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6._o decret_a tit_n 6._o the_o supplen_n da_fw-mi cap._n grand_fw-fr 1._o garibay_n in_o hist._n de_fw-fr portug_n li._n 34._o cab_n 20._o &_o 21._o the_o emperor_n of_o greece_n glicas_n in_o annal._n part_n 4._o zon._n annal_n co_fw-la 3._o in_o vita_fw-la michael_n calapha_fw-la in_o polonia_n in_o literis_fw-la reip_v polon_n ad_fw-la henr._n valesium_n pag._n 182._o 184._o vidc_n gagneum_fw-la part_n i._o de_fw-la rebus_fw-la polon_n in_o suetia_n poilin_n i._o 32._o histor_n de_fw-fr franc._n an._n 1568._o in_o denmark_n sleydan_n l._n 4._o hist._n an._n 1532._o munst._n l._n 3_o cosmogra_fw-la in_o descript_n davide_v paulus_n lo_n vius_o in_o viris_fw-la illust_n example_n of_o england_n king_n john_n depose_v polid._n hist._n ang._n l._n 15._o an._n 1212._o an._n 1216._o an._n 1216._o king_n henry_z the_o third_o king_n edward_n the_o second_o depose_v polyd._n 1._o 18._o hist._n anglicanae_n anuo_n 1326._o stow_n in_o the_o life_n of_o king_n edward_n the_o 2._o the_o man_n 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at_o their_o co_z ronation_n zonar_n tom_fw-mi 3_o annal._n in_o vita_fw-la anastas_n niceph._n l._n 16._o cap._n 29_o euagt_fw-ge l._n 2._o cap._n 32._o vbi_fw-la supr_fw-la the_o grecian_a emperor_n qth._n zon._n tun_n 3._o in_o vita_fw-la mich._n an._n 820._o saxo._n gram._n li._n 10._o cranzius_n lib._n 3._o metrop_n c._n 12._o the_o crown_a of_o oath_n the_o first_o whitichindus_fw-la gest_n saxon._n lib._n 1._o ensign_n of_o the_o empire_n witichin_n l._n 2._o vbi_fw-la supra_fw-la election_n german_n elector_n blend_v decad_a 2._o li._n 3_o crant_n l._n 4._o cap._n 25._o sleyd_n li._n 1_o histor_n an._n 1519_o the_o man_n never_o of_o the_o emperor_n coronation_n at_o this_o day_n sleyd_n 〈◊〉_d supra_fw-la interrogatory_n to_o the_o emperor_n imperial_a ornament_n second_o oath_n to_o be_v note_v the_o man_n never_o of_o coronation_n in_o polonia_n alex_n gua_n guinrerun_v polon_n tom._n i._n &_o oricho_n in_o chimer_n fol._n 90._o &_o 106_o the_o king_n of_o pool_n land_n oath_n bodin_n de_fw-fr rep_n l._n 2._o c._n 9_o the_o admiffion_n of_o king_n in_o spain_n amb._n mo_z rale_n li._n 11._o c._n 17._o hist._n hisp._n praefat_fw-la eiusdem_fw-la concilij_fw-la the_o humility_n of_o king_n sissinandus_n council_n tol._n 4._o c._n 74._o ambros._n maral_a l._n 11._o cap._n 17._o cap._n 74._o condition_n of_o reign_v in_o spain_n ambros._n moral_a 1._o 11._o cap._n 23_o &_o 24._o council_n 5._o cap._n 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o &_o conc_fw-fr 6._o cap._n 16._o 17._o 18._o council_n td._n 6._o c._n 3._o the_o king_n of_o spain_n oath_n at_o his_o admission_n ambros._n moral_a lib._n 1._o cap._n 23._o the_o destruction_n of_o spain_n the_o beginning_n of_o the_o restitution_n of_o spain_n ambros._n moral_a li._n 13._o c._n 1._o &_o 2._o de_fw-fr la_fw-fr chron._n de_fw-fr esp._n kingdom_n in_o spain_n the_o goatish_a la_o of_o don_n pelayo_n king_n of_o spain_n ambros._n moral_a li._n 〈◊〉_d cap._n 2._o lucas_n episcop_n tuyensin_n histor_n hispan_n lodou_n de_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d lib._n the_o hered_a the_o old_a spanish_a cerimonye_n in_o make_v their_o king_n the_o present_a manner_n of_o spain_n the_o man_n never_o of_o french_a coronation_n the_o old_a ceremony_n belfor_n l._n 3_o c._n 20._o thevet_n cosmograph_n univer_n l._n 15._o cap._n 2._o papir_n masson_n annal_n l_o 3._o pag._n 2._o 15._o gerand_n l._n 3_o del_o b._n estate_n fol._n 238._o francis_n belfor_n hist._n fran_n lib._n 3._o c._n 20_o in_o vita_fw-la philip._n 1._o the_o coronation_n of_o king_n philip_n the_o first_o the_o speech_n of_o the_o father_n note_n upon_o the_o king_n speech_n memoires_n du_fw-fr tillet_n c._n du_fw-fr sacre_n des_fw-fr roys_n the_o particular_a manner_n of_o corona_fw-la tion_n procession_n of_o faith_n the_o oath_n of_o the_o king_n of_o france_n belfor_n 1._o 3_o cap._n 20._o the_o people_n election_n and_o admifsion_n the_o late_a order_n of_o coronation_n in_o france_n the_o 12._o peer_n of_o france_n &_o their_o office_n in_o the_o coronation_n temperal_n peer_n to_o be_v no_o ted_a girard_n du_fw-fr haillan_n li._n 3._o de_fw-la l'estat_fw-la pag._n 240._o 242._o &_o 258._o the_o ceremony_n use_v at_o this_o day_n francis_n belf._n in_o vita_fw-la augustus_n the_o coronation_n of_o philip_n 2._o augustus_n the_o oath_n of_o the_o french_a king_n use_v at_o this_o day_n the_o archbishope_n blessing_n &_o speech_n to_o the_o new_a king_n the_o man_n never_o of_o coronation_n take_v from_o france_n 1._o reg._n 10._o &_o 16._o 2._o reg._n 2._o 2._o reg._n 1._o the_o holy_a oil_n of_o rheims_n belfo._n l._n 3._o cap._n 57_o estevan_fw-mi garribay_n lib._n 22._o c_o 1_o king_n crown_a in_o navarra_o and_o not_o in_o spain_n the_o inglish_n coronation_n take_v from_o he_o french_fw-mi le_fw-fr sacre_n des_fw-fr roys_n polid._n lib_n 13._o hist._n angliae_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la henrici_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la d._n thom._n cantuar._n apud_fw-la sarium_fw-la in_o mense_fw-la decembris_fw-la the_o speech_n of_o a_o other_o archbushop_a of_o canter_n bury_v to_o the_o king_n stow_v in_o vita_fw-la henrici_fw-la 4._o holingsh_n in_o his_o cro._n pag._n 476._o &_o 1005._o the_o king_n of_o england_n regal_a ornament_n stow_v in_o vita_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 2._o in_o fine_a admission_n and_o coronation_n of_o king_n henry_n 4._o the_o coro_fw-la nation_n of_o king_n edward_n 4._o stow_v in_o vita_fw-la she_o 6._o pag._n 709._o the_o conclusion_n of_o this_o capter_n absurd_a aslertion_n of_o bclloy_n a_o pause_n grose_n flatery_a the_o proposition_n of_o belloy_n apolog_n ca._n h._n part_n 2._o §._o 7._o matth._n 6._o 2._o apolog._n cathol_a part_n 1._o parag_n 7._o 3._o apolog._n pro_fw-la rege_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 6._o sc_n 34._o 4._o apolog._n cathol_a part_n 2._o parag_n 7._o &_o pro_fw-la rege_fw-la cap._n 9_o 5._o apolog._n pro_fw-la rege_fw-la cap._n 20._o succession_n of_o prince_n by_o birth_n better_o they_o ineere_v election_n &_o why_o 2._o reason_n 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o the_o preheminene_n of_o