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upon_o the_o matter_n agree_v that_o it_o may_v be_v so_o for_o among_o other_o privilege_n that_o he_o there_o bestow_v upon_o the_o church_n of_o saint_n peter_n of_o westminster_n then_o new_o found_v by_o that_o virtuous_a king_n he_o grant_v and_o absolute_o confirm_v that_o it_o shall_v for_o ever_o be_v a_o place_n of_o regal_a constitution_n and_o consecration_n and_o a_o perpetual_a habitation_n of_o monk_n that_o shall_v be_v subject_a to_o no_o live_a creature_n but_o the_o king_n himself_o free_a from_o episcopal_a service_n and_o authority_n and_o where_o no_o bishop_n shall_v enter_v to_o give_v any_o order_n etc._n etc._n tom._n council_n part_n 3._o pa._n 1129._o a._n in_o which_o word_n i_o note_v first_o that_o the_o king_n of_o england_n in_o those_o ancient_a day_n be_v before_o their_o coronation_n mere_o lay_v person_n be_v by_o their_o consecration_n make_v candidati_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la potestatis_fw-la and_o admit_v to_o the_o administration_n thereof_o 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ut_fw-la vice_fw-la nostra_fw-la cum_fw-la concilio_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o abbatum_fw-la constituatis_fw-la ubique_fw-la quae_fw-la justa_fw-la sunt_fw-la so_o that_o if_o the_o king_n of_o england_n be_v please_v to_o execute_v this_o ecclesiastical_a authority_n as_o the_o pope_n vicar_n then_o by_o this_o his_o charter_n they_o be_v invest_v therewith_o and_o peradventure_o the_o clergy_n of_o rome_n can_v never_o revoke_v it_o be_v grant_v posteris_fw-la regibus_fw-la and_o the_o epistle_n of_o the_o pope_n be_v as_o barclayus_n say_v of_o nich._n 1._o to_o michael_n the_o emperor_n as_o a_o ecclesiastical_a law_n lib._n de_fw-fr potest_fw-la papae_fw-la ca._n 2._o pag._n 13._o but_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n it_o be_v hereby_o evident_a which_o i_o endeavour_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o king_n of_o england_n be_v just_o capable_a of_o spiritual_a jurisdiction_n by_o the_o pope_n own_o confession_n for_o which_o purpose_n only_o i_o here_o allege_v it_o and_o to_o give_v more_o 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