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kindred_n you_o have_v in_o the_o nation_n and_o your_o experience_n in_o
lord-lieutenant_n and_o consequent_o of_o the_o king_n authority_n place_v in_o he_o be_v do_v by_o the_o 25._o the_o vnanimi_fw-la universi_fw-la cleri_fw-la consensu_fw-la vindiciae_fw-la versae_fw-la 25._o universal_a consent_n of_o the_o clergy_n nor_o be_v this_o affront_n to_o be_v wonder_v at_o be_v do_v with_o some_o sort_n of_o order_n and_o formality_n but_o it_o will_v amaze_v one_o to_o see_v the_o captain_n of_o the_o guard_n of_o young_a man_n at_o galway_n with_o the_o rabble_n at_o his_o heel_n search_v in_o every_o corner_n for_o the_o lord-lieutenant_n as_o a_o criminal_a or_o a_o thief_n not_o but_o that_o they_o know_v he_o be_v not_o in_o the_o town_n but_o they_o do_v it_o at_o the_o instigation_n of_o the_o clergy_n mere_o to_o bring_v contempt_n on_o his_o person_n and_o authority_n and_o for_o the_o same_o reason_n that_o we_o hang_v fugitive_a traitor_n in_o effigy_n and_o which_o be_v yet_o more_o strange_a when_o mr._n beling_n to_o lessen_v the_o gild_n of_o the_o irish_a will_v palliate_v the_o matter_n by_o say_v they_o do_v not_o force_v the_o lord-lieutenant_n out_o of_o the_o kingdom_n 173._o constat_fw-la enim_fw-la eum_fw-la tum_fw-la discessisse_fw-la quia_fw-la prelati_fw-la omnes_fw-la unanimiter_fw-la sub_fw-la censuris_fw-la vetuerant_fw-la ne_fw-la ullus_fw-la illius_fw-la pareret_fw-la mandatis_fw-la aut_fw-la part_n sequeretur_fw-la vindiciae_fw-la eversae_fw-la 173._o the_o reverend_a father_n ponce_n fly_v in_o his_o face_n and_o be_v loath_a to_o lose_v the_o merit_n of_o such_o a_o glorious_a action_n he_o affirm_v that_o they_o do_v expel_v the_o lord-lieutenant_n and_o that_o they_o do_v force_v he_o away_o as_o much_o as_o a_o man_n be_v force_v to_o leave_v a_o sink_a ship_n it_o be_v true_a say_v he_o ormond_n may_v have_v stay_v but_o no_o body_n will_v have_v obey_v he_o after_o our_o excommunication_n and_o therefore_o we_o may_v true_o say_v we_o compel_v he_o to_o go_v and_o thus_o do_v these_o bigoted_a zealots_n glory_n in_o their_o shame_n and_o after_o all_o this_o have_v the_o confidence_n to_o claim_v the_o benefit_n of_o the_o article_n of_o 1648_o which_o they_o have_v thus_o so_o public_o and_o so_o peremptory_o not_o only_a violate_v but_o dissolve_v 174._o non_fw-la discessit_fw-la ergo_fw-la lubens_fw-la nisi_fw-la ut_fw-la lubens_fw-la &_o voluntarit_fw-mi projicit_fw-la quis_fw-la metu_fw-la naufragii_fw-la merces_fw-la in_o mare_fw-la ne_fw-la navis_fw-la &_o ipsemet_fw-la una_fw-la peâ—eat_fw-la sic_fw-la autem_fw-la lubentem_fw-la discessisse_fw-la non_fw-la arguit_fw-la quin_fw-la potestate_fw-la prelatorum_fw-la factum_fw-la sit_fw-la ut_fw-la discesserit_fw-la ibidem_fw-la sufficiebat_fw-la ad_fw-la expulsionem_fw-la ormonii_n prelatos_n cavisse_fw-la sub_fw-la excomunicatione_n ne_fw-la quis_fw-la part_n ejus_fw-la sequeretur_fw-la ne_fw-la quis_fw-la obtemperet_fw-la mandatis_fw-la quamvis_fw-la esset_fw-la prorok_n ibid._n 174._o but_o as_o these_o prelate_n be_v exceed_o rash_a in_o denounce_v this_o excommunication_n so_o they_o be_v altogether_o as_o light_v and_o inconstant_a in_o the_o publication_n of_o it_o for_o it_o be_v not_o promulge_v until_o the_o 15_o day_n september_n and_o the_o very_a next_o day_n they_o suspend_v it_o again_o as_o appear_v by_o the_o follow_a letter_n to_o the_o officer_n of_o the_o army_n sir_n yesterday_o we_o have_v receive_v a_o express_a from_o the_o rest_n of_o our_o congregation_n at_o galway_n bear_v their_o sense_n to_o suspend_v the_o effect_n of_o the_o excommunication_n proclaim_v by_o their_o order_n till_o the_o service_n of_o athlone_n he_o perform_v fear_v on_o the_o one_o side_n the_o dispersion_n of_o the_o army_n and_o on_o the_o other_o have_v receive_v most_o certain_a intelligence_n of_o the_o enemy_n approach_v unto_o that_o place_n with_o their_o full_a force_n and_o number_n of_o fight_a man_n and_o thereupon_o will_v have_v we_o concur_v with_o they_o in_o suspend_v the_o say_a 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