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A46989 The King's visitatorial power asserted being an impartial relation of the late visitation of St. Mary Magdalen College in Oxford : as likewise an historical account of several visitations of the universities and particular colleges : together with some necessary remarks upon the Kings authority in ecclesiastical causes, according to the laws and usages of this realm / by Nathaniel Johnston ... Johnston, Nathaniel, 1627-1705. 1688 (1688) Wing J879; ESTC R12894 230,864 400

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he_o will_v receive_v his_o pall_n and_o the_o archbishop_n answer_v he_o he_o will_v receive_v it_o from_o pope_n vrban_n but_o the_o king_n 25.47_o king_n rex_fw-la dixit_fw-la illum_fw-la pron_z apostelico_n nondum_fw-la accepisse_fw-la nec_fw-la suae_fw-la vel_fw-la paternae_fw-la consuetudinis_fw-la eatenus_fw-la extitisse_fw-la ut_fw-la praeter_fw-la svam_fw-la licentiam_fw-la aut_fw-la electionem_fw-la aliquis_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la angliae_fw-la papam_fw-la nominaret_fw-la &_o quicunque_fw-la sibi_fw-la huius_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la potestatem_fw-la vellît_fw-fr praeripere_fw-la unum_n foret_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la coronam_fw-la svam_fw-la sibi_fw-la conaretur_fw-la auferre_fw-la eadm_n fol._n 25.47_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o have_v not_o yet_o receive_v he_o for_o pope_n nor_o have_v it_o be_v he_o or_o his_o father_n custom_n hitherto_o that_o any_o shall_v be_v receive_v as_o pope_n in_o england_n without_o his_o licence_n and_o election_n and_o whoever_o will_v take_v from_o he_o this_o power_n of_o his_o dignity_n shall_v be_v esteem_v by_o he_o as_o one_o that_o endeavour_v to_o take_v from_o he_o his_o crown_n and_o when_o anselm_n answer_v that_o he_o will_v not_o in_o any_o thing_n depart_v from_o obedience_n and_o subjection_n to_o pope_n vrban_n the_o king_n in_o great_a wrath_n protest_v leave_n protest_v nequaquam_fw-la fidem_fw-la quam_fw-la sibi_fw-la debebat_fw-la simul_fw-la &_o apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la contra_fw-la svam_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la posse_fw-la seruari_fw-la fol._n 26._o n._n 1._o none_o to_o go_v to_o rome_n but_o with_o the_o king_n leave_n that_o the_o archbishop_n can_v not_o keep_v alike_o or_o together_o the_o faith_n which_o he_o ought_v to_o the_o king_n and_o the_o obedience_n to_o the_o apostolic_a see_v contrary_a to_o the_o king_n will._n when_o in_o the_o same_o king_n reign_v the_o archbishop_n be_v solicitous_a to_o have_v leave_n to_o go_v to_o rome_n and_o visit_v the_o successor_n of_o st._n peter_n for_o the_o be_v better_o instruct_v in_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n he_o receive_v answer_n 38.10_o answer_n sed_fw-la si_fw-la iverit_fw-la pro_fw-la certo_fw-la noverit_fw-la
quod_fw-la totum_fw-la archiepiscopatum_fw-la in_o dominium_fw-la meum_fw-la redigam_n nec_fw-la illum_fw-la pro_fw-la archiepiscapo_n ultra_fw-la recipiam_fw-la idem_fw-la fol._n 38.10_o from_o the_o king_n that_o if_o he_o go_v he_o shall_v for_o certain_a know_v that_o he_o will_v seize_v his_o whole_a arch-bishopric_n into_o his_o hand_n nor_o will_v he_o receive_v he_o for_o archbishop_n any_o more_o like_a as_o now_o the_o write_v not_o exeat_fw-la regno_fw-la be_v use_v with_o a_o penalty_n specify_v after_o this_o the_o bishop_n of_o winchester_n lincoln_n salisbury_z and_z bath_n with_o several_a baron_n send_v to_o he_o by_o the_o king_n tell_v he_o that_o he_o have_v trouble_v the_o king_n with_o many_o complaint_n how_o that_o at_o the_o parliament_n hold_v at_o rockingham_n he_o have_v case_n have_v pollicitus_fw-la es_fw-la per_fw-la te_fw-la usus_fw-la ac_fw-la leges_fw-la svas_fw-la usque_fw-la quaque_fw-la deinceps_fw-la servaturum_fw-la &_o case_z sibi_fw-la contra_fw-la emne_v homines_fw-la fideliter_fw-la defensurum_fw-la idem_fw-la fol._n 39.27_o in_o this_o whole_a relation_n of_o matter_n of_o fact_n it_o be_v to_o be_v own_v that_o it_o be_v the_o personal_a repair_n of_o a_o peer_n or_o great_a man_n to_o rome_n to_o appeal_v that_o be_v forbid_v without_o the_o king_n leave_n but_o appeal_v by_o proctor_n be_v ancient_o use_v in_o several_a case_n promise_v for_o the_o future_a archbishop_n the_o promise_n of_o a_o archbishop_n in_o all_o respect_n to_o keep_v and_o observe_v the_o custom_n and_o the_o king_n law_n and_o to_o defend_v they_o faithful_o against_o all_o man_n which_o be_v a_o oath_n of_o fidelity_n use_v in_o that_o age_n and_o bind_v he_o in_o allegiance_n by_o reason_n of_o his_o temporality_n but_o no_o way_n like_o the_o present_a oath_n of_o supremacy_n upon_o which_o they_o tell_v he_o the_o king_n believe_v he_o will_v have_v be_v quiet_a for_o the_o future_a but_o that_o he_o have_v open_o contravene_v his_o 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to_o the_o see_v of_o st._n peter_n or_o his_o vicar_n for_o any_o cause_n that_o may_v befall_v he_o or_o if_o he_o do_v that_o he_o shall_v speedy_o depart_v out_o of_o the_o king_n territory_n but_o the_o archbishop_n persist_v in_o his_o resolution_n to_o go_v have_v not_o only_o his_o arch-bishopric_n seize_v but_o the_o pope_n be_v show_v how_o his_o carriage_n here_o be_v resent_v do_v not_o afford_v he_o either_o 28._o either_o idem_fw-la fol._n 52.17_o 53_o 28._o consilium_fw-la or_o auxilium_fw-la yet_o the_o writer_n of_o that_o age_n censure_n that_o as_o a_o exorbitance_n of_o the_o king_n power_n however_o it_o may_v be_v a_o document_n to_o some_o not_o obstinate_o to_o oppose_v their_o prince_n ☞_o by_o this_o relation_n of_o matter_n of_o fact_n it_o be_v evident_a faith._n the_o inference_n from_o this_o history_n these_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o matter_n political_a and_o of_o government_n not_o in_o matter_n of_o doctrine_n and_o faith._n that_o in_o the_o 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