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to_o obey_v the_o pope_n prohibition_n of_o this_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n pag._n 44._o a_o boy_n under_o age_n hang_v in_o rome_n pag._n 46._o a_o nephew_n of_o old_a navarre_n the_o canonist_n by_o the_o pope_n commandment_n hang_v in_o haste_n ibid._n card._n mendoza_n deprive_v of_o his_o deanery_n of_o toledo_n by_o force_n pag._n 47._o a_o gentleman_n of_o card._n farnesius_n put_v to_o death_n by_o pope_n clement_n pag._n 8._o 48._o the_o opinion_n of_o some_o overmuch_o devote_a to_o the_o obedience_n of_o the_o pope_n pag._n 50._o obedience_n due_a to_o all_o superior_n yet_o be_v their_o power_n contain_v within_o certain_a limit_n pag._n 51._o ecclesiastical_a and_o civil_a power_n both_o immediate_a from_o god_n both_o distinct_a and_o independent_a of_o each_o other_o pag._n 53._o a_o superior_a yea_o the_o pope_n in_o diverse_a case_n may_v be_v disobey_v without_o sin_n pag._n 57_o the_o breve_n of_o paulus_n 5._o prohibit_v the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n may_v be_v not_o obey_v without_o sin_n pag._n 59_o many_o evil_n ensue_v upon_o obey_v the_o pope_n in_o this_o case_n of_o the_o oath_n pag._n 60._o a_o commandment_n upon_o error_n of_o wrong_a information_n bind_v not_o pag._n 62._o the_o pope_n bare_a precept_n not_o always_o sufficient_a to_o cause_v man_n to_o hazard_v their_o temporal_a state_n ibid._n case_n not_o doubtful_a but_o manifest_a as_o be_v this_o of_o the_o oath_n need_v no_o solution_n from_o the_o pope_n pag._n 63._o subject_n bind_v to_o obey_v all_o just_a law_n of_o their_o temporal_a prince_n pag._n 64._o the_o law_n of_o the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n just_a pag._n 65._o the_o king_n majesty_n in_o set_v forth_o this_o oath_n have_v not_o exceed_v his_o limit_n pag._n 66._o all_o lawful_a king_n be_v they_o heathen_n or_o heretic_n be_v to_o be_v obey_v by_o their_o subject_n in_o temporal_n pag._n 68_o that_o the_o pope_n or_o church_n do_v permit_v evil_a prince_n to_o reign_v a_o strange_a phrase_n pag._n 70._o 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