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patrimony_n in_o demesne_n the_o pope_n own_o territory_n call_v by_o the_o canonist_n patria_fw-la obedientiae_fw-la for_o in_o england_n to_o wave_v any_o discourse_n of_o the_o law_n and_o custom_n of_o other_o country_n in_o stead_n of_o be_v receive_v and_o observe_v according_a to_o expectation_n they_o be_v stout_o oppose_v by_o the_o judge_n and_o magistrate_n as_o derogate_a from_o the_o sovereignty_n and_o prerogative_n of_o the_o king_n and_o tend_v to_o the_o detriment_n of_o the_o right_n and_o property_n of_o his_o subject_n and_o in_o confirmation_n of_o this_o several_a act_n of_o parliament_n be_v make_v to_o curb_v the_o insolence_n of_o those_o usurp_a pope_n and_o to_o punish_v the_o audacious_a enterprise_n of_o those_o factious_a and_o disloyal_a subject_n who_o do_v presume_v to_o attempt_v to_o control_v the_o judgement_n that_o be_v give_v in_o the_o king_n court_n by_o process_n from_o the_o pope_n or_o to_o procure_v provision_n and_o reservation_n of_o benefice_n by_o bull_n or_o breve_n from_o rome_n see_v 27_o e._n 3._o c._n 1._o 48_o e._n 3._o c._n 1._o 25_o e._n 3._o c._n 22._o 16_o r._n 2._o c._n 5._o whereby_o such_o suer_n of_o appeal_n and_o procurer_n of_o bull_n and_o process_n from_o rome_n for_o the_o purpose_n aforesaid_a be_v make_v liable_a to_o the_o penalty_n of_o a_o praemunire_n whereby_o the_o body_n of_o the_o offender_n be_v to_o be_v imprison_v during_o the_o king_n pleasure_n his_o good_n forfeit_v and_o his_o land_n seize_v into_o the_o king_n hand_n so_o long_o as_o the_o offender_n live_v how_o far_o the_o benefit_n of_o clergy_n be_v allow_v i_o have_v already_o show_v and_o as_o for_o the_o matter_n of_o legitimation_n you_o may_v see_v the_o statute_n of_o merton_n c._n 9_o et_fw-la rogaverunt_fw-la omnes_fw-la episcopi_fw-la magnates_fw-la ut_fw-la consentirent_fw-la quod_fw-la nati_fw-la ante_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la essent_fw-la legitimi_fw-la sicut_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la nati_fw-la sunt_fw-la post_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la successionem_fw-la haereditariam_fw-la quia_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la tale_n habet_fw-la pro_fw-la legitimis_fw-la et_fw-la omnes_fw-la comites_fw-la &_o barones_n responderunt_fw-la quod_fw-la nolunt_fw-la angliae_fw-la leges_fw-la mutare_fw-la quae_fw-la hucusque_fw-la usitatae_fw-la &_o approbatae_fw-la sunt_fw-la vide_fw-la 18_o e._n 4._o 30._o a._n all_o which_o statute_n be_v declarative_a of_o the_o common_a law_n and_o therefore_o do_v prove_v that_o the_o people_n of_o england_n be_v never_o oblige_v to_o allow_v of_o any_o decree_n of_o council_n or_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n further_o than_o they_o judge_v it_o fit_a and_o convenient_a so_o to_o do_v which_o arbitrary_a reception_n together_o with_o a_o transmission_n to_o posterity_n do_v of_o itself_o make_v it_o one_o of_o the_o law_n of_o england_n which_o continue_v in_o force_n though_o the_o council_n or_o convocation_n shall_v afterward_o repeal_v their_o decree_n 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