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matter_n confirm_v what_o have_v be_v assert_v in_o the_o precede_a discourse_n discourse_n 15._o pag._n 257._o 258._o 259._o chap._n vi_o concern_v the_o king_n of_o england_n dispense_v with_o the_o statute_n of_o the_o university_n by_o their_o mandate_n pag._n 260._o sect_n i._o concern_v the_o king_n dispense_n power_n in_o general_n and_o in_o some_o particular_n to_o the_o begin_n of_o king_n charles_n the_o 2d_n reign_v pag._n 200._o concern_v the_o king_n dispense_n power_n in_o general_n general_n 1._o pag._n 260._o why_o the_o author_n treat_v not_o large_o on_o this_o subject_n subject_n 2._o pag._n 262._o some_o observation_n upon_o the_o 25_o h._n 8._o c._n 21._o 21._o 3._o pag._n 262._o that_o the_o statute_n be_v found_v upon_o the_o usage_n of_o a_o dispense_n power_n ibid._n that_o the_o pope_n exercise_v a_o dispense_n power_n by_o sufferance_n in_o derogation_n of_o the_o royal_a authority_n pag._n 263._o the_o ecclesiastical_a power_n original_o in_o the_o king_n 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testimony_n that_o the_o king_n have_v dispense_v with_o college_n statutes_n statutes_n 8._o pag._n 270._o a_o mandate_n dispense_n with_o incapacity_n to_o receive_v degree_n degree_n 9_o pag._n 270._o a_o mandate_n for_o a_o scholar_n of_o st._n mary_n wintons_n college_n without_o examination_n pag._n 271._o a_o mandate_n dispense_n with_o the_o incapacity_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o county_n ibid._n a_o acknowledgement_n from_o st._n john_n college_n in_o cambridge_n that_o the_o king_n may_v dispense_v with_o college_n statutes_n statutes_n 10._o 272._o a_o senior_a sophister_n may_v take_v bachelor_n of_o art_n degree_n by_o dispensation_n pag._n 272._o sect_n ii_o concern_v dispensation_n with_o the_o statute_n of_o the_o university_n or_o particular_a college_n from_o the_o year_n 1670._o 22d_o of_o king_n charles_n the_o second_o to_o this_o present_a time_n pag._n 273._o mandate_n for_o dr._n lloid_n take_v his_o degree_n two_o year_n before_o the_o statute_n allow_v allow_v 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