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canon_n etc._n etc._n contrary_a to_o the_o king_n prerogative_n or_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n this_o be_v a_o prohibition_n to_o the_o king_n and_o they_o not_o to_o make_v any_o such_o canon_n constitution_n or_o ordinance_n as_o be_v contrary_a to_o law._n sir_n roger_n five_o particular_a be_v that_o our_o king_n suffer_v no_o synodical_a decree_n to_o be_v of_o force_n but_o by_o their_o allowance_n and_o confirmation_n for_o which_o he_o quote_v florentius_n wigornensis_n anno_fw-la 1127._o where_o it_o be_v say_v rex_fw-la auditis_fw-la concilii_fw-la gestis_fw-la consensum_fw-la praebuit_fw-la &_o authoritate_fw-la regius_fw-la &_o potestate_fw-la concessit_fw-la &_o confirmavit_fw-la statuta_fw-la concilii_fw-la à _fw-la gulielmo_n cantuariensi_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la &_o sanctae_fw-la romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la legato_fw-la apud_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la celebrati_fw-la now_o that_o council_n consist_v not_o of_o the_o clergy_n only_o but_o as_o ecclesiastical_a synod_n do_v in_o those_o day_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o laity_n confluxerunt_fw-la quoque_fw-la illic_fw-la magnae_fw-la multitudines_fw-la clericorum_fw-la &_o laicorum_fw-la tam_fw-la divitum_fw-la quam_fw-la mediocrium_fw-la &_o fact_n we_o est_fw-la conventus_fw-la grandis_fw-la &_o inestimabilis_fw-la ibidem_fw-la and_o this_o we_o have_v hear_v before_o out_o of_o malmesbury_n be_v necessary_a quatenus_fw-la quicquid_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la concilii_fw-la authoritate_fw-la decerneretur_fw-la utriusque_fw-la ordinis_fw-la cura_fw-la &_o sollicitudine_fw-la ratum_fw-la servaretur_fw-la now_o that_o the_o act_n of_o such_o synod_n be_v of_o no_o force_n within_o the_o realm_n without_o the_o king_n assent_n i_o agree_v as_o his_o assent_n be_v necessary_a to_o make_v a_o act_n of_o parliament_n a_o bind_a law_n in_o temporal_n so_o his_o assent_n be_v and_o till_o the_o clergy_n have_v turn_v he_o out_o of_o their_o synod_n always_o be_v necessary_a and_o essential_a to_o a_o ecclesiastical_a law._n but_o what_o inference_n can_v be_v draw_v from_o hence_o to_o prove_v any_o personal_a supremacy_n in_o the_o king_n separate_z and_o distinct_a from_o the_o assent_n of_o his_o people_n in_o their_o synod_n and_o council_n i_o do_v not_o apprehend_v but_o one_o observation_n i_o can_v omit_v upon_o this_o council_n compare_v with_o that_o other_o hold_v anno_fw-la dom._n 1175._o &_o ann._n 21._o hen._n 2._o for_o whereas_o in_o the_o former_a the_o laity_n be_v present_a as_o well_o as_o the_o clergy_n we_o find_v the_o king_n give_v his_o royal_a assent_n to_o their_o canon_n and_o so_o they_o become_v ecclesiastical_a law_n bind_v to_o the_o whole_a nation_n in_o the_o latter_a the_o laity_n be_v not_o present_a by_o any_o account_n that_o i_o can_v find_v of_o it_o and_o therefore_o to_o make_v their_o canon_n general_a law_n the_o king_n assent_n will_v not_o have_v be_v sufficient_a nor_o be_v it_o single_o have_v for_o gervas_n dorob_fw-la anno_fw-la dom._n 1175._o pag._n 1429._o collect_v tell_v we_o in_o hoc_fw-la concilio_n ad_fw-la emendationem_fw-la anglicanae_n ecclesiae_fw-la assensu_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o primorum_fw-la regni_fw-la haec_fw-la subscripta_fw-la promulgata_fw-la sunt_fw-la capitula_fw-la and_o that_o the_o clergy_n in_o those_o day_n when_o they_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o hold_v synod_n apart_o from_o the_o laity_n do_v not_o imagine_v that_o the_o king_n alone_o can_v give_v their_o canon_n any_o validity_n in_o law_n where_o they_o entrench_v upon_o or_o interser_v with_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n will_v appear_v by_o observe_v that_o when_o in_o king_n henry_n the_o three_o time_n the_o clergy_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o gravamina_fw-la laicorum_fw-la have_v make_v many_o provisional_a article_n for_o the_o enlarge_n their_o own_o jurisdiction_n pro_fw-la quibus_fw-la episcopi_fw-la angliae_fw-la fuerant_fw-la pugnaturi_fw-la matthew_n paris_n say_v thus_o of_o they_o viz._n formati_fw-la sunt_fw-la articuli_fw-la circiter_fw-la quinquaginta_fw-la quos_fw-la praelati_fw-la in_o seripta_fw-la redegerunt_fw-la ut_fw-la apto_fw-la tempore_fw-la coram_fw-la rege_fw-la &_o magnatibus_fw-la &_o praelatis_fw-la lecti_fw-la effectum_fw-la debitum_fw-la sortirentur_fw-la additamenta_fw-la ad_fw-la math._n paris_n pag._n 199_o etc._n etc._n so_o that_o it_o be_v the_o magnate_n &_o praelati_fw-la as_o well_o as_o the_o king_n and_o not_o the_o king_n without_o they_o that_o can_v give_v life_n to_o they_o sir_n roger_n six_o particular_a be_v that_o our_o king_n permit_v no_o bishop_n to_o excommunicate_v or_o inflict_v any_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n on_o any_o baron_n or_o officer_n nisi_fw-la praecepto_fw-la svo_fw-la concern_v which_o i_o have_v speak_v already_o the_o seven_o be_v that_o they_o cause_v the_o bishop_n to_o appear_v in_o their_o court_n to_o give_v a_o account_n why_o they_o excommunicate_v the_o subject_a this_o make_v nothing_o for_o any_o personal_a authority_n in_o the_o king._n whatever_o he_o do_v in_o his_o court_n he_o do_v by_o his_o judge_n who_o have_v the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n for_o their_o guide_n and_o rule_n and_o aught_o to_o keep_v all_o inferior_a court_n within_o their_o bound_n and_o therefore_o might_n and_o do_v yet_o every_o day_n grant_v prohibition_n when_o the_o bishop_n and_o their_o official_o proceed_v to_o excommunicate_v where_o the_o law_n do_v not_o allow_v that_o censure_n to_o be_v apply_v and_o if_o the_o writ_n of_o prohibition_n be_v not_o obey_v but_o that_o the_o bishop_n or_o other_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n proceed_v notwithstanding_o a_o attachment_n be_v the_o next_o process_n vid._n fitz._n nat._n br._n tit_n prohibition_n for_o excommunication_n whatever_o pretence_n of_o divine_a right_a the_o clergy_n may_v have_v for_o their_o jurisdiction_n be_v always_o regulate_v by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n but_o never_o by_o the_o king_n arbitrary_a will_n and_o pleasure_n the_o eight_o be_v that_o they_o cause_v such_o as_o be_v imprison_v after_o forty_o day_n stand_v excommunicate_a to_o be_v free_v by_o writ_n without_o the_o assent_n of_o the_o prelate_n or_o satisfaction_n give_v the_o king_n and_o his_o judge_n communicate_v with_o they_o tam_fw-la in_o divinis_fw-la quam_fw-la profanis_fw-la and_o command_v none_o to_o shun_v they_o though_o by_o the_o ordinary_a denounce_v excommunicate_v now_o the_o ground_n of_o this_o be_v no_o other_o than_o the_o writ_n de_fw-fr cautione_n admittenda_fw-la by_o which_o the_o bishop_n be_v command_v quod_fw-la accepta_fw-la ab_fw-la a._n b._n the_o person_n excommunicate_a cautione_n ipsum_fw-la à _fw-la prisona_fw-la quâ_fw-la occasione_n predict_v detinetur_fw-la deliberari_fw-la mandent_fw-la alioqui_fw-la quod_fw-la nostrum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la exequemur_fw-la to_o which_o writ_n if_o the_o bishop_n do_v not_o yield_v obedience_n than_o a_o writ_n go_v to_o the_o sheriff_n to_o 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