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cap._n ne_fw-la quis_fw-la can_v 22._o quaest_n 2._o the_o same_o navarrus_n instruct_v a_o witness_n to_o depone_v that_o he_o know_v nothing_o reserve_v this_o within_o himself_o no_o thing_n that_o he_o be_v hold_v to_o tell_v and_o he_o give_v the_o same_o instruction_n to_o pleader_n who_o be_v require_v to_o give_v their_o oath_n de_fw-fr calumnia_fw-la or_o of_o verity_n pag._n 151._o toletus_n a_o jesuit_n and_o a_o cardinal_n teach_v these_o same_o healthsome_a lesson_n instruct._n sacerd_v lib._n 4._o cap._n 21._o jacobus_n sylvanus_n aliâs_fw-la keller_n jesuit_n teach_v the_o same_o philipp_n contr_n anonymum_fw-la etc._n etc._n pag._n 5._o beside_o all_o these_o eriphilus_n do_v they_o not_o teach_v man_n to_o be_v liar_n who_o affirm_v that_o no_o oath_n give_v to_o a_o haereticke_n or_o infidel_n be_v to_o be_v keep_v and_o yet_o this_o be_v both_o enact_v and_o practise_v in_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n jacobus_n simancha_n episcopus_fw-la pacensis_n de_fw-fr 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their_o king-killing_a doctrine_n
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