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whereof_o thus_o follow_v ¶_o de_n jure_fw-la &_o appendijs_fw-la regni_fw-la britannia_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la sit_fw-la officium_fw-la regis_fw-la rex_fw-la autem_fw-la quia_fw-la vicarius_fw-la summi_fw-la regis_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la constitutus_fw-la ut_fw-la regnum_fw-la terrenum_fw-la &_o populum_fw-la domini_fw-la &_o super_fw-la omne_fw-la sanctam_fw-la eius_fw-la veneretur_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la &_o regat_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la iniuriosis_fw-la defendat_fw-la &_o maleficos_fw-la ab_fw-la ea_fw-la avellat_fw-la &_o destruat_fw-la &_o penitus_fw-la disperdat_fw-la qwod_fw-la nisi_fw-la fecerit_fw-la nomen_fw-la regis_fw-la non_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la constabit_fw-la verùm_fw-la papa_n joanne_n testante_fw-la nomen_fw-la regis_fw-la perdit_fw-la cvi_fw-la pipinus_fw-la &_o carolus_n filius_fw-la eius_fw-la nec_fw-la dum_fw-la reges_fw-la sed_fw-la principes_fw-la sub_fw-la rege_fw-la francorum_fw-la stultò_fw-la scripserunt_fw-la quaerentes_fw-la si_fw-la ita_fw-la
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under_o the_o french_a king_n be_v not_o very_o wise_a do_v write_v demand_v this_o question_n whither_o the_o king_n of_o france_n ought_v so_o to_o continue_v have_v but_o only_o the_o name_n of_o a_o king_n earth_n unto_o who_o pope_n john_n answer_v again_o that_o it_o be_v convenient_a to_o call_v they_o king_n which_o vigilan_o do_v defend_v and_o govern_v the_o church_n of_o god_n and_o his_o people_n follow_v the_o say_n of_o king_n david_n the_o psalmograph_n he_o shall_v not_o dwell_v in_o my_o house_n which_o work_v pride_n etc._n etc._n moreover_o the_o king_n by_o right_n &_o by_o his_o office_n aught_o to_o defend_v &_o conserve_v full_o &_o whole_o in_o all_o ampleness_n wtout_fw-fr diminution_n all_o the_o land_n honour_n dignity_n right_n and_o liberty_n of_o the_o crown_n of_o his_o kingdom_n and_o further_o to_o reduce_v into_o their_o pristine_a state_n all_o such_o thing_n as_o have_v be_v disperse_v waste_a and_o lose_v which_o appertain_v to_o his_o kingdom_n 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my_o diocese_n as_o my_o canoniste_n do_v say_v ibid._n and_o all_o man_n be_v bind_v to_o believe_v 220._o except_o they_o will_v imagine_v as_o the_o manichy_n do_v two_o beginning_n which_o be_v false_a and_o heretical_a for_o moses_n faith_n in_o the_o beginning_n god_n make_v heaven_n and_o earth_n and_o not_o in_o the_o beginning_n 221._o wherefore_o as_o i_o begone_v so_o i_o conclude_v command_v declare_v and_o pronounce_v to_o stand_v upon_o necessity_n of_o salvation_n for_o every_o human_a creature_n to_o be_v subject_a to_o i_o ¶_o the_o end_n of_o the_o first_o volume_n of_o the_o book_n of_o martyr_n a_o lively_a picture_n describe_v the_o weight_n and_o substance_n of_o god_n most_o bless_a word_n against_o the_o doctrine_n and_o vanity_n of_o man_n tradition_n ¶_o at_o london_n print_a by_o john_n daye_n dwell_v over_o aldersgate_n beneath_o saint_n martin_n anno._n 1583._o cum_fw-la gratia_fw-la &_o privilegio_fw-la regiae_n maiestatis_fw-la a_o table_n of_o the_o x._o 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