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monk_n with_o a_o superior_a over_o they_o which_o gregory_n mention_n long_o before_o he_o take_v notice_n of_o any_o rule_n make_v by_o he_o and_o angâ—lus_n de_fw-fr nâ—ce_n the_o present_a or_o late_a abbâ—t_n of_o cassino_n 84._o consesy_n that_o he_o do_v not_o make_v his_o rule_n till_o a_o little_a before_o his_o death_n and_o that_o at_o the_o beginning_n he_o have_v not_o the_o least_o thought_n of_o make_v any_o rule_n for_o the_o order_n of_o monk_n but_o be_v grow_v old_a by_o lâ—ng_a experience_n and_o observation_n and_o compare_v of_o former_a rule_n he_o draw_v up_o those_o which_o go_v under_o his_o name_n which_o receive_v no_o authority_n from_o he_o that_o make_v they_o but_o depend_v upon_o the_o free_a consent_n of_o those_o who_o submit_v themselves_o unto_o they_o and_o therefore_o he_o compare_v they_o to_o the_o laâ—s_n of_o solon_n or_o the_o decemviri_fw-la than_o which_o nothing_o can_v be_v say_v more_o destructive_a to_o the_o pictence_n of_o divine_a 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