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godliness_n piety_n zeal_n what_o they_o believe_v to_o be_v their_o own_o proper_a good_n how_o much_o more_o will_v they_o have_v abstain_v from_o usurp_a on_o those_o of_o the_o church_n and_o to_o which_o they_o have_v know_v themselves_o to_o have_v no_o kind_n of_o right_a second_o &_o forasmuch_o as_o depend_v of_o the_o testimony_n or_o authority_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n itself_o it_o be_v clear_a enough_o that_o clergieman_n have_v not_o only_o be_v original_o or_o sometime_o but_o have_v continue_v always_o or_o at_o all_o time_n since_o the_o very_a first_o of_o christianity_n be_v at_o present_a still_o subject_a to_o the_o supreme_a civil_a power_n &_o therefore_o not_o exempt_a from_o it_o for_o be_v it_o appear_v by_o these_o law_n that_o clergiemen_n be_v so_o first_o indistinct_o in_o all_o kind_n of_o politic_a matter_n subject_a or_o not_o exempt_v in_o any_o either_o from_o the_o supreme_a civil_a or_o subordinate_a civil_a and_o be_v further_o that_o none_o of_o these_o law_n nor_o altogether_o exempt_v they_o but_o in_o some_o politic_a thing_n or_o some_o such_o cause_n from_o the_o subordinat_fw-la only_o and_o in_o none_o at_o all_o from_o the_o supreme_a in_o any_o such_o cause_n and_o be_v moreover_o that_o it_o be_v from_o and_o by_o virtue_n of_o or_o by_o a_o power_n derive_v from_o those_o very_a civil_a law_n and_o consequent_o from_o the_o supreme_a civil_a magistrate_n prince_n emperor_n that_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n be_v so_o appoint_v for_o other_o clerk_n in_o any_o civil_a or_o criminal_a cause_n whatsoever_o or_o in_o those_o we_o call_v mere_a lie_v crime_n it_o must_v follow_v that_o forasmuch_o as_o concern_v the_o testimony_n of_o those_o civil_a law_n which_o bellarmine_n quote_v here_o clerk_n be_v still_o subject_a to_o the_o supreme_a civil_a power_n though_o not_o in_o some_o case_n or_o not_o even_o in_o very_a many_o case_n to_o the_o subordinat_a civil_a but_o in_o such_o have_v other_o judge_n that_o be_v ecclesiastical_a one_o appoint_v they_o by_o the_o same_o law_n for_o by_o the_o testimony_n of_o these_o law_n they_o be_v not_o exempt_a wherein_o they_o be_v not_o exempt_v by_o those_o very_a law_n and_o those_o law_n do_v not_o exempt_v they_o in_o any_o case_n at_o all_o from_o the_o legislator_n himself_o or_o from_o the_o supreme_a civil_a power_n nor_o even_o from_o the_o subordinate_a indistinct_o and_o universal_o in_o all_o case_n but_o in_o some_o only_o three_o it_o be_v clear_a enough_o also_o by_o the_o testimony_n authority_n and_o warranty_n of_o these_o civil_a law_n and_o forasmuch_o i_o say_v as_o depend_v of_o such_o warranty_n if_o join_v together_o with_o the_o allow_a doctrine_n of_o all_o christian_n both_o lawyer_n and_o divine_n general_o that_o in_o such_o christian_a kingdom_n as_o never_o have_v be_v govern_v by_o those_o law_n of_o roman_a emperor_n or_o which_o in_o aftertime_n do_v legal_o shake_v off_o the_o yoke_n both_o of_o the_o empire_n and_o imperial_a law_n general_o and_o be_v govern_v only_o by_o municipal_a law_n of_o their_o own_o clerk_n be_v not_o exempt_a at_o all_o in_o politic_a matter_n from_o either_o supreme_a or_o subordinate_a lie_v court_n or_o judge_n no_o further_o than_o such_o municipal_a peculiar_a civil_a law_n do_v exempt_v they_o and_o be_v that_o in_o no_o such_o country_n at_o all_o for_o any_o thing_n we_o know_v yet_o or_o be_v allege_v yet_o by_o bellarmine_n or_o by_o our_o divine_n of_o louvain_n clerk_n be_v not_o exempt_a by_o such_o law_n from_o the_o supreme_a civil_a power_n and_o be_v at_o least_o that_o whatever_o may_v be_v imagine_v of_o some_o one_o or_o other_o country_n with_o or_o without_o ground_n we_o know_v certain_o there_o be_v no_o such_o law_n in_o england_n or_o ireland_n nor_o have_v yet_o ever_o be_v it_o be_v no_o less_o clear_a that_o clerk_n be_v not_o at_o all_o exempt_a in_o england_n or_o ireland_n in_o politic_a matter_n from_o the_o supreme_a civil_a power_n of_o the_o prince_n or_o of_o his_o law_n forasmuch_o i_o say_v still_o as_o depend_v of_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n or_o even_o of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o either_o christian_a lawyer_n or_o catholic_n divine_v which_o doctrine_n be_v that_o law_n of_o man_n when_o mere_a law_n of_o man_n and_o in_o politic_a matter_n depend_v not_o only_o of_o public_a tiâ—â—â—_n but_o also_o of_o legal_a reception_n and_o hereof_o also_o that_o they_o be_v not_o abrogate_a again_o by_o a_o contrary_a establishment_n or_o by_o a_o general_a opposition_n abrogation_n or_o disuse_n in_o any_o particular_a kingdom_n or_o state_n especial_o if_o such_o as_o have_v the_o supreme_a civil_a legislative_a power_n approve_v of_o or_o concur_v to_o such_o abrogation_n or_o disuse_n four_o and_o last_o and_o as_o a_o corrollary_n out_o of_o all_o it_o be_v perspicuous_a that_o as_o the_o very_a civil_a law_n of_o roman_a emperor_n and_o such_o other_o municipal_a law_n of_o other_o christian_a prince_n give_v such_o or_o some_o certain_a and_o special_a exemption_n and_o other_o privilege_n to_o clergieman_n and_o give_v they_o free_o and_o out_o of_o devotion_n only_o for_o the_o great_a decency_n and_o reverence_n of_o the_o church_n do_v convince_v any_o rational_a person_n that_o secular_a prince_n be_v still_o continual_o as_o they_o have_v be_v original_o superior_n in_o temporal_a power_n to_o the_o clergy_n even_o to_o all_o priest_n and_o bishop_n whatsoever_o live_v within_o their_o dominion_n so_o they_o also_o convince_v that_o not_o even_o the_o great_a priest_n and_o bishop_n the_o very_a chief_a and_o spiritual_a prince_n both_o of_o all_o priest_n and_o of_o all_o bishop_n too_o the_o pope_n himself_o not_o even_o this_o so_o ecumenical_a vicar_n of_o christ_n in_o all_o spiritual_a matter_n throughout_o the_o whole_a earth_n can_v be_v true_o say_v to_o be_v at_o present_a upon_o any_o other_o account_n exempt_v from_o secular_a power_n in_o temporal_a matter_n but_o on_o this_o only_a that_o he_o also_o himself_o be_v now_o as_o he_o have_v be_v for_o some_o age_n though_o not_o from_o the_o beginning_n a_o temporal_a or_o secular_a prince_n too_o and_o that_o now_o he_o represent_v a_o double_a person_n that_o of_o the_o successor_n of_o st._n peter_n at_o rome_n which_o undoubted_o he_o have_v from_o christ_n and_o from_o the_o church_n pure_o take_v as_o a_o church_n and_o that_o also_o of_o a_o secular_a prince_n with_o independent_a secular_a civil_a or_o temporal_a power_n which_o latter_a he_o have_v no_o less_o undoubted_o and_o even_o only_o and_o sole_o from_o the_o mere_a devotion_n benevolence_n bounty_n and_o gift_n of_o other_o prince_n and_o people_n &_o even_o i_o mean_v of_o mere_a lie_v prince_n &_o people_n but_o to_o the_o end_n learned_a man_n shall_v not_o say_v i_o take_v advantage_n of_o bellarmine_n not_o have_v so_o thorough_o examine_v this_o matter_n in_o his_o great_a work_n of_o controversy_n nor_o even_o in_o his_o very_a last_o edition_n of_o that_o work_n which_o yet_o be_v the_o edition_n i_o have_v hitherto_o answer_v and_o shall_v not_o object_v at_o any_o time_n that_o bellarmine_n sift_v yet_o more_o narrow_o the_o question_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n in_o a_o latter_a book_n of_o he_o when_o he_o be_v in_o his_o old_a age_n force_v to_o it_o by_o doctor_n william_n barelay_n answer_n and_o solution_n of_o all_o the_o church-canon_n whereon_o chief_o or_o rather_o indeed_o only_o bellarmine_n rely_v till_o then_o as_o we_o have_v see_v and_o we_o shall_v further_o see_v yet_o in_o the_o next_o section_n for_o his_o so_o general_a exemption_n of_o clergieman_n from_o even_o the_o supreme_a civil_a coercive_a power_n in_o all_o criminal_a cause_n whatsoever_o lest_o i_o say_v any_o shall_v object_v this_o i_o will_v give_v at_o large_a and_o in_o bellarmine_n own_o word_n but_o english_v all_o that_o he_o reply_v in_o that_o his_o very_a last_o piece_n on_o this_o subject_n we_o have_v now_o in_o hand_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n against_o the_o same_o william_n barclay_n and_o my_o own_o rejoynder_n also_o though_o in_o effect_n and_o for_o the_o most_o part_n make_v before_o i_o confess_v by_o another_o that_o be_v by_o john_n barclay_n the_o son_n in_o his_o pietas_n and_o to_o justify_v the_o quarrel_n of_o his_o then_o dead_a father_n lxix_o bellarmine_n therefore_o see_v by_o the_o say_v william_n barclay_n work_n de_n potestate_fw-la papae_fw-la in_o temporalibus_fw-la against_o he_o that_o all_o his_o former_a pretence_n of_o what_o law_n soever_o civil_a or_o ecclesiastical_a for_o the_o exemption_n of_o clergieman_n from_o the_o supreme_a civil_a power_n can_v not_o persuade_v any_o judicious_a reader_n of_o that_o book_n of_o william_n barclay_n regard_v no_o more_o what_o he_o have_v grant_v before_o in_o his_o great_a work_n of_o controversy_n and_o even_o in_o the_o very_a
a_o ordinance_n in_o such_o general_a or_o rather_o indefinite_a term_n for_o the_o exemption_n of_o clerk_n in_o a_o criminal_a question_n from_o the_o civil-judicatory_a or_o be_v it_o be_v but_o a_o command_n or_o law_n that_o none_o shall_v presume_v to_o call_v or_o draw_v a_o ecclesiastical_a person_n in_o a_o criminal_a question_n or_o even_o civil_a to_o a_o secular_a judgement_n against_o the_o imperial_a constitution_n and_o canonical_a function_n and_o whereas_o there_o be_v never_o yet_o any_o imperial_a constitution_n or_o canonical_a sanction_n either_o make_v before_o his_o time_n or_o in_o his_o time_n or_o after_o his_o time_n that_o exempt_v clergyman_n in_o either_o of_o both_o sort_n of_o question_n civil_a or_o criminal_a from_o the_o supreme_a civil_a and_o absolute_a power_n of_o the_o emperor_n themselves_o or_o of_o other_o king_n that_o acknowledge_v neither_o emperor_n nor_o pope_n nor_o any_o other_o above_o themselves_o in_o their_o temporal_a government_n who_o see_v not_o that_o out_o of_o this_o constitution_n of_o frederick_n nothing_o can_v be_v conclude_v for_o such_o exemption_n of_o clerk_n in_o criminal_a cause_n from_o the_o supreme_a civil_a power_n but_o only_o from_o that_o of_o subordinat_fw-la inferior_a and_o ordinary_a civil_a or_o secular_a judicatories_n beside_o we_o know_v frederick_n law_n be_v only_o for_o those_o few_o city_n or_o province_n that_o remain_v in_o his_o time_n which_o be_v about_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n one_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o and_o therefore_o can_v not_o pretend_v nor_o do_v pretend_v to_o prescribe_v law_n to_o other_o kingdom_n or_o king_n for_o the_o exemption_n of_o clerk_n either_o in_o civil_a or_o criminal_a cause_n or_o even_o to_o the_o inferior_a judicatories_n of_o other_o king_n and_o that_o we_o know_v also_o that_o that_o law_n of_o frederick_n be_v not_o imitate_v by_o the_o like_a in_o other_o principality_n not_o subject_a to_o he_o not_o imitate_v i_o say_v general_o as_o to_o the_o exemption_n of_o clerk_n in_o all_o either_o civil_a or_o criminal_a cause_n whatsoever_o from_o the_o very_a subordinat_a inferior_a civil_a judicatories_n nor_o even_o in_o prima_fw-la instantia_fw-la so_o that_o i_o must_v conclude_v that_o bellarmine_n be_v put_v to_o a_o very_a narrow_a strait_n for_o a_o imperial_a or_o civil_a law_n whâ—_n 〈◊〉_d pitch_v on_o this_o of_o frederick_n which_o be_v not_o know_v nor_o as_o much_o as_o 〈◊〉_d of_o in_o other_o part_n of_o even_a europe_n itself_o as_o own_v no_o subjection_n to_o frederick_n and_o yet_o a_o law_n not_o to_o the_o purpose_n be_v it_o of_o the_o same_o authority_n those_o imperial_a constitution_n be_v when_o the_o orient_a and_o the_o occident_n south_n and_o north_n as_o far_o as_o the_o roman_a empire_n be_v ever_o spread_v at_o any_o time_n or_o even_o in_o great_a constantins_n day_n be_v under_o one_o lord._n a_o imperial_a or_o civil_a law_n in_o those_o day_n or_o of_o such_o other_o for_o some_o age_n after_o which_o wâ—e_v receive_v in_o the_o wide_a christian_n world_n &_o consequent_o &_o general_o retain_v may_v have_v be_v to_o purpose_n if_o it_o have_v clear_o express_o on_o particular_o enact_v any_o thing_n to_o our_o present_a purpose_n but_o conceive_v in_o such_o term_n as_o this_o of_o frederick_n coâ—lâ—_n not_o be_v to_o such_o purpose_n for_o it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o be_v exempt_v from_o the_o subjection_n due_a to_o emperor_n or_o king_n and_o another_o to_o be_v exempt_v a_o forâ—_n secuilâ—i_fw-la from_o a_o secâ—â—â—â—_n judicatory_a the_o emperor_n have_v under_o themselves_o and_o establish_v by_o themselves_o and_o by_o their_o own_o civil_a law_n two_o sort_n of_o judicatories_n the_o one_o termâ—â—â—g_v mere_a civil_a or_o mere_a secular_a judicatory_a where_o peculars_n only_o or_o mere_a â—ay_n man_n be_v judge_n and_o the_o other_o term_v 〈◊〉_d ecclesiastical_a judicatory_a where_o ecclesiastical_a person_n only_o or_o person_n depâ—â—â—â—_n by_o they_o be_v judgeâ—_n whatever_o the_o cause_n or_o question_n be_v civil_a or_o criminal_a temporal_a or_o spiritual_a or_o mix_v of_o both_o and_o both_o have_v their_o power_n which_o as_o coercive_a or_o a_o 〈…〉_o with_o any_o coercible_a from_o the_o emperor_n and_o from_o their_o civil_a law_n 〈◊〉_d so_o that_o the_o emperor_n exempt_n any_o from_o the_o secular_a judicatory_a 〈…〉_o leave_v or_o put_v such_o under_o the_o subordinat_fw-la pâ—â—er_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n depute_v by_o the_o same_o emperor_n or_o by_o their_o law_n which_o they_o may_v have_v do_v in_o favour_n of_o mere_a lie_v man_n 〈◊〉_d some_o lay-man_n and_o in_o some_o or_o many_o or_o all_o case_n whatsoever_o make_v have_v it_o be_v their_o imperial_a pleasure_n as_o often_o they_o do_v by_o instance_n grant_v epise_v 〈◊〉_d and_o entiam_fw-la to_o mere_a lie_v man_n and_o in_o mere_a lie_v crime_n or_o lie_v cause_n 〈◊〉_d civil_a and_o criminal_a at_o leaâ—_n in_o civil_a will_v bellarmine_n conclude_v therefore_o that_o those_o be_v exempt_v or_o shall_v be_v in_o such_o a_o case_n and_o by_o the_o emperor_n themselves_o or_o their_o law_n exempt_v from_o their_o own_o supreme_a civil_a coercive_a power_n in_o criminal_a cause_n or_o indeed_o in_o any_o whatsoever_o or_o must_v it_o follow_v that_o because_o by_o the_o law_n of_o england_n a_o lord_n for_o example_n 〈◊〉_d be_v condemn_v or_o try_v in_o a_o criminal_a cause_n but_o by_o his_o peer_n that_o therefore_o in_o england_n a_o lord_n be_v exempt_a from_o the_o supreme_a civil_a coercive_a power_n of_o the_o king_n himself_o or_o that_o it_o be_v not_o by_o a_o power_n derive_v from_o the_o king_n thâ—â—_n peer_n 〈…〉_o condemn_v or_o free_v another_o peer_n or_o even_o that_o by_o the_o supreme_a power_n of_o the_o king_n which_o former_o establish_v such_o a_o law_n of_o privilege_n for_o peer_n the_o same_o law_n may_v not_o be_v just_o again_o or_o upon_o just_a ground_n repeal_v and_o a_o contrary_a law_n make_v in_o parliament_n if_o at_o any_o time_n it_o be_v find_v by_o manifest_a experience_n that_o the_o peer_n do_v manifest_o and_o manifold_o and_o even_o to_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o king_n and_o kingdom_n and_o against_o the_o very_a primary_n intention_n of_o all_o privilege_n and_o law_n make_v use_n of_o or_o rather_o abuse_v such_o a_o former_a law_n or_o former_a privilege_n or_o final_o and_o consequent_o that_o whatever_o privilege_n of_o exemption_n though_o only_o from_o inferior_a lie_v judge_n be_v so_o grant_v as_o before_o to_o clerk_n by_o the_o supreme_a civil_a power_n of_o emperor_n king_n and_o other_o state_n be_v such_o that_o in_o case_n of_o manifest_a and_o manifold_a abuse_n even_o to_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o public_a and_o without_o any_o hope_n of_o amendment_n it_o can_v not_o be_v revoke_v again_o or_o moderate_v by_o another_o law_n and_o equal_a power_n to_o that_o which_o give_v it_o before_o therefore_o from_o first_o 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&_o hoc_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la respectu_fw-la virorum_fw-la sed_fw-la foeminarum_fw-la addit_fw-la tamen_fw-la miranda_n hoc_fw-la respectu_fw-la foeminarum_fw-la nusquam_fw-la adhuc_fw-la concessum_fw-la quod_fw-la tamen_fw-la negate_fw-la d._n alvin_n c._n 3._o de_fw-la episcopis_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la &_o abbatissis_fw-la c._n 22._o &_o citat_fw-la multa_fw-la jura_fw-la ex_fw-la quibus_fw-la actu_fw-la conceditur_fw-la abbatissis_fw-la potestas_fw-la jurisdictionis_fw-la non_fw-la quidem_fw-la excommunicandi_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la sed_fw-la praecipiendi_fw-la suis_fw-la subditis_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la ut_fw-la excommunicent_fw-la rebel_n &_o contumace_n moniale_n &_o hoc_fw-la valere_fw-la vel_fw-la ex_fw-la jure_fw-la communi_fw-la vel_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la vel_fw-la saltem_fw-la ex_fw-la privilegio_fw-la vel_fw-la strictius_fw-la loquendo_fw-la dicendum_fw-la cum_fw-la laimanno_n lib._n 1._o 4._o laiman_n l._n 1._o tract_n 5._o p._n 1._o c._n 3._o n._n 3._o &_o 4._o tract_n 5._o p._n 1._o cap._n 3._o num_fw-la 3._o &_o 4._o quod_fw-la non_fw-la habent_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la proprie_fw-la sed_fw-la usuram_fw-la quandam_fw-la jurisdictionis_fw-la et_fw-la hinc_fw-la confer_v possunt_fw-la beneficia_fw-la &_o instituere_fw-la clericos_fw-la in_o ecclesiis_fw-la ad_fw-la monasterium_fw-la suum_fw-la pertinentibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la sensum_fw-la meum_fw-la in_o re_fw-la tam_fw-la gravi_fw-la aperiam_fw-la dicendum_fw-la putem_fw-la nullo_n quidem_fw-la jure_fw-la ut_fw-la praetactum_fw-la est_fw-la eye_v competere_fw-la potestatem_fw-la seu_fw-la jus_o spiritual_fw-la ut_fw-la loquor_fw-la joannes_n de_fw-la parisiis_fw-la de_fw-fr potestate_fw-la papae_fw-la c._n 21._o quo_fw-la gratia_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la causatur_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la papae_fw-la joan._n de_fw-fr paris_n c._n 21._o de_fw-la potest_fw-la papae_fw-la potestas_fw-la administrandi_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la et_fw-la idem_fw-la est_fw-la judicium_fw-la de_fw-fr potestate_fw-la quae_fw-la consequitur_fw-la ex_fw-la priori_fw-la ut_fw-la est_fw-la inflictio_fw-la poenae_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la expositio_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la institutio_fw-la confirmatio_fw-la vel_fw-la examen_fw-la &_o alia_fw-la id_fw-la genus_fw-la multa_fw-la quodvis_fw-la enim_fw-la horum_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la divino_fw-la restringitur_fw-la praecise_a ad_fw-la homines_fw-la spirituales_fw-la sen_fw-la deo_fw-la sacros_fw-la ut_fw-la olim_fw-la definitum_fw-la est_fw-la a_o joan._n 22._o contra_fw-la marsilium_fw-la de_fw-la milan_n ut_fw-la videre_fw-la est_fw-la apud_fw-la turrecrem_fw-la l._n 4._o summae_fw-la sub_fw-la finem_fw-la summae_fw-la joan._n 22._o contra_fw-la mars_n de_fw-fr milan_n turrecr_n l._n 4._o summae_fw-la caeterum_fw-la quoad_fw-la potestatem_fw-la seu_fw-la jus_o antecedens_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la &_o necessario_fw-la annexum_fw-la spiritualibus_fw-la officiis_fw-la bene_fw-la potest_fw-la in_o laicis_fw-la subinde_fw-la residere_fw-la sicut_fw-la praesentatio_fw-la collatio_fw-la beneficiorum_fw-la punitio_fw-la temporalis_fw-la clericorum_fw-la &_o alia_fw-la id_fw-la genus_fw-la multa_fw-la ut_fw-la dixi_fw-la de_fw-la abbatissis_fw-la praecipue_fw-la ex_fw-la concessione_n ecclesia_fw-la vel_fw-la long_fw-mi consuetudine_fw-la praescripta_fw-la convenientibus_fw-la praelatis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la dixi_fw-la &_o merito_fw-la etiam_fw-la ex_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la concessio_fw-la 120._o innoc._n in_o c._n novit_fw-la etc._n etc._n salgado_n p._n 1._o c._n prael_n 3._o nu_fw-la 120._o sed_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la ipsa_fw-la tribuit_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o spiritualibus_fw-la ut_fw-la docet_fw-la innocent_n in_o cap._n novit_n de_fw-fr judic_n &_o multi_fw-la praesertion_n quando_fw-la consuetudinis_fw-la exercitium_fw-la a_o tempore_fw-la immemoriali_fw-la probatur_fw-la ut_fw-la declarant_fw-la juristae_fw-la de_fw-fr quare_fw-la vide_fw-la salgado_n p._n 1._o c._n 1._o praelud_fw-la 3._o n._n 122_o &_o deinceps_fw-la dice_n hic_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la concedi_fw-la principibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la potestatem_fw-la ex_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la seu_fw-la concessione_n sed_fw-la supremam_fw-la ut_fw-la ibi_fw-la asseritur_fw-la quod_fw-la noâ—_n potest_fw-la eye_v competere_fw-la in_o spiritualibus_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la doctores_fw-la tenent_fw-la respondeo_fw-la quod_fw-la doctores_fw-la praedicti_fw-la asserant_fw-la papaâ—_n non_fw-la posse_fw-la auferre_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la principum_fw-la ex_fw-la consuâ—tudine_fw-la vel_fw-la concessione_n firma_fw-la valide_fw-la &_o licite_fw-la introductam_fw-la 405._o nau._n c._n 27._o in_o enchir._n n_o 70._o salz_n sch_fw-mi ber._n diaz_n cap._n 55._o sect._n apud_fw-la gall._n duvall_n de_fw-fr disc_fw-fr eccl._n p._n 3_o fol._n 405._o sicut_fw-la satis_fw-la insinuat_fw-la navar._n c._n 27._o in_o
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