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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	writ_n	year_n	york_n	19	3	9.2274	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79651	A collection of articles, injunctions, canons, orders, ordinances and consitutions ecclesiastical, with other publick records of the Church of England chiefly in the times of K. Edward VI. Q. Elizabeth, [double brace] K. James, & K. Charles I. Published to vindicate the Church of England, and to promote uniformity and peace in the same. : With a learned preface by Anthony Sparrow, D.D. Lord Bishop of Norwich.	Church of England.; Sparrow, Anthony, 1612-1685.; England and Wales. Laws, etc.	1671 (1671)	Wing C4094cA; ESTC R173968	232,380	430

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eisdem_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la episcopo_fw-la vel_fw-la suffragano_n subservientes_fw-la pro_fw-la membrana_fw-la scriptione_n cera_fw-la sigillatione_fw-la vel_fw-la alia_fw-la quavis_fw-la causa_fw-la hoc_fw-la negotium_fw-la contingente_fw-it supra_fw-la decem_fw-la solidos_fw-la percipient_fw-la sub_fw-la paenis_fw-la hac_fw-la in_o parte_fw-la lege_fw-la constitutis_fw-la 136._o statarius_fw-la feodorum_fw-la census_fw-la in_o tabulas_fw-la relatus_fw-la publicè_fw-la in_o consistoriis_fw-la &_o archivis_fw-la proponendus_fw-la statuimus_fw-la porrò_fw-la &_o ordinamus_fw-la ut_fw-la cujusque_fw-la judicis_fw-la ecclesiastici_fw-la registrarius_fw-la tabulas_fw-la binas_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la certae_fw-la singulorum_fw-la feodorum_fw-la summae_fw-la separatim_fw-la exprimentur_fw-la publicè_fw-la figi_fw-la curet_fw-la &_o proponi_fw-la unam_fw-la in_o confistorio_n vel_fw-la loco_fw-la consueto_fw-la ubi_fw-la dicta_fw-la curia_fw-la teneri_fw-la solet_fw-la alteram_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la archivo_fw-la utramque_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la ita_fw-la congruo_fw-la ut_fw-la quilibet_fw-la cujus_fw-la intererit_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la inspiciendae_fw-la &_o legendae_fw-la vel_fw-la etiam_fw-la transcribendae_fw-la liberam_fw-la habeat_fw-la facultatem_fw-la quod_fw-la ante_fw-la festum_fw-la nativitatis_fw-la proximè_fw-la futurum_fw-la perfici_fw-la volumus_fw-la quod_fw-la siquis_fw-la registrarius_fw-la dictas_fw-la tabulas_fw-la juxta_fw-la tenorem_fw-la praemissorum_fw-la publicê_fw-la figendas_fw-la non_fw-la curaverit_fw-la ab_fw-la executione_fw-la officii_fw-la svi_fw-la eousque_fw-la suspendetur_fw-la quoad_fw-la praemissa_fw-la modo_fw-la &_o forma_fw-la specificatis_fw-la perfecerit_fw-la easque_fw-la tabulas_fw-la semel_fw-la fixas_fw-la siquando_fw-la vel_fw-la auferet_fw-la u●l_o in_o fraudem_fw-la huius_fw-la constitutionis_fw-la ex_fw-la loco_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la primùm_fw-la positae_fw-la erant_fw-la removeri_fw-la vel_fw-la quovis_fw-la pacto_fw-la occultari_fw-la patietur_fw-la tunc_fw-la pro_fw-la singulis_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la delictis_fw-la ab_fw-la exercitio_fw-la muneris_fw-la svi_fw-la per_fw-la semestre_fw-fr spatium_fw-la suspendetur_fw-la 137._o feoda_fw-it pro_fw-la ordinum_fw-la literis_fw-la aliisque_fw-la licentiis_fw-la episcocopo_n exhibendis_fw-la tantùm_fw-la dimidia_fw-la praeterquam_fw-la in_fw-la prima_fw-la episcopi_fw-la visitatione_n persolvenda_fw-la cum_o non_fw-la minima_fw-la sit_fw-la visitationis_fw-la causa_fw-la &_o effectus_fw-la ut_fw-la episcopus_fw-la archidiaconus_fw-la aut_fw-la alius_fw-la visitor_fw-la de_fw-la statu_fw-la sufficientia_fw-la &_o facultatibus_fw-la cleri_fw-la &_o aliorum_fw-la visitandorum_fw-la perfectiorem_fw-la aliquem_fw-la notitiam_fw-la consequantur_fw-la aequum_fw-la duximus_fw-la ut_fw-la quilibet_fw-la rector_n vicarius_fw-la curatus_fw-la ludimagister_fw-la &_o alius_fw-la quicunque_fw-la licentiatus_fw-la literas_fw-la ordinum_fw-la institutionis_fw-la &_o inductionis_fw-la itemque_fw-la dispensationes_fw-la licentias_fw-la &_o facultates_fw-la svas_fw-la quascunque_fw-la in_o visitatione_n prima_fw-la illius_fw-la episcopi_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o proxima_fw-la post_fw-la ejus_fw-la admissionem_fw-la exhibeat_fw-la per_fw-la dictum_fw-la visitantem_fw-la approbandas_fw-la aut_fw-la si_fw-la justa_fw-la fuerit_fw-la causa_fw-la rejiciendas_fw-la &_o si_fw-la approbatae_fw-la fuerint_fw-la per_fw-la registrarium_fw-la uti_fw-la moris_fw-la est_fw-la consignandas_fw-la quodque_fw-la feoda_fw-it in_fw-it visitationibus_fw-la intuitu_fw-la praemissorum_fw-la consueta_fw-la solvi_fw-la semel_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la tempore_fw-la alicujus_fw-la episcopi_fw-la integra_fw-la persolvantur_fw-la in_fw-la reliquis_fw-la verò_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la visitationibus_fw-la quamdiu_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la sede_fw-la permanserit_fw-la dictorum_fw-la feodorum_fw-la dimidium_fw-la tantùm_fw-la exigatur_fw-la apparitores_fw-la 138._o apparitorum_fw-la excessus_fw-la coerciti_fw-la quoniam_fw-la excessibus_fw-la &_o gravaminibus_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la apparitores_fw-la inferri_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la remedium_fw-la cupimus_fw-la adhibere_fw-la opportunum_fw-la censemus_fw-la apparitorum_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la quantum_fw-la fieri_fw-la poterit_fw-la restringendam_fw-la statuimus_fw-la ergo_fw-la &_o ordinamus_fw-la nullatenùs_fw-la licitum_fw-la fore_fw-la episcopis_fw-la vel_fw-la archidiaconis_fw-la eorumve_fw-la vicariis_fw-la seu_fw-la officialibus_fw-la aliisque_fw-la inferioribus_fw-la ordinariis_fw-la deputare_fw-la &_o habere_fw-la plures_fw-la apparitores_fw-la jurisdictionibus_fw-la suis_fw-la respectiuè_fw-la infervientes_fw-la quàm_fw-la ante_fw-la triginta_fw-la annos_fw-la praet●ritos_fw-la vel_fw-la ipsi_fw-la vel_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la praedecessores_fw-la habere_fw-la consueverunt_fw-la qui_fw-la omnes_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la suum_fw-la fideliter_fw-la exequantur_fw-la officium_fw-la nec_fw-la per_fw-la nuntio_n aut_fw-la substitutos_fw-la quocunque_fw-la quaesito_fw-la colore_fw-la suâ_fw-la vice_fw-la mandatorum_fw-la executiones_fw-la demandent_fw-la aut_fw-la permittant_fw-la nisi_fw-la ex_fw-la causa_fw-la à_fw-la loci_fw-la o_fw-la dinario_fw-la priùs_fw-la cognita_fw-la &_o approbata_fw-la neque_fw-la vero_fw-la promotorum_fw-la officii_fw-la vel_fw-la denunciatorum_fw-la personas_fw-la omninô_o sustinebunt_fw-la feodave_fw-la ampliora_fw-la vel_fw-la majora_fw-la quàm_fw-la quae_fw-la his_fw-la constitutionibus_fw-la superiùs_fw-la statuuntur_fw-la ullatenùs_fw-la exiget_fw-la quòd_fw-la si_fw-la vel_fw-la plures_fw-la quàm_fw-la superiùs_fw-la est_fw-la expressum_fw-la deputati_fw-la extiterint_fw-la vel_fw-la illorum_fw-la aliqui_fw-la praemissa_fw-la violaverint_fw-la deputantes_fw-la si_fw-la episcopi_fw-la sint_fw-la per_fw-la superiorem_fw-la moniti_fw-la supernumerarios_fw-la dimittant_fw-la si_fw-la ordinarii_fw-la episcopis_fw-la inferiores_fw-la ab_fw-la executione_fw-la officii_fw-la suspendantur_fw-la donec_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la deputatos_fw-la amoverint_fw-la deputati_fw-la autem_fw-la ipsi_fw-la ab_fw-la apparitorum_fw-la officio_fw-la amoveantur_fw-la perpetuô_o &_o si_fw-la amoti_fw-la non_fw-la desistant_fw-la tanquam_fw-la contumaces_fw-la canonicis_fw-la censuris_fw-la coerceantur_fw-la proviso_n semper_fw-la quòd_fw-la si_fw-la archiepiscopus_fw-la cantuariensis_n experientia_fw-la compertum_fw-la habuerit_fw-la apparitorum_fw-la numerum_fw-la in_o aliqua_fw-la dioecesi_fw-la redundare_fw-la tum_fw-la omnem_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la redundantiam_fw-la dicto_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la relinquimus_fw-la pro_fw-la ipsius_fw-la beneplacito_fw-la minuendam_fw-la authoritas_fw-la synodorum_n 139._o synodus_fw-la nationalis_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la repraesentativa_fw-la quisquis_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la affirmabit_fw-la sacrosanctam_fw-la huius_fw-la nationis_fw-la synodum_fw-la in_o christi_fw-la nomine_fw-la ac_fw-la de_fw-la regis_fw-la mandato_fw-la 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priusquam_fw-la resipuerit_fw-la ac_fw-la impium_fw-la hunc_fw-la errorem_fw-la publicè_fw-la revocârit_fw-la 141._o synodi_fw-la authoritati_fw-la derogantes_fw-la coerciti_fw-la qusquis_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la affi●mabit_fw-la dictam_fw-la sacram_fw-la synodum_fw-la congregatam_fw-la ut_fw-la suprà_fw-la fuisse_fw-la coetum_fw-la ex_fw-la talibus_fw-la conflatum_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o pios_fw-la &_o religiosos_fw-la evangelii_n professores_fw-la conspirabant_fw-la ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la tùm_fw-la ipsos_fw-la tùm_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la act_n in_o canonibus_fw-la sive_fw-la constitutionibus_fw-la circa_fw-la causas_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la ex_fw-la regis_fw-la authoritate_fw-la ut_fw-la praedictum_fw-la est_fw-la condendis_fw-la ac_fw-la sanciendis_fw-la rejici_fw-la ac_fw-la contemni_fw-la debere_fw-la quantumvis_fw-la eaedem_fw-la per_fw-la dictam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la regiam_fw-la ac_fw-la supremam_fw-la ej_fw-la sdem_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la ratihabitae_fw-la confirmatae_fw-la 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