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and_o agree_v upon_o any_o matter_n for_o common_a good_a be_v from_o such_o licence_n power_n and_o authority_n as_o be_v grant_v to_o the_o archbishop_n bishop_n chancellor_n and_o other_o member_n of_o the_o convocation_n from_o his_o majesty_n of_o his_o special_a grace_n and_o by_o virtue_n of_o his_o prerogative_n royal_a and_o supreme_a authority_n in_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n and_o 2._o the_o synod_n have_v treat_v of_o conclude_v and_o agree_v upon_o canon_n order_n etc._n etc._n to_o the_o end_n and_o purpose_n by_o his_o majesty_n limit_v and_o prescribe_v unto_o they_o they_o be_v to_o offer_v and_o present_v the_o same_o to_o his_o majesty_n in_o writing_n he_o upon_o mature_a consideration_n take_v thereupon_o may_v allow_v 1640._o the_o licence_n to_o the_o convoc_n in_o anno_fw-la 1640._o approve_v confirm_v and_o ratify_v or_o otherwise_o disallow_a annihilate_v and_o make_v void_a such_o and_o so_o many_o of_o the_o say_a canon_n order_n etc._n etc._n as_o he_o shall_v think_v fit_a requisite_a or_o convenient_a and_o none_o of_o those_o canon_n etc._n etc._n shall_v be_v of_o any_o force_n effect_n or_o validity_n in_o law_n but_o only_o such_o and_o so_o many_o of_o they_o and_o after_o such_o time_n as_o his_o majesty_n by_o his_o letter_n patent_n shall_v approve_v and_o confirm_v the_o same_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n may_v suspend_v for_o what_o time_n he_o shall_v please_v yea_o whole_o deprive_v any_o bishop_n or_o bishop_n from_o their_o office_n and_o place_n in_o this_o synod_n who_o be_v the_o chief_a member_n thereof_o he_o may_v commissionate_v also_o by_o writ_n 74._o writ_n cook_n instit_fw-la pag._n 4._o cap._n 74._o what_o other_o person_n he_o shall_v please_v to_o sit_v in_o convocation_n with_o they_o and_o if_o occasion_n be_v he_o may_v likewise_o whole_o constitute_v another_o synod_n and_o nominate_v each_o particular_a person_n of_o what_o quality_n and_o of_o what_o number_n of_o his_o native_n as_o he_o shall_v please_v and_o give_v they_o like_o authority_n in_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n so_o be_v that_o synod_n of_o the_o 32._o appoint_a by_o hen._n 8._o and_o afterward_o by_o edw._n 6._o to_o do_v the_o work_n of_o a_o synod_n and_o present_v a_o body_n of_o ecclesiastical_a canon_n for_o confirmation_n by_o the_o magistrate_n 53._o field_n of_o the_o church_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 53._o a._n princeps_fw-la potest_fw-la assignare_fw-la nominare_fw-la &_o authoritatem_fw-la dare_v quandocunque_fw-la &_o quamdiu_fw-la ipsi_fw-la placuerit_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la indigenis_fw-la subditis_fw-la quos_fw-la idoneos_fw-la censuerit_fw-la etc._n etc._n dr._n cousin_n de_fw-fr pol._n tab._n 1._o a._n 3._o these_o law_n say_v 9_o say_v de_fw-fr ju._n ec._n pag._n 9_o cook_n be_v term_v regiae_n leges_fw-la ecclesisiasticae_fw-la and_o another_o such_o ecclesiastical_a law_n as_o now_o be_v in_o force_n be_v call_v the_o king_n be_v ecclesiastical_a law_n for_o that_o now_o all_o jurisdiction_n whether_o 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