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anno_fw-la 588._o and_o follow_v 1._o by_o another_o in_o the_o council_n of_o auxerre_n in_o france_n under_o clotaire_n the_o second_o about_o two_o year_n after_o in_o both_o of_o which_o it_o be_v decree_v non_fw-la licere_fw-la die_fw-la dominico_fw-la boves_fw-la jungere_fw-la vel_fw-la alia_fw-la opera_fw-la exercere_fw-la that_o no_o man_n shall_v be_v suffer_v to_o yoke_v his_o ox_n or_o do_v any_o manner_n of_o work_n upon_o the_o sunday_n but_o then_o we_o must_v observe_v withal_o that_o these_o council_n act_v only_o by_o their_o own_o authority_n not_o charge_v those_o restraint_n on_o god_n or_o on_o his_o commandment_n it_o be_v positive_o declare_v by_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o mascon_n that_o the_o lord_n do_v not_o exact_v it_o of_o we_o that_o we_o shall_v celebrate_v this_o day_n in_o a_o corporal_a abstinence_n or_o rest_n from_o labour_n who_o only_o look_v that_o we_o do_v yield_v obedience_n to_o his_o holy_a will_n by_o which_o contemn_v 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