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he_o will_v receive_v his_o pall_n and_o the_o archbishop_n answer_v he_o he_o will_v receive_v it_o from_o pope_n vrban_n but_o the_o king_n 25.47_o king_n rex_fw-la dixit_fw-la illum_fw-la pron_z apostelico_n nondum_fw-la accepisse_fw-la nec_fw-la suae_fw-la vel_fw-la paternae_fw-la consuetudinis_fw-la eatenus_fw-la extitisse_fw-la ut_fw-la praeter_fw-la svam_fw-la licentiam_fw-la aut_fw-la electionem_fw-la aliquis_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la angliae_fw-la papam_fw-la nominaret_fw-la &_o quicunque_fw-la sibi_fw-la huius_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la potestatem_fw-la vellît_fw-fr praeripere_fw-la unum_n foret_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la coronam_fw-la svam_fw-la sibi_fw-la conaretur_fw-la auferre_fw-la eadm_n fol._n 25.47_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o have_v not_o yet_o receive_v he_o for_o pope_n nor_o have_v it_o be_v he_o or_o his_o father_n custom_n hitherto_o that_o any_o shall_v be_v receive_v as_o pope_n in_o england_n without_o his_o licence_n and_o election_n and_o whoever_o will_v take_v from_o 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