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defensor_fw-la pacis_fw-la it_o be_v antiquity_n antiquity_n dr._n barrow_n of_o the_o pope_n supremacy_n 316._o see_v there_o the_o unreasonableness_n of_o dispensation_n dispensation_n anno_fw-la 1215._o pag._n 646_o 647._o mat._n paris_n p._n 677._o 677._o sir_n cotton_n abridgement_n of_o the_o record_n of_o the_o tower_n among_o the_o petition_n of_o the_o commons_o 51_o e._n 3._o numb_a 62._o dispensation_n from_o rome_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o chief_a grief_n prinn'_v second_o tome_n fol._n 504._o ibidem_fw-la 760._o innocent_n four_o four_o dr._n barrotti_n in_o the_o pope_n supremacy_n 31._o l._n 3._o c._n 3._o sect_n 10._o fol._n 39_o 39_o sir_n ed._n coke_n 2_o inst._n 27._o no_o law_n or_o custom_n of_o england_n can_v be_v annul_v but_o by_o act_n of_o parliament_n selden_n dissertatio_n ad_fw-la fletam_fw-la 539._o fol._n 775._o the_o king_n and_o parlialiament_n have_v the_o power_n of_o dispense_v the_o statute_n of_o dispensation_n the_o preamble_n no_o 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falsify_v a_o verdict_n rol._n abr._n first_o part_n 362._o dr._n and_o stud._n 68_o à _fw-la ad_fw-la fin_fw-fr &_o b._n object_n 2._o answ._n a_o dependent_a action_n a_o action_n dependent_a or_o collateral_a collateral_a jaques_n versus_fw-la caesar._n and_o dr._n drury_n ca._n 8_o r._n 142._o and_o mackaelly_n ca._n 9_o r._n 68_o 1_o h._n 4._o c._n 6._o pag._n 10._o
other_o clause_n the_o history_n of_o the_o reformation_n fol._n 262._o mention_n the_o draught_n of_o a_o bill_n intend_v for_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n concern_v give_v the_o king_n power_n of_o erect_v many_o new_a bishopric_n by_o his_o letter_n patent_n upon_o which_o the_o author_n of_o that_o history_n say_v that_o the_o preamble_n and_o material_a part_n of_o it_o be_v draw_v by_o king_n h._n 8._o himself_o and_o the_o first_o draught_n of_o it_o under_o his_o hand_n be_v still_o extant_a and_o this_o pass_v the_o lord_n and_o be_v send_v down_o to_o the_o commons_o and_o this_o be_v the_o very_a same_o parliament_n of_o 31_o h._n 8._o when_o this_o terrible_a law_n pass_v sir_n edw._n cook_n in_o his_o first_o inst._n fol._n 99_o define_v a_o dispensation_n thus_o dispensatio_fw-la est_fw-la mali_fw-la prohibiti_fw-la provida_fw-la relaxatio_fw-la utilitate_fw-la seu_fw-la necessitate_v pensata_fw-la so_o that_o great_a utility_n or_o necessity_n be_v at_o least_o pretend_a 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