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&_o de_fw-fr maximis_fw-la una_fw-la erat_fw-la quae_fw-la regnum_fw-la angliae_fw-la liberum_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la legati_fw-la ditione_n constituerat_fw-la donec_fw-la ipse_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la praesenti_fw-la superesset_fw-la so_o that_o this_o patria_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la of_o the_o kingdom_n be_v free_a from_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o any_o legate_n and_o which_o have_v be_v confirm_v by_o the_o pope_n be_v not_o a_o privilege_n grant_v to_o the_o king_n himself_o nor_o be_v he_o the_o object_n of_o that_o papal_a pretend_a indulgence_n but_o the_o kingdom_n who_o he_o declare_v that_o himself_o can_v not_o deprive_v of_o the_o benefit_n thereof_o without_o their_o own_o consent_n and_o therefore_o the_o king_n assent_n and_o the_o king_n leave_n so_o frequent_o mention_v in_o the_o monk_n upon_o this_o occasion_n must_v be_v understand_v of_o his_o assent_n in_o a_o great_a council_n or_o parliament_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o when_o johannes_n cremensis_n come_v legate_n hither_o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1125._o and_o be_v permit_v so_o to_o do_v by_o the_o king_n be_v then_o in_o normandy_n for_o what_o private_a consideration_n betwixt_o the_o pope_n and_o himself_o i_o know_v not_o it_o be_v look_v upon_o by_o the_o wise_a man_n of_o the_o nation_n as_o a_o notorious_a breach_n of_o the_o ancient_n and_o know_v law_n and_o liberty_n of_o the_o kingdom_n quam_fw-la gravi_fw-la multorum_fw-la mentes_fw-la scandalo_fw-la vulneravit_fw-la &_o inusitata_fw-la negotii_fw-la novitas_fw-la &_o antiqui_fw-la regni_fw-la anglorum_fw-la detrita_fw-la libertas_fw-la satis_fw-la indicat_fw-la toti_n enim_fw-la regno_fw-la anglorum_fw-la &_o circumjacentibus_fw-la regionibus_fw-la cunctis_fw-la notissimum_fw-la est_fw-la eatenùs_fw-la à _fw-la primo_fw-la cantuariensi_fw-la metropolitano_fw-it sanctissimo_fw-la augustino_n usque_fw-la ad_fw-la istum_fw-la wilhelmum_fw-la cantuariensem_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la omnes_fw-la ipsius_fw-la augustini_fw-la successores_fw-la monachos_fw-la primate_fw-la &_o patriarchas_fw-la nominatos_fw-la &_o habitos_fw-la nec_fw-la ullius_fw-la unquam_fw-la romani_fw-la legati_fw-la ditioni_fw-la addictos_fw-la gervas_n dorob_fw-la collect._n pag._n 1663._o and_o when_o afterward_o in_o king_n henry_n the_o three_o time_n circa_n festum_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la petri_n &_o pauli_n otto_n sancti_fw-la nicholai_n in_fw-la carcere_fw-la tulliano_n diaconus_fw-la cardinalis_fw-la nesciebatur_fw-la ad_fw-la quid_fw-la per_fw-la mandatum_fw-la regis_fw-la venit_fw-la legatus_fw-la in_o angliam_fw-la nescientibus_fw-la regni_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la plures_fw-la adversus_fw-la regem_fw-la magnam_fw-la conceperunt_fw-la indignationem_fw-la dicentes_fw-la omnia_fw-la rex_fw-la pervertit_fw-la jura_n fidem_fw-la promissa_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la transgreditur_fw-la nota_fw-la bend_n nunc_fw-la se_fw-la matrimonio_fw-la sine_fw-la suorum_fw-la amicorum_fw-la &_o hominum_fw-la naturalium_fw-la consilio_fw-la 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