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letter_n which_o one_o of_o the_o legate_n write_v to_o the_o pope_n give_v he_o a_o account_n of_o the_o success_n of_o their_o mission_n pervenimus_fw-la ad_fw-la aulam_fw-la offae_n regis_fw-la merciorum_fw-la at_o ille_fw-la cum_fw-la iugenti_fw-la gaudio_fw-la ob_fw-la reverentiam_fw-la beati_fw-la petri_n &_o vestri_fw-la apostolatûs_fw-la honore_fw-la suscepit_fw-la tam_fw-la nos_fw-la quà m_fw-la sacros_fw-la apices_fw-la à _fw-la summâ_fw-la sede_fw-la delatos_fw-la tunc_fw-la convenerunt_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la concilium_fw-la offa_n rex_fw-la merciorum_fw-la &_o chinulphus_n rex_fw-la west-saxonum_n cvi_fw-la etià m_fw-la tradidimus_fw-la vestra_fw-la syngrammata_fw-la sancta_fw-la ac_fw-la illi_fw-la continuò_fw-la promiserunt_fw-la se_fw-la de_fw-la his_fw-la vitiis_fw-la corrigendos_fw-la tunc_fw-la inito_fw-la concilio_fw-la cum_fw-la praedictis_fw-la regibus_fw-la pontificibus_fw-la senioribus_fw-la terrae_fw-la perpendentes_fw-la quod_fw-la angulus_fw-la ille_fw-la 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manner_n of_o receive_v foreign_a canon_n in_o those_o day_n ad_fw-la quem_fw-la convenerunt_fw-la omnes_fw-la principes_fw-la regionis_fw-la tamburlaine_n ecclesiastici_fw-la quà m_fw-la saeculares_fw-la and_o a_o little_a after_o qui_fw-la omni_fw-la humilitatis_fw-la subjectione_n &_o clarâ_fw-la voluntate_fw-la tam_fw-la admonitionem_fw-la vestram_fw-la quà m_fw-la parvitatem_fw-la nostram_fw-la amplexantes_fw-la sposponderunt_fw-la se_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la obedire_fw-la then_o follow_v the_o canon_n themselves_o and_o afterward_o these_o word_n viz._n haec_fw-la decreta_fw-la beatissime_fw-la pater_fw-la adriane_n in_o concilio_n publico_fw-la coram_fw-la rege_fw-la aelfwaldo_n &_o archiepiscopo_fw-la eanbaldo_n &_o omnibus_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o abbatibus_fw-la regionis_fw-la seu_fw-la senatoribus_fw-la &_o ducibus_fw-la &_o populo_fw-la terrae_fw-la proposuimus_fw-la &_o illi_fw-la etc._n etc._n se_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la custodire_fw-la decreverunt_fw-la &_o signo_fw-la crucis_fw-la in_o vice_fw-la vestrâ_fw-la in_o manu_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la confirmaverunt_fw-la then_o follow_v the_o witness_n name_n of_o who_o part_n be_v secular_a part_v ecclesiastical_a person_n and_o afterward_o his_o peractis_fw-la perreximus_fw-la assumptis_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la viris_fw-la illustribus_fw-la legatis_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o archiepiscopi_fw-la etc._n etc._n qui_fw-la unà _fw-la nobiscum_fw-la pergentes_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la decreta_fw-la secum_fw-la deferentes_fw-la in_o concilium_fw-la merciorum_fw-la ubi_fw-la gloriosus_n rex_fw-la offa_n cum_fw-la senatoribus_fw-la terrae_fw-la unà _fw-la cum_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la janbrichto_fw-la sanctae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la dorovernensis_fw-la &_o caeteris_fw-la episcopis_fw-la regionum_fw-la convenerat_fw-la &_o in_o conspectu_fw-la concilii_fw-la clarâ_fw-la voce_fw-la singula_fw-la capitula_fw-la perlecta_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o tam_fw-la latinè_n quà m_fw-la teutonicè_fw-la quo_fw-la omnes_fw-la intelligere_fw-la possent_fw-la dilucidè_fw-la reserata_fw-la qui_fw-la omnes_fw-la consonâ_fw-la voce_fw-mi alacri_fw-la animo_fw-la gratias_fw-la referentes_fw-la promiserunt_fw-la se_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la haec_fw-la statuta_fw-la custodire_fw-la in_o this_o convention_n the_o canon_n of_o the_o six_o first_o general_n council_n be_v receive_v and_o several_a constitution_n make_v for_o the_o government_n of_o the_o english_a church_n all_o which_o be_v assent_v to_o by_o the_o clergy_n and_o the_o laity_n of_o these_o two_o kingdom_n of_o the_o heptarchy_n and_o by_o virtue_n of_o that_o assent_n become_v incorporate_v into_o the_o municipal_a law_n of_o those_o kingdom_n so_o that_o though_o this_o and_o many_o other_o such_o council_n as_o this_o be_v show_v abundant_o the_o king_n of_o england_n supremacy_n in_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n in_o opposition_n to_o a_o foreign_a power_n yet_o no_o argument_n can_v be_v draw_v from_o hence_o to_o prove_v any_o other_o or_o great_a power_n in_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n to_o be_v lodge_v in_o the_o king_n than_o he_o have_v in_o temporal_n the_o supreme_a power_n in_o both_o be_v in_o the_o king_n in_o conjunction_n with_o his_o great_a council_n or_o parliament_n but_o not_o in_o he_o separate_z and_z apart_z from_o they_o another_o example_n produce_v by_o the_o doctor_n of_o our_o king_n have_v preside_v in_o a_o council_n of_o the_o clergy_n though_o the_o pope_n legate_n be_v present_a be_v out_o of_o sir_n henry_n spelman_n counc_fw-la pag._n 189._o but_o in_o this_o he_o have_v as_o bad_a luck_n as_o in_o the_o former_a for_o as_o in_o the_o former_a the_o king_n do_v not_o preside_v but_o one_o of_o the_o legate_n so_o in_o this_o the_o king_n indeed_o preside_v but_o no_o legate_n appear_v by_o the_o book_n to_o have_v be_v present_a and_o the_o act_n of_o the_o council_n begin_v thus_o viz._n in_o nomine_fw-la domini_fw-la dei_fw-la nostri_fw-la &_o salvatoris_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la congregatum_fw-la est_fw-la magnum_fw-la concilium_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la qui_fw-la voco_fw-la becancelde_n praesidente_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la concilio_n withredo_n clementissimo_fw-la rege_fw-la cantuariorum_n nec_fw-la non_fw-la bertualdo_n reverendissimo_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la britanniae_fw-la simulque_fw-la tobiâ_fw-la episcopo_fw-la roffensis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la abbatissis_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la diaconibus_fw-la ducibus_fw-la satrapis_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la glomeratis_fw-la paritèr_fw-la tractantes_fw-la anxiè_fw-la examinantes_fw-la de_fw-fr statu_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la dei_fw-la etc._n etc._n here_o the_o king_n preside_v in_o a_o general_n council_n of_o his_o own_o people_n or_o in_o a_o parliament_n assemble_v for_o matter_n concern_v the_o state_n and_o government_n of_o the_o church_n and_o what_o use_v the_o doctor_n can_v make_v of_o all_o this_o i_o know_v not_o the_o charter_n of_o king_n william_n the_o conqueror_n whereby_o he_o sever_v the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n from_o the_o temporal_a and_o which_o the_o doctor_n