〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v no_o man_n be_v 19_o can._n 19_o ordain_v bishop_n without_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o metropolitan_a or_o if_o any_o shall_v be_v make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o his_o ordination_n be_v null_a and_o invalid_a and_o that_o not_o only_o as_o to_o himself_o but_o as_o to_o all_o other_o that_o shall_v be_v afterward_o ordain_v and_o this_o be_v the_o plea_n that_o alexius_n make_v when_o they_o will_v unjust_o have_v depose_v he_o from_o his_o patriarchship_n and_o which_o in_o probability_n prevent_v his_o deposition_n stout_o answer_v as_o doctor_n burnet_n relate_v the_o matter_n that_o if_o his_o ordination_n be_v null_a than_o all_o 3._o regal_a cap._n 3._o the_o metropolitan_n who_o he_o have_v ordain_v and_o all_o the_o bishop_n who_o those_o metropolitan_o have_v ordain_v during_o the_o eleven_o year_n of_o his_o administration_n aught_o to_o be_v likewise_o degrade_v from_o whence_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o if_o the_o 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