Selected quad for the lemma: king_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
king_n	abbot_n	bishop_n	write_v	868	4	5.8562	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26154	The rights, powers, and priviledges, of an English convocation, stated and vindicated in answer to a late book of D. Wake's, entituled, The authority of Christian princes over their ecclesiastical synods asserted, &c. and to several other pieces.	Atterbury, Francis, 1662-1732.	1700 (1700)	Wing A4151; ESTC R16535	349,122	574

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append._n num._n xv._o as_o metropolitan_a to_o cite_v those_o very_a clergy_n and_o no_o other_o provincial_o who_o be_v call_v up_o by_o the_o writ_n to_o their_o several_a diocesan_n but_o neither_o will_v this_o method_n take_v easy_o for_o the_o clergy_n when_o assemble_v protest_v against_o such_o sort_n of_o citation_n by_o the_o archbishop_n as_o calling_z a_o part_n of_o the_o body_n only_o and_o those_o ad_fw-la curiam_fw-la saecularem_fw-la puta_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o camerâ_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la inchoatur_fw-la and_o therefore_o tam_fw-la ratione_fw-la fori_fw-la quam_fw-la loci_fw-la uncanonical_a and_o say_v that_o for_o the_o future_a they_o will_v not_o obey_v they_o xv._o they_o see_v their_o protestation_n appen_n num._n xv._o for_o which_o reason_n when_o the_o year_n after_o 1315._o after_o 9_o e._n 2._o 1315._o both_o these_o writ_n go_v out_o again_o the_o archbishop_n vary_v a_o little_a from_o both_o in_o his_o letter_n 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to_o strengthen_v that_o point_n which_o be_v otherwise_o sufficient_o secure_v as_o to_o illustrate_v and_o explain_v it_o the_o passage_n of_o the_o second_o sort_n which_o represent_v the_o convocation_n clergy_n as_o of_o the_o parliament_n and_o act_v in_o it_o have_v more_o weight_n in_o they_o some_o of_o these_o i_o have_v already_o offer_v etc._n offer_v p._n 60._o etc._n etc._n and_o shall_v now_o add_v several_a other_o the_o reader_n who_o consider_v that_o the_o very_a stress_n of_o the_o debate_n lie_v here_o and_o who_o have_v withal_o any_o taste_n of_o these_o study_n will_v not_o though_o i_o abound_v in_o proof_n of_o this_o kind_n think_v i_o tedious_a the_o first_o instance_n i_o shall_v give_v be_v from_o the_o articuli_fw-la cleri_fw-la 10._o e._n ii_o the_o preamble_n of_o which_o recite_v qùod_fw-la cùm_fw-la dudùm_fw-la temporibus_fw-la progenitorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la quondam_a regum_fw-la angliae_fw-la in_o diversis_fw-la parliamentis_fw-la suis_fw-la &_o 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nostrum_fw-la concilium_fw-la fecimus_fw-la responderi_fw-la etc._n etc._n 483._o etc._n spelm._n conc._n vol._n 2._o p._n 483._o word_n which_o show_v the_o low_a clergy_n as_o well_o as_o prelate_n to_o have_v be_v look_v upon_o as_o of_o the_o parliament_n and_o act_v in_o it_o not_o then_o only_o but_o long_o before_o also_o in_o the_o reign_v of_o several_a of_o that_o prince_n progenitor_n to_o wit_n in_o those_o of_o e._n i._n and_o h._n the_o iii_o at_o least_o if_o not_o high_o and_o i_o

be_v use_v only_o pro_fw-la honore_n regio_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la teneatur_fw-la but_o i_o pay_v too_o great_a a_o regard_n to_o his_o trifle_a remark_n in_o pursue_v they_o thus_o minutely_o and_o go_v on_o therefore_o to_o remove_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o exception_n take_v at_o our_o way_n of_o expound_v the_o statute_n in_o my_o account_n of_o the_o practice_n of_o convocation_n since_o the_o 25_o h._n viii_o i_o slip_v over_o some_o request_n of_o the_o low_a house_n of_o convocation_n to_o the_o upper_a a_o few_o year_n after_o this_o act_n pass_v and_o promise_v to_o make_v a_o distinct_a head_n of_o they_o which_o i_o shall_v now_o therefore_o consider_v and_o explain_v it_o be_v object_v against_o that_o sense_n i_o have_v give_v of_o the_o statute_n that_o the_o clergy_n of_o those_o time_n do_v themselves_o understand_v it_o otherwise_o for_o in_o a_o petition_n put_v up_o by_o they_o to_o the_o bishop_n 1_o o_o e._n vi_o they_o recite_v some_o part_n of_o the_o submission-act_n and_o of_o the_o 27_o h._n viii_o that_o confirm_v it_o and_o then_o desire_v that_o be_v present_o assemble_v in_o convocation_n by_o authority_n of_o the_o king_n be_v write_v the_o king_n majesty_n licence_n in_o write_v may_v for_o they_o be_v obtain_v and_o grant_v according_a to_o the_o effect_n of_o the_o say_a statue_n auctorise_v they_o to_o attempt_v entreat_v and_o commune_v of_o such_o matter_n and_o therein_o free_o to_o give_v their_o consent_n which_o otherwise_o they_o may_v not_o do_v upon_o pain_n and_o peril_n premise_v this_o indeed_o seem_v material_a and_o for_o this_o reason_n i_o suppose_v dr._n w._n take_v no_o notice_n of_o it_o but_o l._n m._n p._n insist_o upon_o it_o and_o style_v it_o a_o authentic_a exposition_n of_o that_o statute_n which_o without_o any_o other_o evidence_n be_v sufficient_a to_o show_v that_o it_o be_v the_o intention_n of_o that_o act_n that_o the_o treat_v and_o resolve_v as_o well_o as_o 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17._o sarum_n 2._o vol._n coll_n of_o rec._n n._n 16_o 17._o which_o he_o call_v petition_n of_o the_o low_a house_n of_o convocation_n 1_o o_o e._n vi_o to_o the_o upper_a the_o former_a of_o these_o 16._o these_o n._n 16._o be_v not_o a_o single_a petition_n but_o four_o several_a request_n or_o rather_o the_o minute_n of_o four_o join_v together_o with_o a_o certain_a query_n annex_v in_o the_o close_a of_o they_o of_o these_o the_o first_o relate_v to_o the_o collection_n of_o ecclesiastical_a law_n appoint_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n to_o be_v make_v in_o h._n the_o viii_o th_n time_n the_o second_o be_v a_o proposal_n for_o adjoin_v the_o low_a house_n of_o convocation_n to_o that_o of_o parliament_n the_o three_o concern_v the_o committee_n for_o reform_v the_o office_n the_o four_o be_v about_o the_o statute_n of_o first_o fruit_n and_o ten_o the_o query_n add_v be_v whether_o the_o clergy_n of_o the_o convocation_n may_v liberal_o speak_v their_o mind_n without_o danger_n 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domum_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la sicut_fw-la ab_fw-la antiquo_fw-la fieri_fw-la consuevit_fw-la 3._o item_n ut_fw-la opera_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o alicrum_fw-la etc._n etc._n as_o before_o p._n 181._o 4._o item_n ut_fw-la rigour_n statuti_fw-la de_fw-la primitiis_fw-la domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la regi_fw-la solvendis_fw-la aliquantisper_fw-la in_o certis_fw-la urgentibus_fw-la clausulis_fw-la moderetur_fw-la &_o reformetur_fw-la si_fw-la commodè_fw-la fieri_fw-la possit_fw-la in_o the_o order_n they_o there_o lie_v but_o give_v not_o the_o least_o hint_n of_o this_o second_o nor_o do_v archbishop_n parker_n in_o antiquitates_fw-la britannicae_n where_o he_o speak_v 339._o speak_v p._n 339._o large_o of_o matter_n agitate_a in_o this_o convocation_n say_v a_o syllable_n of_o it_o on_o the_o contrary_a both_o he_o and_o bishop_n burnet_n give_v we_o some_o particular_n that_o do_v not_o seem_v very_o consistent_a with_o the_o supposal_n of_o such_o a_o petition_n bishop_n burnet_n word_n 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chapterhouse_n appear_v to_o have_v be_v the_o place_n of_o reception_n for_o the_o convocation_n clergy_n 1421._o clergy_n see_v wals._n hist._n angl._n ad_fw-la ann_n 1421._o and_o in_o the_o 4_o h._n v._o the_o roll_n say_v le_fw-fr chanceleur_fw-fr per_fw-la commandment_n du_fw-fr roy_fw-fr assigna_fw-la a_fw-fr les_fw-fr ditz_fw-fr chivaler_n citizein_n &_o burgeoises_n une_fw-fr maison_fw-fr appellee_fw-mi le_fw-fr froitour_n dedeinz_fw-fr l'abbee_n de_fw-fr westminster_n a_o tenir_fw-fr en_fw-fr y●elle_fw-fr leur_fw-fr counseilles_n &_o assemblees_n and_o in_o the_o 6_o h._n vi_o it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o place_n where_o the_o commons_o ordinary_o sit_v usitata_fw-la sit_v the_o roll_n go_v further_a and_o say_v eorum_fw-la domus_fw-la communis_fw-la antiquitùs_fw-la usitata_fw-la in_o a_o manuscript_n of_o mr._n petyt_n print_v by_o bishop_n burnet_n 100_o burnet_n hist._n ref._n vol._n 1._o coll._n of_o rec._n p._n 100_o but_o though_o the_o place_n of_o their_o 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1337._o procuratorium_fw-la eorundem_fw-la ad_fw-la comparend_fw-fr pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o nomine_fw-la nostro_fw-la in_o parliamento_fw-la 5_o kal._n feb._n 1337._o ib._n f._n 80_o b_o 1350._o g._n de_fw-fr welton_n &_o h._n de_fw-fr ingelby_n electi_fw-la procuratores_fw-la capituli_fw-la ebor._fw-la in_o parliamento_fw-la r●gistr_n penes_fw-la dec._n &_o cap._n ebor._n f._n 74._o 1397._o procuratorium_fw-la decani_fw-la &_o capituli_fw-la ebor._fw-la pro_fw-la parliamento_fw-la tenendo_fw-la apud_fw-la westmr._fw-la die_fw-la l●nae_fw-la prox_n post_fw-la festum_fw-la exalt_v s_o t●_n crucis_fw-la dat._n 27._o aug._n 1327._o registr_n penes_fw-la dec._n &_o cap._n nota●_n q._n ab_fw-la a_n o._n 1390_o ad_fw-la 1410._o 1425._o pateat_fw-la universis_fw-la per_fw-la praesentes_fw-la quod_fw-la no●_n edmundus_n permissione_n div_o prio_fw-la eccl._n cath._n elyens_fw-fr &_o ejusdem_fw-la loci_fw-la capitulum_n ad_fw-la comparendum_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o nomine_fw-la nostro_fw-la in_o instanti_fw-la parliamento_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la regis_fw-la hen._n vi_o apud_fw-la westmr._fw-la in_o crastino_fw-la s_o ●i_fw-fr martini_n prox_n futuro_fw-la per_fw-la ipsum_fw-la dom._n reg._n &_o consiliwm_fw-la suum_fw-la celebran●●_n dilectos_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la venerabiles_fw-la viros_fw-la magistros_fw-la etc._n etc._n nostros_fw-la veros_fw-la &_o legitimos_fw-la ordinamus_fw-la &_o constituimus_fw-la procuratores_fw-la &_o nuncios_fw-la speciales_fw-la dantes_fw-la &_o concedentes_fw-la eïsdem_fw-la procuratoribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la &_o eorum_fw-la cuilibet_fw-la potestatem_fw-la generalem_fw-la &_o mandatum_fw-la speciale_a pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o nomine_fw-la nostro_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la &_o singulis_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la dom_n nostrum_fw-la regem_fw-la &_o consilium_fw-la suum_fw-la ac_fw-la caeteros_fw-la proelatos_n magnates_n &_o proceres_fw-la dicti_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la ad_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la &_o defensionem_fw-la regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o eccl._n anglicanae_n in_o dicto_fw-la parliamento_fw-la tractari_fw-la &_o ordinari_fw-la contigerit_fw-la consentiendi_fw-la ac_fw-la omne_fw-la alia_fw-la &_o singula_fw-la faciendi_fw-la &_o expediendi_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la procuratores_fw-la expediri_fw-la poterint_fw-la ratum_fw-la &_o firmum_fw-la habituri_fw-la quicquid_fw-la iidem_fw-la etc._n etc._n dat._n 8._o oct._n 3._o h._n 6._o registr_n eccl._n elyens_fw-fr f._n 145._o jidem_fw-la iterùm_fw-la constiwnt_fw-la procurr_n suos_fw-la ad_fw-la comparend_n '_o pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o instanti_fw-la parliamento_fw-la apud_fw-la westm._fw-la ult_fw-la die_v apr._n prox_n fut_fw-fr dat._n 24._o apr._n 3_o h_o vi_o ibid._n 1503._o universis_fw-la sanctae_fw-la matris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la filiis_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la praesentes_fw-la literae_fw-la pervenerint_fw-la thomas_n permissione_n divinà_fw-la prio_fw-la &_o capitulum_n salutem_fw-la in_o domino_fw-la noverit_fw-la universitas_fw-la vestra_fw-la nos_fw-la ordinasse_n dil_n m._n nobis_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la fratrem_fw-la joh._n menys_n commonachum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la verum_fw-la &_o legitimum_fw-la procuratorem_fw-la negotiorum_fw-la gestorem_fw-la &_o nuntium_fw-la specialem_fw-la ad_fw-la comparend_n '_o pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o nomine_fw-la nostro_fw-la coram_fw-la custode_fw-la spiritualitatis_fw-la archiepiscopali_fw-la sede_fw-la vacant_a 26._o jan._n apud_fw-la westmr._fw-la ubi_fw-la &_o quando_fw-la metuendissimus_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la princeps_fw-la &_o dom_n s._n noster_fw-la henr._n d._n g._n r._n a_o ae_z &_o fr._n &_o dom_n s._n hibern_n de_fw-fr avisamento_fw-la &_o consensu_fw-la concilii_fw-la svi_fw-la pro_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la arduis_fw-la &_o urgentibus_fw-la negotii●_n statum_fw-la publicum_fw-la &_o commune_fw-la bonum_fw-la regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la anglicanae_n concernentibus_fw-la quoddam_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la suum_fw-la teneri_fw-la statuerit_fw-la ordinaverit_fw-la &_o decreverit_fw-la &_o ibidem_fw-la cum_fw-la praelatis_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la &_o proceribus_fw-la dicti_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la colloquium_fw-la habere_fw-la &_o tractatum_fw-la proüt_fw-la per_fw-la literas_fw-la dicti_fw-la metuendissimi_fw-la principis_fw-la nobis_fw-la transmissis_fw-la liquet_fw-la manifestè_fw-la damusque_fw-la &_o concedimus_fw-la eïdem_fw-la procuratori_fw-la nostro_fw-la potestatem_fw-la generalem_fw-la &_o mandatum_fw-la generale_fw-mi cum_fw-la dicto_fw-la spiritualitatis_fw-la custode_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la viris_fw-la episcopis_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la prioribus_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la inibi_fw-la convenientibus_fw-la de_fw-la &_o super_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la arduis_fw-la &_o urgentibus_fw-la negotiis_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la anglicanam_fw-la &_o clerum_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la ac_fw-la praefatum_fw-la metuendissimum_fw-la regem_fw-la nostrum_fw-la &_o regnum_fw-la suum_fw-la angliae_fw-la concernentibus_fw-la seriosiùs_fw-la exponendi_fw-la tractandi_fw-la &_o hiis_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la deliberatione_n communi_fw-la ad_fw-la honorem_fw-la dei_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o regni_fw-la svi_fw-la praedicti_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la rei_fw-la publicae_fw-la concorditer_fw-la &_o canonicè_fw-la ordinari_fw-la contigerit_fw-la consentiendi_fw-la ac_fw-la omne_fw-la &_o singula_fw-la faciendi_fw-la exercendi_fw-la &_o expediendi_fw-la in_o praemissis_fw-la dat._n 21._o jan._n 1503._o xii_o 321_o see_v p._n 229._o ryley_n pl._n parl._n p._n 321_o memorandum_n quod_fw-la episcopi_fw-la abbates_n priores_fw-la decani_fw-la archidiaconi_n cum_fw-la clero_fw-la &_o capitula_fw-la diversarum_fw-la diocesium_fw-la subscripta_fw-la miserunt_fw-la ad_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la regis_fw-la e._n apud_fw-la karliolum_fw-la in_o octabis_n s._n hilarii_n ann_n etc._n etc._n xxxv_o procuratores_fw-la suos_fw-la inferius_fw-la nominatos_fw-la ad_fw-la tractand_v '_o come_v praelatis_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la proceribus_fw-la regni_fw-la dicti_fw-la regis_fw-la super_fw-la negociis_fw-la pro_fw-la quibus_fw-la dictum_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la summonitum_fw-la fuit_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la consentiend_n '_o hiis_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la parliamento_fw-la super_fw-la negotiis_fw-la illis_fw-la contigerit_fw-la ordinari_fw-la viz._n tho._n episc_n exon_n misit_fw-la etc._n etc._n henr._n de_fw-fr pynke●ee_fw-mi rectorem_fw-la ecclae_n de_fw-fr honyton_n d._n episc._n meneu._n misit_fw-la etc._n etc._n mag._n joh._n bussh_n canonicum_fw-la in_o eccl._n meneu._n &_o warinum_fw-la martin_n militem_fw-la gervasius_n archidiac_n cicestr_n misit_fw-la etc._n etc._n nich._n the_o dynnesleye_n vicarium_fw-la in_o eccl._n de_fw-fr boseham_n superior_a record_n superior_a it_o shall_v be_v supprior_n which_o be_v a_o mistake_n that_o run_v through_o the_o print_a record_n &_o conventus_fw-la roffens_n miserunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n robertum_fw-la rectorem_fw-la ecclae_n de_fw-fr hoo._n capitulum_n elyense_fw-fr misit_fw-la etc._n etc._n mag._n ric._n de_fw-fr dene_fw-mi clericum_fw-la abbas_n de_fw-fr cumbâ_fw-la non_fw-la misit_fw-la procuratorem_fw-la sed_fw-la promittit_fw-la per_fw-la literas_fw-la svas_fw-la patentes_fw-la se_fw-la ratum_fw-la &_o gratum_fw-la habiturum_fw-la quicquid_fw-la in_o dicto_fw-la parliamento_fw-la rex_fw-la decreverit_fw-la salubriter_fw-la ordinandum_fw-la abbas_n de_fw-fr s._n radegund_n juxtà_fw-la devorr_n promittit_fw-la per_fw-la literas_fw-la patentes_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la ratum_fw-la habebit_fw-la quicquid_fw-la indicto_fw-la parliamento_fw-la etc._n etc._n clerus_fw-la dioc._n lincoln_n misit_fw-la etc._n etc._n 2._o rectores_fw-la clerus_fw-la archidiac_n cicestr_n misit_fw-la nich._n de_fw-fr dynnislee_n vicarium_fw-la ●ut_fw-la priùs_fw-la clerus_fw-la archid._n surr._n misit_fw-la mag._n rich._n de_fw-fr barton_n &_o hug._n de_fw-fr tychewell_n clericos_fw-la clerus_fw-la london_n diocese_n misit_fw-la etc._n etc._n magistr_n will._n de_fw-fr melford_n &_o rog_n de_fw-fr arewold_n capellanos_fw-la joh._n de_fw-fr wakerle_n clericus_fw-la procurator_n cleri_fw-la archidiac_n surr._n habens_fw-la potestatem_fw-la alium_fw-la procuratorem_fw-la substituendi_fw-la substituit_fw-la loco_fw-la svi_fw-la joh._n de_fw-fr bray_n clericum_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n etc._n xiii_o part_v of_o the_o king_n be_v write_v to_o the_o archbishop_n 7_o e._n ii_o ***_o et_fw-fr quia_fw-la vos_fw-fr 230._o see_v p._n 230._o &_o caeteri_fw-la prelati_fw-la ac_fw-la clerus_fw-la de_fw-la regno_fw-la nostro_fw-la in_o tam_fw-la arduis_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o statum_n ecclesiae_fw-la sacrae_fw-la &_o coronae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la tangentibus_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la consiliis_fw-la nobis_fw-la tenemini_fw-la assistere_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la debetis_fw-la extendere_fw-la manus_fw-la adjutrices_fw-la auxilia_fw-la opportuna_fw-la faciendo_fw-la vobis_fw-la mandamus_fw-la rogantes_fw-la quatenus_fw-la aliis_fw-la praetermissis_fw-la sitis_fw-la in_o propriâ_fw-la personâ_fw-la vestrâ_fw-la apud_fw-la westmr._fw-la in_o crast._n ascens_fw-la dom._n prox_n futur_fw-mi .._o coram_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la deputandis_fw-la ad_fw-la tractand_v cum_fw-la eisdem_fw-la super_fw-la competenti_fw-la auxilio_fw-la a_o clero_fw-la prov._n vestrae_fw-la cant._n nobis_fw-la impendendo_fw-la ex_fw-la causis_fw-la praedictis_fw-la pro_fw-la utilitate_fw-la reipublicae_fw-la &_o statu_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sanctae_fw-la relevand_n à_fw-la servitute_fw-la praedictâ_fw-la proüt_fw-la in_o proximo_fw-la parliamento_fw-la nostro_fw-la apud_fw-la westmr._fw-la habito_fw-la tam_fw-la per_fw-la clerum_fw-la quam_fw-la per_fw-la communitatem_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la extitit_fw-la concordatum_fw-la &_o proüt_fw-la per_fw-la praedictos_fw-la fidelos_n nostros_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la eritis_fw-la requisiti_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la eundem_fw-la diem_fw-la venire_fw-la faciatis_fw-la coràm_fw-la dictis_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la suffraganeos_fw-la vestros_fw-la decanos_fw-la priores_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la cathedralium_n archidiaconos_n abbates_n ex._n &_o non_fw-la exit_fw-la prov._n vestrae_fw-la in_o propriis_fw-la personis_fw-la suis_fw-la capitula_fw-la etiam_fw-la singula_fw-la dictarum_fw-la eccl._n cath._n per_fw-la singulares_fw-la procuratores_fw-la &_o clerum_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la dioc._n per_fw-la dvos_fw-la procurr_n sufficientes_fw-la ad_fw-la tractand_v '_o &_o consentiend_n '_o und_fw-ge vobiscum_fw-la hiis_fw-la