commotion_n endure_v long_o after_o in_o the_o realm_n but_o that_o he_o be_v constrain_v and_o also_o content_v to_o allow_v and_o admit_v a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o say_a law_n of_o king_n edward_n page_n 167._o and_o if_o he_o be_v king_n and_o conqueror_n with_o all_o his_o strength_n of_o normand_n and_o englishman_n about_o he_o be_v too_o weak_a and_o insufficient_a to_o destroy_v all_o manner_n of_o policy_n and_o law_n of_o this_o land_n which_o he_o have_v conquer_v how_o much_o less_o than_o be_v it_o to_o be_v suppose_v that_o sir_n john_n oldcastle_n be_v put_v a_o private_a subject_n and_o a_o poor_a knight_n and_o a_o condemn_a prisoner_n destitute_a and_o forsake_v of_o all_o lord_n earl_n and_o baron_n who_o to_o save_v his_o own_o life_n have_v more_o to_o do_v than_o he_o can_v well_o compass_v will_v either_o take_v in_o hand_n or_o conceive_v in_o his_o head_n any_o such_o exploit_n after_o the_o subversion_n of_o christian_a faith_n and_o law_n of_o god_n after_o the_o slaughter_n of_o the_o king_n and_o of_o all_o manner_n of_o estate_n as_o well_o spiritual_a as_o temporal_a in_o the_o 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