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simont_n geve_v doom_n /_o to_o dyssolue_v true_a wedlock_n /_o and_o authoryse_v lechery_n to_o these_o both_o party_n for_o to_o live_v in_o horedome_n from_o that_o day_n forthwarde_o and_o sendythe_v they_o forth_o at_o the_o door_n depart_v each_o from_o other_o but_o lo_o what_o chryst_n say_v mat_n nineteeen_o marc._n x._o luc._n xuj_o for_o matrimony_n a_o man_n shall_v leave_v father_n and_o mother_n /_o and_z he_o shall_v hold_v he_o to_o his_o wife_n /_o and_z they_o shall_v be_v twain_o in_o one_o flesh_n that_o be_v for_o their_o dwelling_n shall_v be_v to_o geder_o also_o they_o be_v not_o then_o twain_o /_o but_o one_o flesh_n that_o be_v by_o virtue_n of_o the_o sacrament_n /_o wherefore_o that_o thing_n that_o god_n have_v join_v /_o man_n may_v not_o depart_v i_o say_v forsooth_o to_o you_o that_o who_o so_o ever_o have_v leave_v his_o wife_n except_o for_o the_o cause_n of_o fornycacyon_n /_o and_o if_o he_o wed_v another_o he_o be_v a_o lecherour_n /_o and_o who_o that_o weddyth_v this_o woman_n that_o this_o man_n have_v leave_v /_o he_z ledyth_o his_o life_n in_o lechery_n /_o as_z long_a time_n as_o he_o hold_v she_o /_o sythen_a that_o god_n join_v never_o but_o in_o lawful_a manner_n how_o dare_v you_o pursue_v this_o dyvorce_n in_o a_o lawless_a church_n saint_n paul_n say_v to_o the_o romayn_v in_o the_o second_o chapytre_fw-la whosoever_o syn_v without_o law_n shall_v perish_v without_o the_o law_n for_o &_o they_o weren_a blind_a and_o know_v not_o the_o law_n /_o they_o may_v happy_o the_o easely_o be_v excusyd_v but_o now_o they_o sayen_v they_o know_v the_o law_n /_o and_o do_v full_a hardly_o against_o the_o law_n /_o they_o have_v not_o excusacyon_n and_o therefore_o the_o wiseman_n say_v a_o wholesome_a remedy_n against_o this_o sin_n of_o the_o herte_n eccli_n xviii_o be_v thou_o turn_v from_o thy_o own_o will_n and_o obey_v thou_o to_o god_n will_v /_o and_o than_o say_v bernarde_n thou_o shall_v never_o come_v in_o hell_n /_o 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