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parliament_n to_o make_v they_o valid_a as_o i_o have_v 64._o elsewhere_o prove_v at_o large_a 3_o the_o frequent_a repetition_n of_o the_o lord_n prayer_n purposely_o institute_v prescribe_v to_o prevent_v much_o babble_n and_o vain_a repetition_n in_o prayer_n in_o 4._o use_n only_o among_o the_o heathen_n who_o think_v they_o shall_v be_v hear_v for_o their_o much_o speak_v express_o prohibit_v by_o our_o saviour_n mat._n 6._o 7_o to_o 16._o and_o by_o eccles._n 5._o 1_o 2._o prov._n 10._o 19_o which_o repetition_n seem_v to_o countenance_v the_o roman-catholick_n papist_n vain_a battology_n and_o abuse_n of_o the_o lord_n prayer_n in_o their_o missal_n office_n rosary_n psalter_n bead_n by_o many_o successive_a rehersal_n thereof_o against_o the_o express_a command_n and_o institution_n of_o christ._n 4_o the_o often_o rehearsal_n of_o good_a lord_n deliver_v we_o we_o beseech_v thou_o to_o hear_v we_o good_a lord_n by_o all_o the_o people_n in_o the_o read_n of_o the_o litany_n which_o antiphony_n and_o responsal_n between_o minister_n clerk_n and_o people_n except_o 4._o amen_o
suppliciis_fw-la utantur_fw-la in_fw-la â—ucharistiae_fw-la verò_fw-la matrimonii_fw-la &_o extremi_fw-la vnctionis_fw-la administratione_fw-la stolam_fw-la addant_fw-la suppellicâ—is_fw-la after_o this_o 1019._o synodus_fw-la aquensis_n in_o france_n anno_fw-la 1585._o make_v this_o decree_n concern_v clergyman_n wear_v of_o surplisses_n and_o other_o vestment_n clericalis_fw-la ordinis_fw-la homines_fw-la cum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la versantur_fw-la quo_fw-la tempore_fw-la superpelliceum_fw-la endure_v non_fw-la debent_fw-la ne_fw-la sint_fw-la sine_fw-la toga_fw-la exteriori_fw-la praesertim_fw-la horis_fw-la quibus_fw-la divina_fw-la celebrantur_fw-la aut_fw-la populus_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la accedere_fw-la solet_fw-la nec_fw-la vero_fw-la absque_fw-la oa_fw-mi etiam_fw-la in_o diaecesanis_fw-la locis_fw-la vicis_fw-la aut_fw-la pagis_fw-la prodeant_fw-la nist_n cum_fw-la choose_fw-la pedibus_fw-la iter_fw-la facientes_fw-la viae_fw-la difficultas_fw-la &_o longitudo_fw-la aliter_fw-la cogit_fw-la superpelliciis_fw-la cum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ususid_v postulat_fw-la omnes_fw-la utantur_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la lacera_fw-la sint_fw-la non_fw-la sordida_fw-la et_fw-la quae_fw-la ctiam_fw-la manicas_fw-la habeant_fw-la superpellâ—cea_n autem_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la manicis_fw-la carent_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la non_fw-la superpelliceorum_fw-la sed_fw-la mantilâ—um_fw-la nomine_fw-la potius_fw-la digna_fw-la sunt_fw-la omnino_fw-la prohibemus_fw-la canonici_fw-la verò_fw-la cashedralium_fw-la &_o collegiatarum_fw-la quo_fw-la tempore_fw-la cappa_fw-la induuntur_fw-la two_o â—ocheto_fw-la induantur_fw-la sub_fw-la cappa_fw-la clerici_fw-la autem_fw-la cum_fw-la superpelliceâ—s_fw-la fuerint_fw-la induti_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la in_o manibus_fw-la flores_fw-la nec_fw-la aliud_fw-la quod_fw-la statui_fw-la svo_fw-la &_o ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la conveniant_fw-la habeant_fw-la non_fw-la vagentur_fw-la per_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la nec_fw-la deambulent_fw-la nec_fw-la circumcursitent_a sed_fw-la grave_n semper_fw-la sint_fw-la in_o incessu_fw-la &_o statu_fw-la singuli_fw-la autem_fw-la praeterea_fw-la praesertim_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o aliquo_fw-la minorum_fw-la saltem_fw-la ordinum_fw-la sunt_fw-la proprium_fw-la superpelliceum_fw-la habeant_fw-la quo_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la cut_v ascriptt_fw-mi sunt_fw-la et_fw-la alibi_fw-la cum_fw-la ipsi_fw-la suis_fw-la fungi_fw-la muneribus_fw-la contigerit_fw-la uti_fw-la possint_fw-la si_fw-mi quis_fw-la personatus_fw-la vestes_fw-la clericales_fw-la aut_fw-la monachles_a vel_fw-la ad_fw-la eorum_fw-la formam_fw-la induerit_fw-la &_o be_v qui_fw-la case_z assumpserit_fw-la &_o be_v qui_fw-la accomodarit_fw-la grave_n poenas_fw-la subeant_fw-la qui_fw-la verò_fw-la clericus_fw-la cuiusuis_fw-la etiam_fw-la gradus_fw-la ordinis_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la in_o aliquo_fw-la de_fw-la praemissis_fw-la non_fw-la obtemperaverit_fw-la be_v praeter_fw-la poenas_fw-la jam_fw-la inflictas_fw-la aut_fw-la salutari_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la aut_fw-la pecunia_fw-la aâ—t_fw-la suspensione_n ab_fw-la ordinum_fw-la munere_fw-la et_fw-la beneficiorum_fw-la administratione_fw-la aut_fw-la ipsis_fw-la etiam_fw-la beneficiis_fw-la aut_fw-la carcere_fw-la aut_fw-la exilio_fw-la aut_fw-la pluribus_fw-la simul_fw-la ex_fw-la iis_fw-la paenis_fw-la aut_fw-la gravioribus_fw-la pro_fw-la modo_fw-la culpae_fw-la episcopi_fw-la arbitratu_fw-la mulâ—tetur_fw-la qui_fw-la iterum_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la re_fw-la pecâ—dverit_fw-la duplicata_fw-la paena_fw-la pro_fw-la ratione_fw-la criminis_fw-la ab_fw-la eodem_fw-la pleetetur_fw-la this_o synod_n likewise_o decree_v that_o the_o parish_n priest_n who_o be_v to_o carry_v the_o eucharist_n to_o sick_a person_n do_v wear_v a_o surpliss_n and_o proceed_v in_o this_o manner_n 373._o vbi_fw-la manus_fw-la laverit_fw-la tum_fw-la superpelliceo_fw-la stola_fw-la pluvialt_fw-mi ubi_fw-la potest_fw-la indutus_fw-la ad_fw-la altar_n genibus_fw-la flexis_fw-la oret_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la veròcaeteri_fw-la clericive_a qui_fw-la comitantur_fw-la suptrpellieieum_fw-la adhtbeant_fw-la si_fw-mi canonicorum_fw-la capitulum_fw-la sit_fw-la cappam_fw-la vel_fw-la almutiam_fw-la aliudve_fw-la indumentum_fw-la ut_fw-la illis_fw-la in_o â—boro_fw-la moris_fw-la est_fw-la reliqui_fw-la fideles_fw-la bini_fw-la prosequantur_fw-la capite_fw-la aperto_fw-la &_o quamplurimi_fw-la candelis_fw-la accensis_fw-la ac_fw-la primo_fw-la loco_fw-la viri_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la scholar_n sanctissimi_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la praecedant_fw-la postremo_fw-la foeminae_fw-la omnes_fw-la praesertim_fw-la ecclesiastici_fw-la homines_fw-la hymnos_fw-la &_o psalmos_fw-la paenitentiale_n aliosve_fw-la intina_fw-la animae_fw-la pielate_fw-la simul_fw-la cum_fw-la parocho_fw-la sed_fw-la alternatim_fw-la pronunciant_fw-la atque_fw-la alii_fw-la etiam_fw-la religiosiorent_fw-la it_o likewise_o add_v 60._o in_o celebratione_fw-la missae_fw-la sacerdos_n ne_fw-la se_fw-la conferat_fw-la ad_fw-la altar_n nisi_fw-la clericum_fw-la in_o decenti_fw-la habitu_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la superpelliceo_fw-la mundo_fw-la cum_fw-la manicis_fw-la sibi_fw-la inservientem_fw-la habuerit_fw-la enjoin_v the_o parish_n clerk_n to_o wear_v a_o surplice_n as_o well_o as_o the_o priest_n this_o last_o french_a popish_a synod_n prescribe_v the_o constant_a use_n of_o surplisses_n to_o all_o canon_n prebend_n parish_n priest_n and_o curate_n under_o several_a ecclesiastical_a and_o temporal_a punishment_n with_o great_a rigour_n and_o severity_n when_o as_o ordo_fw-la romanus_n antiquus_fw-la de_fw-la divinis_fw-la officiis_n &_o missa_fw-la the_o roman_a pontifical_n ceremonial_n missal_n in_o their_o rubric_n of_o say_v or_o sing_v mass_n prefix_v to_o they_o do_v only_o enjoin_v their_o use_n without_o any_o penalty_n ecclesiastical_a or_o civil_a express_v in_o they_o to_o be_v inflict_v on_o nonconformist_n thereunto_o for_o the_o use_n of_o surplisses_n in_o our_o british_a church_n during_o the_o briton_n or_o saxon_n time_n i_o remember_v nothing_o in_o canon_n or_o history_n only_o our_o alâ—â—uinus_n tutor_n to_o charles_n the_o great_a an._n 800._o de_fw-fr divinis_fw-la officiis_n c._n 98_o 39_o writing_n of_o the_o several_a vestment_n wherewith_o priest_n be_v clad_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n observe_v etc._n habent_fw-la etiam_fw-la nunc_fw-la ministri_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la christi_fw-la superhumerale_fw-mi quod_fw-la amictum_fw-la vocamuâ—_n quando_fw-la ad_fw-la altar_n ministrant_fw-la quod_fw-la fit_a ex_fw-la lino_n purissâ—mo_fw-la per_fw-la linum_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la terra_fw-la sumitur_fw-la &_o per_fw-la multos_fw-la labores_fw-la ad_fw-la candorem_fw-la ducitur_fw-la designatur_fw-la corpus_fw-la humanum_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la terra_fw-la constat_fw-la sicut_fw-la ergò_fw-la linum_fw-la per_fw-la multos_fw-la labores_fw-la ad_fw-la candorem_fw-la reducitur_fw-la ita_fw-la corpus_fw-la humanum_fw-la multis_fw-la calamitatibus_fw-la attritum_fw-la candidum_fw-la et_fw-la purum_fw-la esse_fw-la debet_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la sorde_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la posteà _fw-la sequitur_fw-la poderis_n quae_fw-la vulgo_fw-la alba_n dicitur_fw-la significat_fw-la autem_fw-la perseverantiam_fw-la in_o bona_fw-la actione_n after_o which_o he_o mention_n the_o stola_fw-la dalmatica_fw-la casula_fw-la use_v by_o priest_n and_o pallum_fw-la archiepiscoporum_fw-la to_o distinguish_v the_o archbishop_n from_o his_o suffragans_fw-la subjoyn_v stephanus_n natione_fw-la romanus_n ex_fw-la patre_fw-la lobio_n ut_fw-la legitur_fw-la in_o gestis_fw-la pontificalibus_fw-la constituit_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la levitisque_fw-la uestes_fw-la sacras_fw-la in_o usâ—_n quotidiano_fw-la non_fw-la uti_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la whether_o any_o of_o these_o garment_n be_v then_o use_v in_o england_n or_o the_o same_o with_o surplisses_n for_o fashion_n as_o colour_n i_o can_v define_v the_o first_o mention_n i_o observe_v in_o our_o historian_n of_o surplisses_n and_o their_o wear_n by_o that_o name_n be_v in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1237._o the_o 21._o of_o henry_n the_o 3d._n where_fw-mi 1140._o mat._n paris_n record_v that_o otto_n the_o pope_n legate_n summon_v all_o the_o popish_a bishop_n abbot_n and_o clergy_n to_o a_o council_n in_o paul_n church_n london_n to_o which_o he_o go_v in_o great_a pomp_n enter_v the_o church_n he_o put_v on_o his_o pontifical_a garment_n and_o among_o the_o rest_n a_o surplice_n which_o he_o thus_o express_v pontificalibus_fw-la se_fw-la induit_fw-la scilicet_fw-la superpellicco_fw-it et_fw-la desuper_fw-la cappa_fw-la chorali_fw-la pellibus_fw-la variis_fw-la furrata_fw-la et_fw-la mitra_fw-la et_fw-la praecedentibus_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la cantuariensi_fw-la et_fw-la eboracensi_fw-la eum_fw-la cum_fw-la precessione_n solemni_fw-la â—um_fw-la cruse_n et_fw-la caeriis_fw-la accensis_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la letaria_n the_o second_o day_n the_o council_n be_v begin_v missi_fw-la sunt_fw-la exparte_v domini_fw-la regis_fw-la comes_fw-la lincolniensis_fw-la johannes_n et_fw-fr johannes_n filius_fw-la galfridi_fw-la et_fw-la gulielmus_fw-la de_fw-fr raele_n canonicus_n sancti_fw-la pauli_n ut_fw-la dicto_fw-la legato_n ex_fw-la parte_fw-la regis_fw-la et_fw-la regni_fw-la inhiberent_fw-la ne_fw-la ibi_fw-la contra_fw-la regiam_fw-la coronam_fw-la et_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la aliquid_fw-la statuere_fw-la attemptaret_fw-la et_fw-la remansit_fw-la ibi_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la observaretur_fw-la gulielmus_fw-la de_fw-fr raele_n capa_fw-la canonica_fw-la et_fw-la superpelliceo_fw-la aliis_fw-la reedentibus_fw-la by_o which_o it_o seem_v the_o canon_n sit_v in_o this_o council_n in_o their_o 61._o canonical_a cap_n or_o cowl_n and_o surplisses_n as_o well_o as_o the_o pope_n legate_n himself_o about_o the_o year_n 1290._o john_n peckham_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n appropriate_v the_o church_n of_o preston_n to_o the_o monk_n of_o canterbury_n and_o endow_v a_o perpetual_a vicar_n in_o it_o grant_v in_o the_o instrument_n that_o the_o monk_n 2120._o onera_fw-la reparationis_fw-la et_fw-la refectionis_fw-la concelli_n praedictae_fw-la foclesiae_fw-la de_fw-la preston_n intus_fw-la et_fw-la exterius_fw-la necnon_fw-la et_fw-la inventionis_fw-la librorum_fw-la uestimentorum_fw-la superpelliceorum_fw-la et_fw-la ornamentorum_fw-la dictae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la rectores_fw-la inveniri_fw-la et_fw-la
reparari_fw-la debent_fw-la aut_fw-la solent_fw-la subeant_fw-la which_o intimate_v that_o priest_n and_o vicar_n do_v then_o use_v to_o wear_v and_o find_v their_o own_o surplice_n and_o by_o the_o same_o archbishop_n provincial_a constitution_n who_o decree_v â—80_n dignissimus_fw-la ut_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la eucharistiae_fw-la circumferatur_fw-la cum_fw-la debita_fw-la reverentia_fw-la ad_fw-la egrotos_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la saltem_fw-la induto_fw-la superâ—elliceo_fw-la gerente_fw-la orarium_fw-la cum_fw-la lumine_fw-la praevio_fw-la in_o lucerna_fw-la cum_fw-la campana_fw-la ut_fw-la populus_fw-la ad_fw-la reverentiam_fw-la debitam_fw-la excitetur_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la prosternendum_fw-la se_fw-la vel_fw-la adorandum_fw-la saltem_fw-la humiliter_fw-la informatur_fw-la sacerdotali_fw-la prudentia_fw-la ubicunque_fw-la regem_fw-la gloriae_fw-la sub_fw-la panis_fw-la latibulo_fw-la evenerit_fw-la deportari_fw-la the_o original_a ground_n of_o kneel_v at_o as_o well_o as_o to_o the_o sacrament_n this_o be_v the_o 1._o constitution_n in_o our_o church_n i_o have_v yet_o observe_v prescribe_v priest_n to_o wear_v surplisses_n when_o they_o deliver_v the_o eucharist_n or_o carry_v it_o to_o sick_a person_n on_o which_o lindwode_n have_v this_o gloss_n et_fw-la sic_fw-la tolerare_fw-la potest_fw-la licet_fw-la minister_n sacerdotis_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la indutus_fw-la superpelliceo_fw-la licet_fw-la honestus_fw-la sit_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsius_fw-la minister_n superpelliceo_fw-la induatur_fw-la considerata_fw-la qualitate_fw-la beneficii_fw-la et_fw-la facultatibus_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la which_o intimate_v that_o parish_n clerk_n shall_v wear_v surplisses_n as_o well_o as_o priest_n robert_n winchelsie_n his_o next_o successor_n in_o the_o see_v of_o canterbury_n b._n as_o lindwode_n or_o simon_n isâ—p_n as_o john_n de_fw-fr aton_n record_n about_o the_o year_n 1300._o decree_v what_o popish_a trinket_n book_n ornament_n vestment_n shall_v be_v provide_v in_o every_o parish_n church_n by_o the_o parishioner_n among_o which_o he_o enumerate_v dalmatica_fw-la tunica_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la capa_fw-la de_fw-la choro_fw-la tria_fw-la superpellicea_n unum_fw-la kochetum_fw-la on_o which_o lindwode_n have_v this_o gloss_n tria_fw-la superâ—epllicea_n ad_fw-la usum_fw-la scilicet_fw-la trium_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la vizt_v sacerdotis_fw-la diaconi_fw-la &_o subdiaconi_a rochetum_fw-la quod_fw-la differt_fw-la à _fw-la superselliceo_fw-la quia_fw-la superpellicium_fw-la habet_fw-la manicas_fw-la pendulas_fw-la sed_fw-la rochetum_fw-la est_fw-la sine_fw-la manicis_fw-la &_o ordinatur_fw-la pro_fw-la clerico_n ministraturo_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la vel_fw-la forsan_fw-la ad_fw-la opus_fw-la ipsius_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la in_o baptizando_fw-la pueros_fw-la ne_fw-la per_fw-la manicas_fw-la ipsius_fw-la braâ—hia_fw-la impediantur_fw-la his_o next_o successor_n walter_n raynod_n decree_v 38._o that_o arch-deaâ—â—ons_a among_o other_o thing_n shall_v take_v care_n that_o there_o shall_v be_v in_o every_o parish-church_n ad_fw-la minus_fw-la duplicia_fw-la sacerdotalia_fw-la vestimenta_fw-la the_o one_o for_o lord_n day_n the_o other_o for_o holiday_n as_o lindwode_n gloss_v it_o &_o ut_fw-la honour_n debitus_fw-la divinis_fw-la officiis_n in_fw-la omnibus_fw-la impendatur_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la altari_fw-la ministrat_n suppelliceo_fw-la induatur_fw-la on_o which_o lindwode_n have_v this_o gloss_n vizt_v presbytero_fw-la celebranti_fw-la assiten_n it_o idem_fw-la in_o missae_fw-la tempore_fw-la ministrans_fw-la vel_fw-la potest_fw-la intelligi_fw-la de_fw-la sacerdote_fw-la quovis_fw-la tempore_fw-la accedente_fw-la ad_fw-la altar_n ut_fw-la aliquid_fw-la faciat_fw-la vel_fw-la disponat_fw-la circa_fw-la corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la ut_fw-la videlicet_fw-la illo_fw-la tempore_fw-la sit_fw-la indutus_fw-la suppelliceo_fw-la et_fw-la juxta_fw-la communem_fw-la intellectum_fw-la die_fw-la 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