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〈◊〉_d and_o independent_a subject_a to_o no_o foreign_a bishop_n but_o under_o her_o own_o metropolitan_a have_v her_o primacy_n and_o headship_n with_o all_o privilege_n ecclesiastical_a within_o herself_o for_o six_o hundred_o year_n after_o christ_n till_o austin_n the_o monk_n transgress_v that_o canon_n of_o nice_a do_v by_o force_n of_o arm_n subdue_v and_o captivate_v she_o to_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n the_o pope_n usurpation_n begin_v here_o in_o blood_n with_o the_o slaughter_n of_o twelve_o hundred_o innocent_a and_o holy_a monk_n at_o bangor_n and_o all_o attempt_n to_o reinforce_v that_o usurpation_n be_v carry_v on_o by_o 59_o w._n beverege_n anno._n ad_fw-la can._n 6._o council_n nicae_n p._n 58_o 59_o method_n of_o the_o like_a nature_n i._n e._n practice_n of_o fraud_n and_o violence_n nevertheless_o as_o the_o learned_a beverege_n have_v observe_v the_o unjust_a violation_n of_o that_o canon_n can_v prejudice_v the_o high_a and_o perpetual_a authority_n of_o it_o 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