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partium_fw-la illarum_fw-la decimas_fw-la daunt_v de_fw-la exitibus_fw-la molendinorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la et_fw-la nos_fw-la vobis_fw-la inde_fw-la in_o compoto_fw-la vestro_fw-la ad_fw-la scaccarium_n nostrum_fw-la debitum_fw-la allocationem_fw-la fieri_fw-la faciemus_fw-la t._n r._n apud_fw-la westm_n 20._o die_v octobris_fw-la per_fw-la breve_fw-la de_fw-la privato_fw-la sigillo_fw-la and_o good_a reason_n sure_a have_v that_o valiant_a king_n to_o give_v all_o due_a encouragement_n to_o the_o inferior_a clergy_n if_o we_o consider_v how_o he_o be_v affront_v and_o defy_v and_o brave_v by_o the_o prelate_n 17._o polid._n virgil_n angl._n hist_o l._n 17._o especial_o by_o robert_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n so_o that_o the_o king_n be_v force_v to_o put_v all_o the_o rebellious_a prelate_n and_o clergy_n out_o of_o his_o protection_n seize_v their_o good_n and_o revenue_n until_o they_o at_o long-run_a submit_v themselves_o after_o a_o tedious_a bustle_n to_o which_o they_o be_v encourage_v by_o pope_n boniface_n i_o know_v that_o the_o king_n grant_v his_o favour_n afterward_o and_o protection_n to_o the_o say_v stout_a archbishop_n robert_n and_o the_o rest_n and_o suffer_v the_o say_a archbishop_n to_o stand_v by_o he_o and_o his_o son_n upon_o a_o wooden_a scaffold_n erect_v before_o the_o gate_n of_o westminster-hall_n for_o that_o purpose_n when_o with_o many_o tear_n the_o king_n ask_v pardon_n with_o all_o humility_n not_o the_o archbishop_n pardon_n but_o that_o the_o people_n will_v pardon_v he_o 36._o walsingham_n hist_o angl._n p._n 36._o but_o it_o be_v not_o for_o his_o humble_v the_o proud_a clergy_n as_o aforesaid_a but_o for_o his_o arbitrary_a government_n dicens_fw-la se_fw-la minús_fw-la bene_fw-la &_o tranquillè_fw-la quam_fw-la regem_fw-la deceret_fw-la ipsos_fw-la rexisse_fw-la etc._n etc._n rursum_fw-la ut_fw-la libertates_fw-la contentas_fw-la in_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la 84._o mat._n west_n an._n 1297._o p._n 409_o 410._o ypodigmae_fw-la neustr_n p._n 84._o &_o de_fw-fr foresta_n in_o usu_fw-la extunc_fw-la efficacius_fw-la haberentur_fw-la &_o voluntarias_fw-la super_fw-la his_fw-la exactiones_fw-la inductas_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la quasi_fw-la id_fw-la irritum_fw-la revocaret_fw-la petentibus_fw-la comitibus_fw-la &_o baronibus_fw-la rex_fw-la articulos_fw-la in_o praedictis_fw-la chartis_fw-la contentos_fw-la innovari_fw-la insuper_fw-la &_o observari_fw-la mandavit_fw-la henry_n de_fw-fr knyghton_n add_v rogavitque_fw-la populum_fw-la accepta_fw-la licentia_fw-la ut_fw-la omne_fw-la condonarentur_fw-la ei_fw-la &_o orarent_fw-la pro_fw-la eo_fw-la &_o orabant_fw-la quidam_fw-la publicè_fw-la alii_fw-la vero_fw-la sic_fw-la alii_fw-la vero_fw-la occulte_fw-la pauci_fw-la vero_fw-la bene_fw-la anno_fw-la 32_o edw._n 1._o this_o king_n be_v again_o affront_v by_o thomas_n corbridge_n archbishop_n of_o york_n for_o when_o the_o king_n by_o his_o letter_n patent_n grant_v to_o mr._n john_n bouhs_n 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the_o act_n of_o the_o pope_n his_o superior_a lord_n nor_o deprive_v or_o remove_v his_o clerk_n and_o therefore_o pray_v the_o king_n to_o hold_v he_o excuse_v refuse_v to_o give_v any_o other_o answer_n whereupon_o judgement_n be_v solemn_o give_v against_o he_o that_o what_o he_o allege_v be_v no_o sufficient_a cause_n for_o he_o not_o to_o execute_v the_o king_n command_n and_o that_o all_o his_o temporalty_n shall_v be_v seize_v into_o the_o king_n hand_n for_o this_o his_o contempt_n etc._n etc._n by_o which_o we_o may_v see_v that_o even_o in_o time_n of_o popery_n the_o king_n of_o england_n have_v oppose_v the_o pope_n innovation_n and_o usurpation_n and_o the_o king_n justice_n have_v take_v cognizance_n of_o these_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n and_o that_o no_o foreign_a mandate_n or_o bull_n be_v pleadable_a in_o the_o king_n court_n in_o bar_n of_o the_o king_n writ_n and_o that_o long_a before_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n henry_n 8._o obedience_n to_o the_o pope_n before_o 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praesentationis_fw-la cessavit_fw-la de_fw-la cantaria_fw-la de_fw-fr nonresidentia_n pro_fw-la clericis_fw-la regis_fw-la de_fw-la praesentatione_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la praebendam_fw-la capellam_fw-la etc._n etc._n nay_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o that_o even_o in_o time_n of_o popery_n the_o king_n judge_n will_v take_v no_o notice_n of_o any_o excommunication_n 134.2_o cook_n instit_fw-la 134.2_o but_o what_o be_v decree_v by_o the_o
parliament_n in_o these_o word_n noverint_fw-la universi_fw-la quòd_fw-la dominus_fw-la h._n rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la illustris_fw-la 3._o anno._n 37._o h._n 3._o r._n come_v norff._n &_o marescallus_fw-la anglin_n h._n come_v hereford_n &_o essex_n i_o come_v de_fw-la warewico_fw-la petrus_n de_fw-fr sabbaudia_n caeterique_fw-la magnace_n anglia_fw-it consenserunt_fw-la in_o sentiam_fw-la excommunicationis_fw-la generaliter_fw-la latam_fw-la apud_fw-la westm_n tertio_fw-la decimo_fw-la die_v muii_o anno_fw-la regni_fw-la regis_fw-la pradicte_n in_o hà c_n formà _fw-la scilices_fw-la quod_fw-la vinculo_fw-la praefacae_fw-la sententiae_fw-la ligenter_n omnes_fw-la venientes_fw-la contra_fw-la libertates_fw-la contentas_fw-la in_o chartis_fw-la communium_fw-la libertatum_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr foresta_n etc._n etc._n dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o praedicti_fw-la magnates_fw-la omnes_fw-la &_o communitas_fw-la populi_n protestantur_fw-la publitè_fw-fr etc._n etc._n by_o 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