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in_o the_o sixteenth_o year_n of_o the_o same_o king_n the_o commons_o grant_v to_o the_o king_n that_o he_o by_o the_o advice_n of_o his_o lord_n shall_v have_v power_n to_o moderate_v the_o statute_n of_o provision_n to_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n and_o save_v the_o right_n of_o the_o crown_n and_o to_o put_v the_o same_o in_o execution_n so_o as_o the_o same_o be_v declare_v in_o the_o next_o parliament_n to_o the_o end_n the_o commons_o may_v then_o agree_v to_o the_o same_o or_o no._n ibid._n pag._n 347._o the_o occasion_n of_o these_o concession_n be_v the_o then_o circumstance_n of_o the_o king_n affair_n who_o be_v often_o at_o enmity_n with_o france_n and_o make_v advantage_n of_o the_o pope_n friendship_n which_o he_o obtain_v by_o this_o and_o other_o method_n of_o the_o like_a kind_n the_o like_a instance_n occur_v in_o the_o same_o collection_n p._n 362_o in_o the_o twenty_o year_n of_o the_o same_o king._n p._n 393_o in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o 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