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never_o love_v she_o p._n 273_o a_o parliament_n be_v call_v p._n 274_o where_o cromwell_n speak_v as_o lord_n vicegerent_n ibid._n the_o suppression_n of_o the_o knight_n of_o st._n john_n of_o jerusalem_n p._n 275_o cromwell_n fall_n p._n 276_o the_o king_n be_v in_o love_n with_o katherine_n howard_n ibid._n cranmers_n friendship_n to_o cromwell_n p._n 277_o cromwel_n attaindor_n p._n 278_o censure_n pass_v upon_o it_o p._n 279_o the_o king_n divorce_n be_v propose_v p._n 280_o and_o refer_v to_o the_o convocation_n ibid._n reason_n pretend_a for_o it_o ibid._n the_o convocation_n agree_v to_o it_o p._n 281_o which_o be_v much_o censure_v ibid._n it_o be_v confirm_v in_o parliament_n p._n 282_o the_o queen_n consent_v to_o it_o ibid._n a_o act_n about_o the_o incontinence_n of_o priest_n ibid._n another_o act_n about_o religion_n ibid._n another_o concern_v precontract_n p._n 283_o subsidy_n grant_v by_o clergy_n and_o laity_n ibid._n cromwell_n death_n p._n 284_o his_o character_n 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