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chief_a town_n dundee_n and_o brechin_n 13._o perth_n chief_a town_n perth_n the_o chief_a town_n of_o the_o whole_a aberdeen_n 2._o
archiepiscoporum_fw-la meorum_fw-la hanc_fw-la meam_fw-la munificentiam_fw-la signo_fw-la meo_fw-la corroboravi_fw-la ✚_o ego_fw-la alfrye_n regina_fw-la consensi_fw-la &_o signo_fw-la crueis_fw-la confirmavi_fw-la ego_fw-la dunstan_n archiepiscopus_fw-la dorobor_fw-la '_o ecclesiae_fw-la christi_fw-la consensi_fw-la &_o subscripsi_fw-la ✚_o ege_n osticel_n archiepiscopus_fw-la eboracenses_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la consensi_fw-la &_o subscripsi_fw-la ego_fw-la alferic_n dux_n ego_fw-la buthnod_n dux_n ego_fw-la arigdary_n dux_n and_o what_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n have_v in_o ireland_n in_o ancient_a time_n before_o it_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n you_o may_v read_v in_o cambden_n britannia_n p._n 735_o &_o 765._o as_o namely_o in_o the_o consecration_n and_o confirmation_n of_o their_o bishop_n by_o reason_n of_o his_o primacy_n in_o ireland_n co._n 4_o inst_z 360._o king_n henry_n the_o second_o at_o a_o parliament_n 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