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it_o be_v very_o credible_a that_o if_o master_n laud_n have_v find_v success_n in_o his_o first_o attempt_n he_o will_v in_o time_n reform_v the_o form_n of_o the_o english_a ordination_n and_o thrust_v in_o some_o word_n express_v the_o power_n of_o priest_n and_o bishop_n see_v he_o and_o other_o of_o the_o protestant_a clergy_n of_o late_a 94._o kallend_n a_o 3._o ed._n vl._n c._n 12._o mason_n pag._n 94._o do_v differ_v so_o much_o in_o opinion_n concern_v priesthood_n and_o episcopacy_n from_o those_o who_o live_v in_o king_n edward_n the_o vi_o time_n and_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o queen_n elizabeth_n reign_n he_o can_v not_o miss_v with_o six_o prelate_n and_o six_o other_o man_n learn_v in_o god_n law_n whereof_o the_o great_a number_n may_v devise_v as_o warrantable_a a_o form_n of_o make_v bishop_n and_o priest_n as_o be_v devise_v by_o the_o same_o number_n in_o king_n edward_n time_n yet_o all_o have_v be_v in_o vain_a because_o neither_o master_n laud_v himself_o nor_o 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