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cite_v the_o council_n of_o nice_a quhilk_fw-mi na_fw-mi man_n there_fw-mi reject_v 14._o unless_o he_o be_v alluterlie_fw-mi deploret_fw-la and_o without_o the_o commoun_n sense_n of_o nature_n 19_o in_o the_o foresaid_a council_n we_o find_v it_o decreat_v in_o this_o manner_n it_o be_v adducet_fw-la befoir_fw-fr the_o holy_a and_o universal_a council_n that_o in_o sum_n particular_a place_n and_o city_n certane_v deiken_n be_v accustumet_n to_o ministrat_n the_o sacrament_n to_o the_o preistis_n 14._o the_o quhilk_fw-mi neither_o decreit_n nor_o consuetude_n doith_v approve_v that_o they_o quha_v on_o nawais_o have_v receive_v power_n to_o offer_v the_o sacrifice_n fuld_v ministrat_n the_o sacrament_n unto_o thame_n quha_o have_v receive_v sic_fw-la power_n now_o to_o conclude_v consider_v the_o chief_n and_o principal_a pairt_n of_o this_o sacrifice_n consistis_fw-la in_o the_o consecratioun_n of_o the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n the_o pastoure_n and_o doctouris_n of_o 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