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verbi_fw-la divini_fw-la regula_fw-la pro_fw-la viribus_fw-la instaurent_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la christianâ—_n fidos_fw-la pastor_n cur_n non_fw-la agnoscamus_fw-la obseruemus_fw-la &_o omni_fw-la reverentia_fw-la prosequamur_fw-la nedum_fw-la ut_fw-la quod_fw-la falsissime_fw-la &_o impudentissime_fw-la nobis_fw-la obijciunt_fw-la â—uiquam_fw-la uspiam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sequendum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la peculiare_a exemplum_fw-la praescribamus_fw-la imperiti_fw-la ssimorum_fw-la illorum_fw-la simile_n qui_fw-la nihil_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsiagunt_fw-la rectum_fw-la putant_fw-la ber._n de_fw-fr grad_v minist_n cap._n 21._o sect._n 2._o we_o accuse_v not_o all_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n so_o call_v this_o day_n of_o this_o tyranny_n for_o what_o arrogancy_n be_v this_o yea_o those_o who_o be_v so_o call_v provide_v they_o follow_v the_o example_n of_o former_a holy_a bishop_n to_o reform_v the_o deform_a house_n of_o god_n according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o god_n 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