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bishop_n of_o lincoln_n court_n the_o which_o article_n although_o he_o never_o preach_v teach_v or_o at_o any_o time_n defend_v as_o appear_v more_o in_o the_o process_n follow_v yet_o the_o friar_n with_o their_o witness_n stand_v forth_o against_o he_o â—â—â—ht_v declare_v he_o to_o be_v convict_v bring_v also_o dry_a wood_n with_o they_o to_o the_o town_n to_o burn_v he_o and_o will_v not_o leave_v he_o before_o he_o make_v they_o promise_v and_o swear_v for_o fear_n of_o death_n never_o to_o hold_v they_o teach_v they_o nor_o preach_v they_o privy_o nor_o apert_o under_o pain_n of_o relapse_n and_o that_o he_o shall_v go_v to_o certain_a church_n to_o revoke_v the_o foresay_a conclusion_n which_o he_o never_o affirm_v as_o first_o in_o the_o church_n of_o loncolne_n then_o in_o s._n margaret_n church_n of_o leycester_n also_o in_o s._n martin_n church_n in_o leycester_n and_o in_o our_o lady_n church_n at_o newarke_n and_o in_o other_o parish_n church_n also_o of_o melton_n 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that_o christ_n be_v to_o come_v to_o and_o s._n gregory_n in_o the_o common_a law_n say_v that_o every_o man_n that_o go_v to_o priest_n hood_n â—â—â—â—ching_v take_v upon_o he_o the_o office_n of_o preach_v for_o as_o he_o say_v that_o priest_n stir_v god_n to_o great_a wrath_n of_o who_o mouth_n be_v not_o hear_v the_o voice_n of_o preach_v and_o as_o other_o more_o gloss_n upon_o ezechiell_n witness_n that_o the_o priest_n that_o preach_v not_o busy_o to_o the_o people_n shall_v be_v partaker_n of_o their_o damnation_n that_o perish_v through_o his_o default_n and_o though_o the_o people_n be_v save_v by_o other_o special_a grace_n of_o god_n then_o by_o the_o priest_n preach_v 〈◊〉_d yet_o the_o priest_n in_o that_o they_o be_v ordain_v to_o preach_v and_o preach_v not_o as_o before_o god_n they_o be_v manslear_v for_o as_o far_o as_o in_o they_o be_v such_o priest_n as_o preach_v not_o busy_o and_o true_o sley_v all_o the_o people_n ghostly_a in_o that_o they_o withhold_v from_o 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sex_n the_o watcheword_n all_o the_o nobility_n of_o the_o brittayne_v destroy_v in_o one_o day_n the_o king_n ransome_v the_o saxon_n enter_v possession_n of_o the_o land_n the_o christian_a brittayne_n persecute_v of_o the_o infidel_n saxon_n an._n 462._o aurelius_n ambrose_n return_v into_o britain_n aurelius_n crown_v king_n of_o britain_n vortigerus_fw-la burn_v in_o his_o tower_n horsus_n slay_v engist_n take_v in_o the_o field_n the_o counsel_n of_o eldadus_n bishop_n of_o gloucester_n engist_n behead_v anno._n 490._o exit_fw-la henr._n huntingtonensi_fw-la galfrido_n exit_fw-la chronico_fw-la quodam_fw-la cariensi_fw-la the_o uncertainty_n of_o our_o old_a britain_n story_n exit_fw-la historia_fw-la cariana_n aurelius_n ambrose_n brit._n king_n anno._n 497._o uter_n pendragon_n brit._n king_n remember_v the_o word_n of_o gildas_n 633._o hist._n caria_n the_o christian_a brittayne_n persecute_v by_o the_o heathen_a saxon_n anno._n 516._o king_n arthur_n the_o tale_n of_o king_n 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