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proceed_n and_o refuse_v to_o take_v the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n in_o the_o year_n 1559._o of_o other_o bishop_n of_o this_o see_v since_o his_o day_n i_o find_v little_a mention_n most_o of_o they_o be_v translate_v to_o other_o see_v i_o shall_v therefore_o proceed_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o norwich_n the_o bishop_n of_o norwich_n grey_a john_n de_fw-fr grace_n the_o five_o bishop_n of_o norwich_n if_o we_o believe_v 221.222_o matthew_n paris_n be_v one_o of_o those_o three_o court_n bishop_n who_o be_v consiliarios_fw-la iniquissimos_fw-la most_o wicked_a counsellor_n to_o king_n john_n during_o the_o time_n of_o the_o inderdict_n of_o the_o realm_n who_o desire_v to_o please_v the_o king_n in_o all_o thing_n consilium_fw-la non_fw-la pro_fw-la ratione_fw-la sed_fw-la pro_fw-la voluntate_fw-la dederunt_fw-la give_v the_o king_n counsel_n not_o according_a to_o reason_n but_o will_v and_o thereby_o wrought_v much_o trouble_n both_o to_o the_o king_n and_o kingdom_n 234._o 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excommunication_n because_o he_o perform_v not_o his_o first_o penance_n but_o this_o bishop_n die_v within_o a_o year_n after_o and_o berthguin_n succeed_v he_o king_n morcant_a and_o guadnorâh_a with_o many_o elder_n go_v to_o landaffe_n and_o request_v this_o new_a bishop_n with_o one_o mouâh_n see_v âhe_n cross_v yet_o lay_v down_o upon_o the_o ground_n together_o with_o the_o relic_n and_o cymbal_n that_o he_o will_v absolve_v guâdnorth_n from_o his_o excommunication_n by_o lift_v up_o the_o crosâes_n and_o saint_n relic_n from_o the_o earth_n after_o which_o guednorth_n promise_v yet_o more_o to_o amend_v his_o life_n with_o fast_v prayer_n and_o alm_n and_o shed_v tear_n with_o great_a devotion_n be_v thereupon_o absolve_v by_o the_o bishop_n who_o enjoin_v he_o plenary_a penance_n according_a to_o the_o manner_n of_o his_o fault_n he_o afterward_o mindful_a of_o the_o divine_a say_n as_o water_n extinguish_v fire_n so_o alm_n do_v sin_n give_v three_o manor_n with_o all_o 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this_o malediction_n and_o rigour_n of_o justice_n with_o a_o contrite_a heart_n and_o tear_n pour_v out_o crave_v pardon_n and_o submit_v himself_o to_o the_o penance_n impose_v on_o he_o according_a to_o his_o quality_n and_o greatness_n recompense_v his_o wickedness_n with_o alm_n prayer_n and_o fast_v and_o for_o his_o absolution_n he_o give_v this_o bishop_n lan._n michââl_o with_o all_o its_o land_n â_z and_o commons_o 382.383_o king_n cloâri_n and_o lândguallaun_n make_v a_o solemn_a league_n before_o berthgwin_n the_o 14._o bishop_n of_o landaffe_n and_o swear_v to_o maintain_v fiâme_a peace_n between_o they_o in_o all_o thing_n without_o fraud_n or_o damage_n and_o if_o either_o of_o they_o violate_v it_o he_o be_v to_o leave_v his_o kingdom_n and_o to_o go_v on_o pilgrimage_n all_o his_o lifeâ_n neither_o shall_v he_o redeem_v himself_o nor_o his_o kingdom_n with_o gold_n nor_o silver_n aâter_v which_o king_n clotri_n break_v the_o league_n slay_v the_o other_o treacherous_o 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holinshed_a p._n 50._o fox_n act_n and_o monument_n p._n 181._o speed_n p._n 488.492.494_o etc._n etc._n godwin_n p._n 233._o 233._o geoffry_n plantagenet_z hoveden_n annal._n part_n posterior_n p._n 611._o godwin_n p._n 235._o 235._o annal._n pars_fw-la poster_n p._n 611._o 611._o annâlium_fw-la pars_fw-la posterior_n p._n 655â_n 656_o 659_o to_o 666_o 681_o 689_o 712_o 713_o 714_o 718_o 725_o 730_o to_o 740_o 743_o 747_o 749_o 751_o 752_o 754_o 755_o 756_o 759_o to_o 768._o matth._n paris_n hist._n angl._n p._n 186.195_o note_v his_o fury_n fury_n annal._n parâ_n poster_n p._n 780.781_o 785_o 793_o 7â4_n 796_o 805_o 811_o 817_o 818_o 819_o 823_o 824_o 825_o 826_o 827._o 827._o math._n westm._n an._n 1213._o p._n 92._o 92._o s._n hugââ_n matthâ_n paris_n hist._n angl._n p._n 193_o 195_o 196._o roger_n hoveden_n annal._n pars_fw-la posterior_n p._n 776_o 777._o holinsh_v p_o 173_o a_o presumptuous_a part_n in_o a_o bishop_n bishop_n see_v willet_n synop_n papis_fw-la contr_n 5._o qu._n 3._o p._n 280._o 280._o âleurs_fw-fr des_fw-fr vie_v des_fw-fr saint_n part_n 2._o p._n 428_o 429._o 429._o roger_n hoveden_n annal._n pars_fw-la posterior_n p._n 712._o godwin_n p._n 237_o 238._o 238._o godwin_n ibid._n matth._n paris_n hist._n ang._n p._n 197._o hoveden_n anna._n pars_fw-la posterior_n p._n 812_o 813._o 813._o hugh_n wallis_n wallis_n matthew_n paris_z hist._n angl._n p._n 220_o 288._o fox_n act_n and_o monument_n vo_z 1._o p._n 335._o c._n 1._o willet_n synopsis_n papism_n contr_n 5._o quaest_n 3_o p._n 280._o antiq._n eccles._n brit._n p._n 149._o 149._o holinsh_v p._n 246_o 255._o 255._o grosthead_n holinsh_v p._n 242_o 242_o matth._n paris_n hist._n major_a p._n 693_o 694._o 694._o quod_fw-la nunquam_fw-la antea_fw-la fieri_fw-la consueverat_fw-la say_v the_o author_n author_n matth._n paris_n hist._n major_a p._n 705_o 705_o antiquit._fw-la eccles_n brit._n bonifacius_n p._n 185._o 185._o lindew_o prov._n constit._n l._n 2._o de_fw-fr jurejurando_fw-la â_o 80._o 80._o pars_fw-la 2._o fol._n 36._o b._n 43.50_o 43.50_o nat._n bre._n fol._n 41.4_o 41.4_o abrid_n of_o statute_n tit._n prohibition_n 5._o 5._o henry_n lexinton_n lexinton_n matthew_n paris_z hist._n angâ_n p._n 915_o 916._o godwin_n p._n 241_o 242._o 242._o henry_n burwash_v godwin_n p._n 303._o 303._o hist._n angliae_fw-la anno_fw-la 1326_o 1327._o p._n 101_o 104_o 105._o speed_v history_n of_o great_a brit._n l._n 9_o c._n 11._o p._n 678_o 680_o 681._o 681._o waâsingham_n hist._n angl._n anno_fw-la 1343._o p._n 150._o 150._o antiq._n eccles._n brit._n p_o 269._o godwin_n cat_n p._n 95._o 95._o john_n synwall_n synwall_n thomas_n watson_n watson_n martin_n hist._n p._n 453._o godwin_n p._n 249._o 249._o john_n williams_z williams_z see_v the_o king_n proclamation_n for_o call_v in_o his_o appeâlo_n caesarem_fw-la and_o his_o majesty_n declaration_n concern_v the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o last_o parliament_n but_o one_o p._n 20_o 21._o 21._o matth._n 11.29_o 11.29_o 3_o iâhn_n 9_o 9_o math._n 20.25_o to_o 29._o luk._n 22.24_o 25_o 26._o 26._o 1_o pet._n 5.2.3.5_o 5.2.3.5_o the_o very_a word_n of_o the_o licence_n of_o john_n lincoln_n deane_n of_o westminster_n before_o that_o book_n book_n regul_n fusior_fw-it reg._n 20._o pag._n 454._o 454._o syne_n ep_n 52._o epist._n 9_o lib._n 1._o but_o epist_n 69._o ãâã_d pamelius_n his_o edition_n edition_n virg._n georg._n l._n 2._o 2._o mat._n 15.3_o 15.3_o psalm_n 100.8_o 100.8_o some_o copy_n have_v most_o for_o more_o through_o the_o printerâ_n mistake_v mistake_v see_v part._n 1._o p._n 31._o 31._o plutarchi_n apoph_n apoph_n godwin_n cat._n p._n 200_o holinshed_n p._n 36._o rogâre_fw-fr de_fw-fr hoveden_n annaâlium_fw-la pars_fw-la prio_fw-la p._n 472._o matth._n paris_n hist._n ang._n p._n 61._o matth._n west_n an._n 1109._o p_o 26._o eadmerus_n hist._n novorum_n l._n 4._o p._n 95.96_o &_o johannes_n seâdeni_n spiciâegium_fw-la ibid._n p._n 209._o âo_o 213â_n &_o 165â_n to_o 169._o 169._o hervaeus_n nigâllusâ_n nigâllusâ_n godwin_n caâ_n p._n 201._o 201._o matth_n west_n anno._n 1139._o p._n 36._o 36._o hist._n ang._n p._n 74._o 74._o matth._n paris_n hist._n angelo_fw-mi p._n â47_n godwin_n caâ_n p._n 202._o 202._o geoffry_n rydel_n william_n lonâchamp_n lonâchamp_n hâveden_n annal._n pars_fw-la âesterior_n p._n 687.700_o to_o 708.718.719_o 720.735.663_o 680._o etc._n etc._n nubrigen_n hist._n l._n 4_o c._n 14.15.16_o 17.18_o matth._n paris_n hist._n major_n p._n 151_o 155.156.157.160â_n 161_o fox_n act_n and_o monument_n p_o 114_o 2â3_n 224_o godw._n cat_n p._n 247._o to_o 261_o holinshed_n p._n 21.129.130.131.132_o speed_n p._n 531_o etc._n etc._n the_o fruit_n of_o clergy_n mens_fw-la have_v both_o temporal_a and_o spiritual_a jurisdiction_n jurisdiction_n it_o be_v treason_n then_o to_o resist_v this_o proud_a prelate_n will_n note_v the_o mâschiefe_n of_o prelate_n temporal_a and_o secular_a jurisdiction_n combine_v combine_v matth._n west_n an._n 1191_o p._n 6â_n this_o be_v the_o common_a fate_n of_o ill_a officer_n whân_v in_o disgrace_n see_v fox_n vol._n 1._o p._n 319.320.321_o 319.320.321_o hoveden_n annal_n pars_fw-la pâstirior_fw-la p._n 735â_n 735â_n eustachius_n eustachius_n matth_n west_n anno._n 1208._o p._n 86._o matth._n paris_n anno._n 1208._o p._n 217.318_o god_n âat_a p._n 261._o holinsh_fw-mi p._n 171_o 172._o etc._n etc._n etc._n matthâ_n paris_n hist._n aug._n pag._n 969.906.921_o godw._n cat._n p._n 209._o 209._o hugh_n balsam_n balsam_n matth._n paris_n p._n 600._o 600._o matth._n paris_n p._n 921._o 921._o thomas_n lilde_n lilde_n godwâ_n cat_n p._n 269.270.271.272_o 269.270.271.272_o william_n harison_n hist._n l._n 2._o c._n 1._o p._n 143.144_o godw._n cat._n p._n 269.270.271.272_o antiq._n eccles._n brit._n p._n 271.272.273.274_o holinsh._n p._n 391.392_o âhom_n walsingâ_n anno._n 1358._o hist._n aâgl_n p._n 165._o ypodigma_fw-la neââtriae_fw-la p._n 125._o 125._o john_n hordham_n thâmas_n waâsi_fw-la hist._n engl_o p._n 365._o ypodigma_fw-la nâustriae_fw-la p._n 142_o 142_o nicholas_z west_n god_n p._n 284._o 284._o thomas_n thirlby_n godwin_n p._n 225.226_o martius_n hist._n p._n 453._o 453._o walter_n bronescome_n godw_n âat_a p._n 325.327_o holinsh_fw-mi p._n 1303.1304_o 1303.1304_o peter_z qvivill_a godwin_n p._n 327.328.329_o 327.328.329_o holinshed_a p._n 338.1305_o fabian_z part_n 7._o p._n 181.182_o walsingh_n hist._n angelo_fw-mi p_o 104.105_o godwin_n p_o 330â_n walter_n stapleton_n stapleton_n john_n grandison_n grandison_n antiquit._fw-la eccles_n brit_n p._n 231.235_o walsingham_n hist_o angl._n p._n 313._o godw._n cat._n p._n 333._o holinsh_fw-mi p_o 1306._o 1306._o johannes_n exoniensis_fw-la cum_fw-la miâitari_fw-la âanu_fw-la prohibuâs_fw-la cumque_fw-la archieâisâopus_fw-la armis_fw-la âum_fw-la exoniensi_fw-la congâedi_fw-la statuit_fw-la re_fw-la regi_fw-la nunciata_fw-la literis_fw-la regiis_fw-la revocatus_fw-la infectovisitationâs_fw-la negotio_fw-la âx_fw-la illa_fw-la diocaesi_fw-la turpiter_fw-la &_o ignominiose_fw-la recessit_fw-la recessit_fw-la thomas_n brentingham_n brentingham_n godw._n p._n 334._o ant._n eccles_n brit._n p._n 301.302_o walsingham_n hi._n angl._n p._n 373.374_o 373.374_o edmund_n lacie_n lacie_n godw._n cat._n p._n 335._o holinsh_v p_o 637._o 637._o george_n nevil_n grafton_n 38._o h._n 7._o p._n 641._o godâ_n p._n 335._o 335._o speed_v histo._n p._n 1111._o godw._n cat._n p._n â37_n holinshed_a p._n 1306._o 1306._o john_n voysei_n voysei_n james_n turbevill_n turbevill_n martyn_n hist_o p._n 453.454_o godw_n p_o 339._o 339._o william_n cottân_n cottân_n sermo_n 77._o in_o cant_n ad_fw-la clerum_fw-la council_n in_o concile_v rhemensi_fw-la rhemensi_fw-la bishop_n hall._n hall._n see_v smectymnius_fw-la and_o a_o vindication_n to_o the_o answer_n to_o the_o humble_a remonstrance_n remonstrance_n godw._n cat._n p._n 322._o 322._o dunstan_n dunstan_n holinshed_a hist._n of_o england_n l._n 6._o c._n 24._o p._n 436â_n 436â_n act_n and_o monument_n vol._n 1._o p._n 201.202_o exit_fw-la chronic_n saxânico_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la wigorniensis_fw-la exit_fw-la orbârno_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la dunstân_n dunstan_n refuse_v to_o take_v the_o king_n by_o the_o hand_n the_o word_n of_o dunstan_n to_o king_n edgar_n penance_n enjoin_v to_o king_n edgar_n to_o dunstan_n king_n edward_n reign_v but_o three_o year_n crown_v king_n âlfled_v prove_v a_o nun_n and_o edward_n her_o son_n prove_v a_o bastard_n bastard_n live_v matth_n west_n anno_fw-la 1040._o malmesbury_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la regum_fw-la angl._n l._n 2._o c_o 12._o pâ_n 77_o godw_n p._n 436._o 436._o alfred_n alfred_n speed_v hist._n p._n 405.411_o holinshed_a l_o 7._o c._n 15._o p._n 1851._o 1851._o wulstan_n god_n p._n 358.359.360_o malm_n de_fw-fr gest._n pontif._n angl._n l._n 4._o p._n 279_o 280.281â_n matth._n west_n anno._n 1066_o p._n 431._o note_v this_o speech_n speech_n maugere_fw-la matthâ_n westâ_n anno._n 1208â_n godw._n p._n 362._o matth._n paris_n hist._n ang._n p._n 217.232_o walse_v ypodig_n neust._n anno._n 1208._o p._n 53._o pag._n 222._o matth_n west_n anno._n 1211._o 1212._o p._n 90.91_o 90.91_o walter_n de_fw-fr cantelupo_n cantelupo_n gâdw_n cat_n p._n 363.364_o matthew_n paris_z p._n 961.962.963_o holinshed_a p._n 265.271_o pagâ_n 965._o 965._o leovegar_o matth._n westm._n ann._n 1056._o p._n 423._o godw._n cat_n p._n
with_o violence_n brand_v she_o in_o the_o forehead_n with_o a_o hot_a iron_n and_o then_o banish_v she_o into_o ireland_n after_o which_o she_o return_v into_o england_n odo_n apprehend_v she_o the_o second_o time_n and_o cut_v off_o her_o sinew_n at_o the_o âocke_n bone_n the_o king_n be_v therewith_o much_o exasperate_v spoil_v all_o the_o monk_n of_o all_o their_o good_n banish_v dunstan_n the_o chief_a of_o the_o monk_n inâo_v flanders_n who_o together_o with_o cynesius_fw-la the_o bishop_n on_o the_o day_n of_o this_o king_n coronation_n enter_v most_o audacious_o into_o his_o bedchamber_n and_o by_o violence_n drag_v he_o both_o out_o of_o his_o bed_n and_o bedchamber_n where_o they_o pretend_v he_o be_v sport_v with_o his_o concubine_n and_o threaten_v odo_n with_o severe_a punishment_n who_o be_v take_v away_o by_o death_n soon_o after_o and_o so_o deliver_v from_o all_o fear_n of_o the_o king_n displeasure_n this_o odo_n together_o with_o his_o monk_n wrought_v so_o with_o 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londinen_n sis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la canonicis_fw-la spiritum_fw-la consilii_fw-la in_o domino_fw-la sicut_fw-la rationi_fw-la contraria_fw-la prorsus_fw-la est_fw-la abiicienda_fw-la petitio_fw-la ita_fw-la in_o hiâs_fw-la quae_fw-la just_a desiderantur_fw-la effectum_fw-la negare_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la convenit_fw-la sane_n nuper_fw-la accepimus_fw-la quod_fw-la londinensis_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la diu_fw-la proprio_fw-la destituta_fw-la pastore_n communi_fw-la voto_fw-la &_o pari_fw-la assensu_fw-la cleri_fw-la &_o populi_fw-la venerabilem_fw-la âilium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la robertum_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la archidiaconumâin_fw-la pastorem_fw-la &_o episcopum_fw-la animarum_fw-la suarum_fw-la susceperet_fw-la &_o elegerit_fw-la novimus_fw-la quidem_fw-la eum_fw-la esse_fw-la personam_fw-la quam_fw-la sapientia_fw-la desuper_fw-la ei_fw-la attributa_fw-la &_o honestas_fw-la conversationis_fw-la &_o morum_fw-la reverentia_fw-la plurimum_fw-la commendabilem_fw-la reddidit_fw-la ind_n est_fw-la quod_fw-la fraternitati_fw-la vestroe_v mandando_fw-la consulimus_fw-la ut_fw-la proposito_fw-la vestro_fw-la bono_fw-mi quod_fw-la ut_fw-la credimus_fw-la ex_fw-la deo_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la ex_fw-la literis_fw-la domini_fw-la papae_fw-la cognoscetis_fw-la non_fw-la lent_fw-la dehitum_fw-la finem_fw-la imponatis_fw-la ne_fw-la tam_fw-la nobilis_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la sub_fw-la occasione_n hujusmodi_fw-la spiritualium_fw-la quod_fw-la absit_fw-la &_o temporalium_fw-la detrimentum_fw-la patiatur_fw-la ipsius_fw-la namque_fw-la industria_fw-la credimus_fw-la quod_fw-la antiqua_fw-la religio_fw-la &_o forma_fw-la disciplinae_fw-la &_o gravitas_fw-la habitus_fw-la in_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la vestra_fw-la reparari_fw-la &_o si_fw-la quae_fw-la fuerint_fw-la ipsius_fw-la contentiones_fw-la ex_fw-la pastoris_fw-la absentia_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la cooperante_fw-la &_o eodem_fw-la praesente_fw-la poterint_fw-la reformari_fw-la dat._n etc._n etc._n hereby_o you_o see_v how_o king_n stephen_n be_v deal_v withal_o and_o albeit_o that_o canterbury_n be_v not_o open_o to_o be_v touch_v herewith_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o he_o be_v a_o doer_n in_o it_o so_o far_o as_o may_v tend_v to_o the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o right_n and_o prerogative_n of_o the_o holy_a church_n thus_o far_o verbatim_o out_o of_o harrison_n maria._n mariaâ_n bishop_n of_o london_n be_v 46.47.48_o one_o of_o those_o undutiful_a bishop_n who_o about_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1208._o interdict_a the_o whole_a realm_n and_o excommunicate_v king_n john_n by_o the_o pope_n commandment_n they_o all_o endure_v five_o year_n banishment_n for_o this_o their_o treachery_n and_o contumacy_n together_o with_o confiscation_n of_o their_o good_n and_o the_o king_n be_v special_o incense_v against_o this_o man_n in_o token_n of_o his_o great_a displeasure_n anno_fw-la 1211._o throw_v down_o to_o the_o ground_n his_o castle_n of_o stortford_n which_o 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of_o canterbury_n have_v many_o time_n open_o protest_v in_o court_n that_o he_o will_v break_v both_o the_o neck_n and_o back_n of_o prohibition_n impeachment_n and_o matthew_n wren_n whilst_o bishop_n of_o norwich_n in_o the_o 14._o year_n of_o his_o majesty_n reign_n procure_v his_o majesty_n to_o declare_v under_o his_o highness_n great_a seal_n of_o england_n his_o royal_a pleasure_n that_o if_o any_o person_n within_o the_o say_a city_n of_o norwhich_n shall_v refuse_v to_o pay_v according_a to_o the_o rate_n of_o two_o shilling_n the_o pound_n in_o lieu_n of_o the_o tithe_n of_o house_n unto_o the_o minister_n of_o any_o parish_n within_o the_o say_a city_n that_o the_o same_o shall_v be_v hear_v in_o the_o court_n of_o chancery_n or_o in_o the_o consistory_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o norwich_n and_o that_o in_o such_o case_n no_o prohibition_n shall_v be_v grant_v against_o the_o say_a bishop_n of_o norwich_n their_o chancellor_n or_o commissary_n in_o the_o say_a court_n of_o consistory_n ten_o they_o hâve_v disobey_v and_o contemn_v his_o majesty_n just_a and_o lawfull-commands_a in_o a_o most_o peremptory_a and_o insolent_a manner_n of_o which_o i_o shall_v give_v only_o one_o memorable_a instance_n his_o majesty_n about_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1629._o take_v notice_n of_o the_o bishop_n nonresidence_n from_o their_o bishopricke_n and_o how_o they_o live_v for_o the_o most_o part_n idle_o in_o london_n hunt_v after_o new_a preferment_n to_o the_o ill_a example_n of_o the_o inâerior_a clergy_n the_o delapidation_n and_o ruin_n of_o their_o mansion_n house_n the_o decay_n of_o hospitality_n the_o impair_n of_o their_o wood_n and_o temporalty_n the_o increase_n of_o popery_n and_o decrease_n of_o religion_n be_v please_v to_o send_v a_o letter_n to_o doctor_n abbot_n than_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n for_o the_o redress_n of_o the_o say_a inconvenience_n command_v he_o in_o his_o royal_a name_n to_o enjoin_v every_o bishop_n then_o reside_v about_o london_n upon_o his_o canonical_a obedience_n under_o pain_n of_o his_o majesty_n displeasure_n forthwith_o to_o repair_v to_o his_o bishopric_n and_o no_o long_o to_o abide_v about_o london_n the_o archbishop_n hereupon_o send_v his_o secretary_n with_o this_o his_o majesty_n letter_n to_o the_o bishop_n then_o in_o london_n and_o westminster_n charge_v they_o upon_o their_o canonical_a obedience_n according_a to_o this_o letter_n present_o to_o depart_v to_o their_o several_a bishopricke_n his_o secretary_n repair_v with_o this_o letter_n and_o the_o archbishop_n instruction_n to_o dr_n howson_n the_o bp_o of_o durham_n lodging_n on_o snowhill_n near_o sepulcher_n church_n and_o require_v he_o in_o the_o archbishop_n name_n by_o virtue_n of_o his_o canonical_a obedience_n to_o repair_v to_o his_o bishopric_n according_a to_o his_o majesty_n command_n he_o hereupon_o in_o a_o great_a rage_n give_v the_o secretary_n some_o harsh_a word_n tell_v he_o plain_o that_o he_o neither_o will_v nor_o can_v obey_v this_o mandate_n for_o he_o have_v many_o great_a
what_o ensu_v henry_n stalbridg_n stalbridg_n see_v the_o 5_o &_o 6._o part_n of_o the_o hom._n against_o wilful_a rebellion_n and_o the_o 2._o part_n of_o thâ_n homely_a on_o whitsunday_n whitsunday_n ibid._n fol._n 18._o &_o 22._o to_o 31._o note_n note_n see_v a_o supplication_n to_o king_n henry_n the_o 8._o an._n 1544._o according_o according_o m._n tindals_n practice_n of_o prelate_n according_o according_o buceâus_fw-fr de_fw-fr regne_n christi_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 12._o 12._o note_n see_v the_o supplication_n to_o king_n henry_n the_o eight_o an._n 1544._o mr_n fish_n fox_n act_n and_o monum_fw-la p._n 926.927_o the_o fruit_n of_o prelate_n greatness_n sit_v in_o parliament_n parliament_n now_o they_o bring_v such_o into_o the_o high_a commission_n &_o there_o ruin_v they_o or_o force_v they_o to_o give_v over_o their_o action_n note_v the_o danger_n that_o accrue_v by_o make_v clergyman_n chief_a temporal_a officer_n martin_n bucer_n bucer_n lib._n 2._o c._n 1.2.12_o in_o his_o scripoa_fw-mi anglicana_n basilea_n 1577._o p._n 65.69.70.71.580_o 65.69.70.71.580_o it_o be_v the_o devil_n then_o not_o god_n that_o call_v bishop_n to_o be_v courtier_n and_o temporal_a officer_n officer_n how_o prelate_n come_v by_o their_o great_a lordly_a possession_n see_v his_o scripta_fw-la anglicana_n pag._n 254.255.259.291_o 292_o 293._o and_o comment_n in_o matth._n 16._o and_o âhe_v unbishoping_a of_o timothy_n and_o titus_n p._n 106_o 107_o 108._o zwinglius_fw-la bishop_n hooper_n hooper_n fox_n vol._n 3._o pag._n 46.137_o 46.137_o upon_o the_o 8._o commandment_n p._n 78._o 78._o see_v rucerus_fw-la dâ_n râgnâ_n christi_n l._n 2._o c._n 12._o note_n the_o book_n of_o ordination_n ordination_n 3_o edwâ_n 6._o c._n 12.8_o eliz._n c._n 1._o canon_n 36._o the_o bishop_n answer_n the_o bishop_n answer_n the_o book_n of_o homily_n father_n latimer_n latimer_n in_o his_o sermon_n f._n 17_o 18_o etc._n etc._n note_v this_o note_v this_o welâ_n welâ_n father_n laâymer_n will_v not_o have_v bishop_n lord_n of_o the_o parliament_n or_o to_o sit_v therein_o note_v this_o the_o spiritual_a pastor_n have_v a_o great_a charge_n in_o his_o sermon_n fol._n 10.11_o dr._n harpesfield_n &_o john_n bradford_n fox_n act_n &_o monument_n v._n 3._o p._n 293._o edmund_n allân_n this_o be_v the_o present_a objection_n for_o the_o continuance_n of_o bishop_n dean_n and_o chapter_n notâ_n john_n bale_n bale_n his_o image_n of_o both_o church_n on_o apoc._n 19_o &_o 20._o part_n 3._o f._n 195.208_o matthew_n parker_n parker_n antiquit._fw-la ecâl_n brit._n p._n 139.140.141.142.143_o a_o strange_a evil_a death_n of_o a_o clergy_n lord_n treasurer_n who_o like_o judas_n christ_n treasurer_n and_o bag-bearer_n die_v in_o despair_n despair_n lego_n omne_fw-la bona_fw-la mâa_fw-la dominâ_n regi_fw-la corpus_fw-la sepulture_n animâm_fw-la diabolo_fw-it quâ_n dictâ_n expiravit_fw-la etc._n etc._n note_n see_v nicholas_n de_fw-fr clemangiis_fw-la de_fw-fr corrupto_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la statu_fw-la c._n 17.18.19_o a_o excellent_a discourse_n against_o bishop_n intermeddle_v in_o temporal_a affair_n and_o bear_v civil_a office_n office_n hâvedân_a aâââl_n pars_fw-la posterior_n p._n 779._o speed_n p_o 550_o 550_o annal._n pars_fw-la posterior_n p._n 767.768_o thomas_n beacon_n isay._n 36.10_o mat._n 5.13_o joh._n 20.21_o wolvish_a shepherd_n the_o description_n of_o a_o certain_a head_n wolf_n clathe_v in_o a_o bishop_n rotchet_n a_o comparison_n between_o queen_n isabella_n time_n and_o we_o priest_n chief_a in_o the_o country_n and_o through_o out_o england_n awake_v nobility_n the_o ambition_n and_o security_n of_o the_o papist_n miles_n coverdale_n coverdale_n godwin_n cat._n p._n 338._o john_n ponet_fw-la walter_n haddon_n bishop_n alley_n bishop_n pilkington_n mr._n nowell_n bishop_n elmer_n few_o of_o our_o prelate_n will_v now_o refuse_v such_o a_o proffer_n act._n 3_o â_o to_o 7._o cor._n 4.12_o 4.12_o 1_o tim._n 6.8_o nicholas_n bullingham_n john_n bridges_n difference_n between_o priest_n and_o bishop_n bishop_n hiârâniâus_a ãâã_d titum_fw-la dist._n 63._o can._n oliâ_n idâm_fw-la idâm_fw-la lib._n 4._o dist._n 24.1_o â_o tim._n 3â_n instiâutiâ_n dâctr_n christi_fw-la de_fw-fr shârâ_n ordinis_fw-la fol._n 196._o 196._o summa_fw-la angâlica_n l._n ord._n the_o papist_n controversy_n about_o their_o holy_a order_n the_o heavenly_a and_o earthly_a kingdom_n be_v not_o ãâã_d join_v that_o the_o bishop_n may_v be_v earthly_a king_n m._n sanders_n objetion_n and_o answer_n whether_o a_o bishop_n may_v take_v a_o kingdom_n upon_o he_o proper_o or_o unproper_o depose_v of_o prince_n by_o the_o prelate_n practice_n heb._n 10._o the_o church_n promotion_n matth._n 2d_o glossa_fw-la in_o lyââââââpâr_n iâh_o hofmeister_n in_o luc._n 12._o why_o christ_n take_v not_o on_o he_o the_o office_n of_o a_o magistrate_n christ_n abolish_v not_o the_o magistrate_n office_n though_o he_o himâelfe_n refuse_v it_o m._n john_n fox_n bishop_n juâl_o juâl_o ad_fw-la eâagrium_n eâagrium_n dâ_n simplicit_fw-la prelatâr_n eâasm_n in_o schol._n in_o epist._n ad_fw-la euagrium_n m._n harding_n hieron_n iâ_n epist._n ad_fw-la titum_fw-la c._n i._n erasm._n in_o schol._n iâ_n epist._n ad_fw-la euagr._fw-la sub._n lââne_a sâssiâne_n 10._o erasm._n in_o apologia_fw-la ad_fw-la pium_fw-la pium_fw-la hieron_n ad_fw-la euagrium_n euagrium_n erasmus_fw-la adversus_fw-la albert._n pighium_n pighium_n hierân_n in_o epist._n ad_fw-la titum_fw-la c._n 1._o 1._o hieron_n âodem_fw-la locâ_n locâ_n august_n epist._n 9_o 9_o chrys._n in_o 1_o tim._n homili_fw-la 11._o hieron_n ad_fw-la euagrium_n euagrium_n aug._n in_o quaest_n novi_fw-la &_o vet._n testamâ_n q._n 101._o 101._o amb._n in_o 1_o tim._n cap._n 3._o 3._o joh._n de_fw-fr paristis_fw-la cap._n 22._o in_o vira_fw-la silvestri_n silvestri_n de_fw-fr considerate_a ad_fw-la eug._n lib._n 4._o â_o â_o aug._n de_fw-fr civit._n deâ_n lib._n 19_o c._n 19_o 19_o chrysost._n hom._n 43â_n in_o opere_fw-la imperfecto_fw-la in_o mat._n mat._n serm._n 33._o in_o cantica_fw-la cantica_fw-la bern._n serm._n 1._o in_o conu._n s._n pauli_n pauli_n conc._n macrââse_fw-la âitatur_fw-la ab_fw-la illyr_n intâr_fw-la testâs_fw-la verit_fw-la p._n 121._o 121._o chrys._n in_o mat._n homil._n 35._o 35._o hieron_n contra_fw-la lucifârianos_fw-la lucifârianos_fw-la hieron_n in_o sophoniam_fw-la âap_n 1._o 1._o conc._n trident._n trident._n sub_fw-la paulo_n 3_o admonitio_fw-la legator_fw-la legator_fw-la auântinus_n lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr rupertâ_n rupertâ_n berâ_n in_o cantic_a serm._n 33._o holcot_n in_o sapient_a lect_v 23._o 23._o bern._n in_o cantiâ_n serm._n 77._o 77._o lauâ_n valla_n de_fw-fr donat._n const._n paralipoman_n paralipoman_n vrspergen_n vrspergen_n bernar._n the_o consideration_n ad_fw-la eugenium_fw-la l._n 4â_n 4â_n 8_o quast_n 1._o qui_fw-la episcopatum_fw-la episcopatum_fw-la august_n 2._o qu._n 7._o qui_fw-la nec_fw-la aug._n aug._n aug._n cont_n donatist_n lib._n 6._o 6._o bern._n the_o considerate_a ad_fw-la eugenium_fw-la lib._n 3._o 1â_n cor._n 15._o 15._o aâ_n do._n 1â9â_n 1â9â_n an._n 1273._o in_o provisione_n marâona_n c._n 9_o 9_o extr._n qui_fw-la silli_fw-la sunt_fw-la legitime_fw-la legitime_fw-la lâges_v canuti_n canuti_n robert_n keilwey_n his_o report_n f._n 184._o b._n b._n nostre_fw-fr signior_n le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr poit_fw-fr asset_n bien_fw-fr tener_n son_fw-fr parliament_n perley_n &_o say_v temporal_a seigniour_n &_o per_fw-la ses_fw-fr commons_o tout_fw-fr sans_fw-fr les_fw-fr spiritual_n signor_n carlos_n spiritual_a signior_n nont_a ascun_fw-fr place_n enââ_n parliament_n chamber_n per_fw-la reason_n de_fw-mi lour_v spiritualty_n mes_fw-fr solement_n perâ_n reason_n de_fw-fr lour_v temporal_a possession_n etc._n etc._n bishop_n latymer_n bishop_n bilsân_n a_o parliament_n take_v part_n with_o truth_n have_v the_o warrant_n of_o god_n and_o the_o magistrate_n layman_n may_v make_v their_o choice_n what_o faith_n they_o will_v profess_v the_o prince_n be_v authorize_v from_o god_n to_o execute_v his_o commandment_n the_o jesuit_n presume_v that_o all_o be_v they_o the_o prince_n may_v command_v for_o truth_n though_o the_o bishop_n will_v say_v no._n the_o jesuit_n have_v neither_o god_n law_n nor_o man_v to_o make_v that_o which_o the_o prince_n and_o the_o parliament_n do_v to_o be_v void_a for_o lack_v of_o the_o bishop_n assent_n the_o king_n judah_n do_v command_v for_o truth_n without_o a_o council_n council_n 2_o chron._n 14._o cap._n 15._o 15._o 2_o chron._n â9â_n 4_o king_n 22._o christian_n prince_n may_v do_v the_o like_a like_a constantine_n authorise_a christian_n religson_n without_o any_o coââcell_n eusâb_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la constant._n lib._n 2._o 2._o justinian_n have_v no_o council_n for_o the_o make_n of_o his_o constitution_n but_o 6._o general_a counsel_n in_o 790_o year_n year_n soâra_fw-la l._n 5._o c._n 10._o theodosius_n make_v his_o own_o choice_n what_o religion_n he_o will_v establish_v realm_n have_v be_v christen_v upon_o the_o persuasion_n of_o lay_v man_n and_o woman_n woman_n ruff._n l._n â_o c._n 9_o and_o never_o ask_v the_o priest_n leave_v so_o to_o doâ_n soc._n l._n 1._o c._n 19_o india_n convert_v by_o merchant_n merchant_n ruff._n l._n 1._o c._n 10._o iberia_n convert_v by_o a_o woman_n the_o jesuit_n will_v have_v