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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 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to_o they_o in_o any_o new_a case_n but_o by_o act_n of_o parliament_n only_o and_o that_o no_o bishop_n or_o subject_n whatsoever_o have_v any_o power_n to_o make_v or_o enjoin_v any_o new_a oath_n or_o form_n of_o oath_n nor_o any_o authority_n to_o administer_v a_o oath_n to_o any_o man_n without_o some_o legal_a commission_n from_o the_o king_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n or_o some_o act_n of_o parliament_n especial_o authorise_v he_o to_o give_v or_o take_v a_o oath_n unless_o in_o court_n of_o record_n or_o other_o court_n who_o have_v authority_n to_o administer_v oath_n by_o prescription_n but_o anno_fw-la dom._n 1237._o otho_n the_o pope_n legate_n in_o a_o council_n at_o london_n make_v this_o constitution_n touch_v oath_n in_o spiritual_a cause_n in_o ecclesiastical_a court_n till_o that_o time_n not_o know_v nor_o use_v in_o england_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o word_n of_o the_o constitution_n jusjurandum_fw-la calumniae_fw-la in_o causis_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la quibuslibet_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr veritate_fw-la dicenda_fw-la in_o spiritualibus_fw-la quoque_fw-la ut_fw-la veritas_fw-la aperiatur_fw-la facilius_fw-la &_o causae_fw-la celerius_fw-la terminentur_fw-la statuimus_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la praestari_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la angliae_fw-la secundum_fw-la canonicas_fw-la &_o legitimas_fw-la sanctiones_fw-la obtentâ_fw-la in_o contrarium_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la non_fw-la obstante_fw-la vid._n matth._n paris_n 454._o a_o clear_a resolution_n that_o till_o that_o time_n the_o custom_n of_o england_n and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n be_v to_o the_o contrary_a and_o that_o they_o can_v not_o enforce_v any_o man_n to_o his_o oath_n in_o such_o case_n after_o which_o grosthead_n bishop_n of_o lincoln_n anno_fw-la 1246._o upon_o the_o suggestion_n of_o the_o friar_n predicant_n and_o minorite_n rage_v more_o than_o be_v meet_v or_o expedient_a they_o be_v the_o word_n of_o matthew_n paris_n against_o those_o of_o his_o diocese_n make_v 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