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mary_n time_n again_o the_o pope_n may_v dissolve_v ecclesiastical_a dignity_n and_o benefice_n at_o will_n and_o turn_v they_o into_o what_o shape_n it_o best_o like_v he_o moreover_o he_o may_v unite_v appropriate_a divide_v such_o live_n and_o do_v many_o strange_a thing_n else_o about_o they_o no_o cause_n appear_v to_o any_o man_n but_o his_o own_o will_n the_o pope_n legate_n also_o procure_v of_o the_o king_n of_o england_n stipend_n and_o provision_n of_o good_a value_n out_o of_o ecclesiastical_a benefice_n and_o other_o dignity_n rustand_v the_o pope_n legate_n be_v in_o favour_n with_o king_n henry_n the_o three_o procure_v from_o he_o beside_o the_o live_n he_o obtain_v by_o the_o pope_n provision_n a_o grant_v of_o provision_n out_o of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a benefice_n dignity_n and_o prebendary_n which_o shall_v first_o happen_v in_o his_o own_o gift_n amount_v to_o 300_o mark_n by_o the_o year_n to_o be_v prefer_v before_o all_o other_o a_o former_o grant_v by_o he_o 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