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42._o alban_n martyr_n 574._o aldelme_n bishop_n 487._o alfwold_n bishop_n 325._o alured_n abbot_n 56._o amphibalus_fw-la martyr_n 587._o anselme_n archbishop_n 380._o asaph_z bishop_n 412._o augustine_n archbishop_n 496._o aydo_o abbott_n 200._o b._n bartholomew_n priest_n 610._o bathilde_n queen_n 104_o bede_n priest_n 523._o bennet_n biscop_n abbott_n 46._o birstan_n bishop_n 114._o boniface_n martyr_n 535._o bosa_n bishop_n 245._o botulphe_n abbott_n 571._o brigitt_n virgin_n 118._o brithune_n abbot_n 432._o brithwald_n bishop_n 45._o c._n cadock_n martyr_n 102._o cedde_a bishop_n 35._o cedmon_n monk_n 153._o ceolulphe_n king_n 70._o chad_n bishop_n 224._o columba_n abbott_n 562._o cuthbert_n bishop_n d._n david_n bishop_n 218._o deicola_n abbot_n 82._o dimpna_n martyr_n 426._o dunstan_n archbishop_n 434._o e._n eadburg_n virgin_n 569._o eadbert_n bishop_n 413._o edilwald_n priest_n 324._o edward_n king_n confessor_n 1._o edward_n king_n martyr_n 292._o egbert_n priest_n 402._o 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270._o peter_z abbot_z 69._o pyran_n bishop_n 236._o r._n richard_z bishop_n 327._o robert_z abbot_z 554._o s._n sexulphe_n bishop_n 111._o stephen_n abbot_n 357._o swibert_n bishop_n 202._o t._n thelian_a bishop_n 149._o theorithgid_a virgin_n 101._o translation_n of_o s._n edward_n king_n and_o martyr_n 159._o trumwine_v bishop_n 152._o v._o vlrick_n confeffour_n 162._o w._n walburg_n virgin_n 183._o wereburg_n abbess_n 131._o wilgis_fw-la confessor_n 116._o willeick_n priest_n 229._o william_n archbishop_z 559._o winwaloke_n abbott_n 231._o wolstan_n bishop_n 84._o wulsine_n bishop_n 39_o wyre_n bishop_n 421._o
to_o yield_v and_o give_v way_n to_o the_o prayer_n and_o tear_n of_o such_o and_o so_o many_o great_a lord_n he_o esteem_v most_o discourteous_a and_o inhuman_a at_o length_n he_o resolve_v to_o defer_v his_o pilgrimage_n until_o he_o have_v consult_v the_o pope_n himself_o therewith_o mean_v to_o follow_v his_o 〈…〉_o he_n c_o 〈…〉_o t_v pope_n 〈…〉_o advice_n and_o counsel_n and_o to_o know_v whether_o in_o this_o case_n his_o vow_n be_v to_o be_v fullfil_v or_o otherwise_o to_o be_v satisfy_v and_o redeem_v x._o the_o pope_n have_v serious_o consider_v and_o diligent_o discuss_v s._n pope_n his_o 〈…〉_o to_o s._n the_o matter_n write_v his_o answer_n to_o the_o king_n in_o this_o manner_n leo_n bishop_n servant_n of_o the_o seruamt_n of_o god_n to_o his_o belove_a son_n edward_n king_n of_o england_n send_v health_n and_o apostolical_a benediction_n because_o we_o have_v understand_v of_o thy_o desire_n both_o laudable_a and_o grateful_a to_o god_n we_o give_v thanks_o to_o he_o by_o who_o king_n do_v reign_v and_o prince_n decree_v justice_n but_o in_o every_o place_n our_o lord_n be_v near_o unto_o pilgrimage_n dispense_v with_o his_o vow_n of_o pilgrimage_n they_o that_o true_o call_v upon_o he_o and_o the_o holy_a apostle_n unite_v with_o their_o head_n be_v one_o spirit_n and_o equal_o give_v ear_n to_o devout_a prayer_n and_o because_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o english_a nation_n will_v be_v indomage_v by_o thy_o absence_n who_o with_o the_o reins_n of_o justice_n do_v restrain_v the_o seditious_a insurrection_n thereof_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o god_n and_o the_o holy_a apostle_n we_o do_v absolve_v thou_o from_o the_o bond_n of_o that_o vow_n for_o which_o thou_o fear_v to_o offend_v god_n and_o from_o all_o thy_o sin_n and_o offence_n by_o virtue_n of_o that_o power_n which_o our_o lord_n in_o b._n peter_n grant_v unto_o we_o say_v whatsoever_o thou_o shall_v loose_v on_o earth_n shall_v be_v 16._o mat._n 16._o loose_v alsoe_o in_o heaven_n 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