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rest_v thy_o friend_n and_o well-willer_n p._n h._n p._n approbatio_fw-la nos_fw-la frater_fw-la sigebertus_n bagshaw_n congregationis_fw-la anglicanae_n ordinis_fw-la sancti_fw-la benedicti_fw-la praeses_fw-la generalis_fw-la facultatem_fw-la concedimus_fw-la ut_fw-la libre_fw-la de_fw-la vitis_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la angliae_fw-la scotiae_fw-la &_o hiberniae_fw-la in_fw-la dvos_fw-la tomos_n distributus_fw-la &_o à _fw-la reverendo_fw-la patre_fw-la hieronymo_n portero_fw-la congregationis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la monacho_n &_o presbytero_fw-la collectus_fw-la &_o conscriptus_fw-la quem_fw-la etiam_fw-la ab_fw-la aliquibus_fw-la paribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la theologis_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la meritò_fw-la confidimus_fw-la perlectum_fw-la &_o approbatum_fw-la novimus_fw-la prelo_fw-la committatur_fw-la modo_fw-la licentia_fw-la etiam_fw-la ordinarij_fw-la accedat_fw-la datum_n in_o collegio_fw-la nostro_fw-la sancti_fw-la gregorij_fw-la duaci_fw-la die_v 18._o maij_fw-la anno_fw-la 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cuiuscunque_fw-la conditionis_fw-la interdictum_fw-la est_fw-la intra_fw-la decennium_fw-la praedictum_fw-la librum_fw-la imprimere_fw-la imprimive_fw-la facere_fw-la aut_fw-la vendere_fw-la sub_fw-la poenis_fw-la originali_fw-la diplomate_v contra_fw-la delinquentes_fw-la expressis_fw-la datum_n bruxellis_n 25._o junij_fw-la m._n dc_o xxxii_o de_fw-fr mandato_fw-la regis_fw-la ely_n ottignies_n primum_fw-la hunc_fw-la tomum_fw-la vitarum_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la anglie_o à _fw-la r._n patre_fw-la hieronymo_n portero_fw-la conuentus_fw-la nostri_fw-la sancti_fw-la gregorij_fw-la monacho_fw-la &_o presbytero_fw-la ex_fw-la authenticis_fw-la historijs_fw-la concinnatum_fw-la totum_fw-la accurate_a perlegi_fw-la nihilque_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la esse_fw-la testor_fw-la quod_fw-la meo_fw-la iudicio_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la verae_fw-la fidei_fw-la bonisque_fw-la moribus_fw-la consentaneum_fw-la &_o lectorum_fw-la piae_fw-la devotioni_fw-la valde_fw-la accommodatum_fw-la in_o fingulis_fw-la enim_fw-la historiis_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la operam_fw-la dedit_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o veritas_fw-la gestorum_fw-la prudenti_fw-la examine_v libraretur_fw-la &_o non_fw-la tam_fw-la miracula_fw-la quibus_fw-la seruorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la sanctitatem_fw-la deus_fw-la abunde_fw-la testatus_fw-la est_fw-la quà m_fw-la virtutes_fw-la &_o gesta_fw-la devotionis_fw-la plena_fw-la stylo_fw-la claro_fw-la facili_fw-la &_o inaffectato_fw-la exprimeret_fw-la magisque_fw-la lectoris_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la ad_fw-la imitationem_fw-la quam_fw-la intellectus_fw-la in_o admirationem_fw-la pertrahent_fw-mi ita_fw-la sub_fw-la maiorum_fw-la &_o melius_fw-la sapientium_fw-la iudicio_fw-la censui_fw-la 24._o julij_fw-la 1632._o fr._n leander_n de_fw-fr s._n martino_n sacrae_fw-la theol._n doctor_n prio_fw-la conventus_fw-la benedictionorum_fw-la s._n gregorij_fw-la congregationis_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o linguae_fw-la sanctaein_o academia_n duacena_n regius_n professor_n in_o laudem_fw-la authoris_fw-la &_o 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