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the_o assent_n of_o the_o lord_n spiritual_a and_o temporal_a and_o the_o commons_o in_o this_o present_a parliament_n assemble_v and_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o same_o that_o not_o only_o the_o say_a act_n make_v in_o the_o say_v 27_o &_o 32_o of_o hen._n 8._o concern_v true_a payment_n of_o tithe_n and_o every_o article_n and_o branch_n therein_o contain_v shall_v abide_v and_o stand_v in_o their_o full_a strength_n and_o virtue_n but_o also_o be_v it_o further_o enact_v by_o authority_n of_o this_o present_a parliament_n that_o every_o of_o the_o king_n subject_n shall_v from_o henceforth_o true_o and_o just_o without_o fraud_n or_o guile_n divide_v set_v out_o yield_v and_o pay_v all_o manner_n of_o their_o prediall_a tithe_n in_o their_o proper_a kind_n as_o they_o rise_v and_o happen_v in_o such_o manner_n and_o form_n as_o have_v be_v of_o right_o yield_v and_o pay_v within_o forty_o year_n next_o before_o the_o make_n of_o this_o act_n or_o of_o right_n or_o custom_n 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countenance_v both_o of_o the_o testimony_n and_o the_o thing_n i_o choose_v to_o represent_v from_o a_o fair_a manuscript_n in_o the_o public_a jur._n public_a s_o 1._o 8._o jur._n library_n of_o oxford_n where_o thus_o imprimis_fw-la concessimus_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o hac_fw-la praesenti_fw-la carta_n confirmavimus_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la imperpetuum_fw-la quòd_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la anglicana_n liberae_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o habeat_fw-la 3._o habeat_fw-la that_o be_v that_o all_o ecclesiastical_a person_n shall_v enjoy_v all_o their_o lawful_a jurisdiction_n and_o other_o their_o right_n whole_o without_o any_o diminution_n or_o subtraction_n whatsoever_o cook_n instit_fw-la 2_o pa_n 3._o jura_n sva_fw-la integra_fw-la &_o libâ—rtates_fw-la svas_fw-la illaesas_fw-la concessimus_fw-la etiam_fw-la omnibus_fw-la liberis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o be_v that_o charter_n in_o the_o nine_o chapter_n whereof_o be_v confirm_v the_o charter_n 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