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and_o need_v his_o command_n only_o to_o unite_v these_o two_o synod_n into_o one_o national_a assembly_n as_o to_o the_o seven_o burgundian_n synod_n who_o act_n he_o say_v avow_v the_o authority_n by_o which_o they_o meet_v 24._o meet_v p._n 24._o though_o he_o will_v insinuate_v yet_o he_o do_v not_o direct_o affirm_v any_o of_o they_o to_o have_v be_v provincial_a and_o i_o shall_v not_o therefore_o stay_v to_o prove_v that_o they_o be_v not_o so_o that_o five_o of_o they_o be_v not_o be_v certain_a and_o that_o the_o two_o other_o be_v if_o not_o more_o than_o provincial_a yet_o at_o least_o extraordinary_a it_o will_v be_v time_n enough_o to_o prove_v when_o he_o have_v tell_v we_o which_o he_o give_v up_o and_o which_o he_o insist_o on_o but_o pag._n 35._o he_o profess_v to_o speak_v only_o of_o the_o power_n of_o prince_n over_o their_o lesser_a synod_n let_v we_o see_v by_o what_o instance_n he_o choose_v to_o make_v it_o good_a he_o tell_v we_o that_o when_o wolfolendus_fw-la 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say_v have_v resolve_v it_o to_o be_v expedient_a 36._o p._n 36._o that_o provincial_a synod_n shall_v be_v hold_v every_o year_n according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o canonical_a custom_n establish_v in_o it_o they_o make_v it_o their_o request_n to_o lovis_fw-la the_o emperor_n and_o lotharius_n his_o son_n that_o they_o will_v consent_v that_o at_o a_o fit_a season_n every_o year_n they_o may_v be_v assemble_v this_o request_n be_v again_o renew_v some_o year_n after_o in_o another_o synod_n thus_o far_o he_o be_v of_o our_o side_n for_o what_o can_v be_v more_o to_o the_o advantage_n of_o provincial_a synod_n than_o this_o decree_n of_o the_o council_n of_o paris_n and_o their_o request_n in_o consequence_n of_o that_o decree_n to_o the_o civil_a power_n that_o they_o will_v suffer_v it_o to_o take_v effect_n according_a to_o the_o canon_n it_o follow_v yes_o notwithstanding_o these_o general_a permission_n before_o they_o do_v come_v together_o they_o be_v 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