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all_o power_n and_o authority_n grant_v or_o pretend_v or_o mention_v to_o be_v grant_v thereby_o and_o all_o act_n sentence_n and_o decree_n to_o be_v make_v by_o virtue_n or_o colour_n thereof_o shall_v be_v utter_o void_a and_o of_o none_o effect_n by_o the_o act_n 13_o car._n 2._o c._n 12._o this_o repeal_n stand_v good_a in_o the_o first_o proviso_n and_o in_o the_o second_o clause_n where_o that_o which_o concern_v ordinary_a jurisdiction_n be_v repeal_v a_o exception_n be_v put_v in_o in_o these_o word_n except_v what_o concern_v the_o high-commission-court_n or_o the_o new_a erect_v some_o such_o like_a court_n by_o commission_n the_o case_n which_o arise_v from_o hence_o be_v whether_o these_o act_n of_o parliament_n only_o take_v away_o the_o power_n of_o fine_v and_o imprison_v from_o any_o ecclesiastical_a commission_n grant_v by_o the_o king_n so_o that_o notwithstanding_o these_o repeal_v the_o king_n may_v still_o constitute_v a_o commission_n proceed_v by_o 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and_o that_o about_o twenty_o be_v