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ab_fw-la eâ_fw-la evellat_fw-la &_o destruat_fw-la &_o penitùs_fw-la disperdat_fw-la lambard_n leg_n pag._n 142._o and_o the_o several_a branch_n afterward_o lop_v off_o from_o the_o king_n supremacy_n be_v endeavour_v to_o be_v preserve_v and_o secure_v by_o the_o law_n of_o clarendon_n the_o three_o chapter_n of_o which_o provide_v against_o the_o exemption_n of_o clerk_n from_o the_o king_n justice_n the_o eight_o against_o appeal_n to_o rome_n the_o twelve_o secure_v the_o king_n right_a and_o interest_n in_o the_o election_n of_o archbishop_n bishop_n abbot_n and_o prior_n etc._n etc._n these_o constitution_n than_o call_v the_o avitae_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la regni_fw-la archbishop_n becket_n promisit_fw-la in_o verbo_fw-la sacerdotali_fw-la de_fw-la plano_fw-la se_fw-la velle_fw-la custodire_fw-la similiter_fw-la episcopi_fw-la promiserunt_fw-la &_o juraverunt_fw-la geru._n dorob_n coll._n pag._n 1366._o this_o be_v no_o other_o than_o the_o modern_a oath_n of_o supremacy_n without_o any_o material_a difference_n the_o archbishop_n do_v not_o pretend_v that_o the_o law_n of_o clarendon_n as_o wicked_a and_o unjust_a as_o he_o may_v think_v they_o be_v any_o other_o than_o explanation_n and_o assertion_n of_o the_o ancient_a usage_n of_o the_o realm_n his_o suffragans_fw-la tell_v he_o in_o a_o letter_n
that_o the_o king_n desire_v only_o dignitates_fw-la regibus_fw-la ante_fw-la debitas_fw-la sibi_fw-la exhiberi_fw-la hoved._n pag._n 292._o b._n and_o in_o another_o letter_n to_o the_o pope_n on_o the_o king_n behalf_n they_o declare_v the_o same_o ibid._n pag._n 292_o 293._o our_o archbishop_n indeed_o use_v to_o fetch_v their_o pall_v from_o rome_n but_o that_o entitle_v the_o pope_n to_o no_o jurisdiction_n here_o so_o that_o the_o subject_a matter_n of_o the_o law_n of_o clarendon_n then_o enact_v into_o statute-law_n be_v in_o king_n william_n rufus_n his_o time_n the_o law_n and_o usage_n of_o the_o realm_n and_o therefore_o anselm_n and_o becket_n oath_n be_v in_o substance_n the_o same_o and_o those_o law_n and_o usage_n have_v be_v usurp_v upon_o since_o and_o the_o usurpation_n purge_v by_o the_o law_n make_v about_o the_o time_n of_o the_o reformation_n the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n be_v now_o the_o same_o in_o substance_n with_o those_o ancient_a oath_n aforemention_v 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to_o they_o in_o any_o new_a case_n but_o by_o act_n of_o parliament_n only_o and_o that_o no_o bishop_n or_o subject_n whatsoever_o have_v any_o power_n to_o make_v or_o enjoin_v any_o new_a oath_n or_o form_n of_o oath_n nor_o any_o authority_n to_o administer_v a_o oath_n to_o any_o man_n without_o some_o legal_a commission_n from_o the_o king_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n or_o some_o act_n of_o parliament_n especial_o authorise_v he_o to_o give_v or_o take_v a_o oath_n unless_o in_o court_n of_o record_n or_o other_o court_n who_o have_v authority_n to_o administer_v oath_n by_o prescription_n but_o anno_fw-la dom._n 1237._o otho_n the_o pope_n legate_n in_o a_o council_n at_o london_n make_v this_o constitution_n touch_v oath_n in_o spiritual_a cause_n in_o ecclesiastical_a court_n till_o that_o time_n not_o know_v nor_o use_v in_o england_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o word_n of_o the_o constitution_n jusjurandum_fw-la calumniae_fw-la in_o causis_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la quibuslibet_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr veritate_fw-la dicenda_fw-la in_o spiritualibus_fw-la quoque_fw-la ut_fw-la veritas_fw-la aperiatur_fw-la facilius_fw-la &_o causae_fw-la celerius_fw-la terminentur_fw-la statuimus_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la praestari_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la angliae_fw-la secundum_fw-la canonicas_fw-la &_o legitimas_fw-la sanctiones_fw-la obtentâ_fw-la in_o contrarium_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la non_fw-la obstante_fw-la vid._n matth._n paris_n 454._o a_o clear_a resolution_n that_o till_o that_o time_n the_o custom_n of_o england_n and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n be_v to_o the_o contrary_a and_o that_o they_o can_v not_o enforce_v any_o man_n to_o his_o oath_n in_o such_o case_n after_o which_o grosthead_n bishop_n of_o lincoln_n anno_fw-la 1246._o upon_o the_o suggestion_n of_o the_o friar_n predicant_n and_o minorite_n rage_v more_o than_o be_v meet_v or_o expedient_a they_o be_v the_o word_n of_o matthew_n paris_n against_o those_o of_o his_o diocese_n make_v 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caetero_fw-la ad_fw-la cognitiones_fw-la per_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la eorum_fw-la vel_fw-la attestationes_fw-la aliquas_fw-la faciendas_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o causis_fw-la matrimonialibus_fw-la &_o testamentariis_fw-la matth._n par._n p._n 716._o and_o the_o very_a next_o year_n follow_v in_o pursuance_n hereof_o the_o king_n by_o parliament_n enact_v and_o command_v that_o if_o any_o layman_n be_v convent_v before_o any_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n for_o breach_n of_o faith_n and_o perjury_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v prohibit_v by_o the_o king_n and_o that_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n shall_v be_v prohibit_v to_o hold_v plea_n for_o all_o cause_n against_o layman_n unless_o they_o be_v of_o matrimony_n and_o testament_n all_o which_o matth._n paris_n precise_o relate_v pag._n 727._o which_o prohibition_n and_o statute_n nullify_v the_o constitution_n of_o otho_n and_o put_v a_o stop_n to_o this_o his_o innovation_n but_o yet_o about_o nine_o year_n after_o boniface_n archbishop_n 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