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the_o sake_n of_o any_o worldly_a pleasure_n or_o advantage_n but_o upon_o great_a advice_n and_o deliberation_n we_o shake_v off_o a_o yoke_n which_o we_o have_v no_o obligation_n to_o endure_v etc._n endure_v postermò_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la decessimus_fw-la cvi_fw-la obstrecti_fw-la non_fw-la eramus_fw-la ejusque_fw-la jugum_fw-la ac_fw-la tyrannidem_fw-la excussimus_fw-la apol._n eccl._n angl._n §._o 150_o 159_o 160_o etc._n etc._n the_o church_n of_o england_n do_v but_o behave_v herself_o as_o become_v a_o free_a church_n enjoy_v the_o right_n of_o a_o patriarchal_a see_v according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n it_o reform_v itself_o when_o it_o have_v high_a need_n for_o as_o king_n henry_n the_o 8_o say_v in_o his_o last_o letter_n to_o the_o pope_n better_a be_v it_o in_o the_o middle_a way_n to_o return_v than_o always_o to_o run_v forth_o headlong_o and_o do_v ill_a 3._o the_o due_a moderation_n of_o our_o reformation_n will_v appear_v if_o we_o 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