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domino_fw-la regi_fw-la in_o pleno_fw-la parliamento_fw-la praedicto_fw-la comitibus_fw-la baronibus_fw-la justiciariis_fw-la &_o similiter_fw-la toti_fw-la concilio_n ipsius_fw-la dom._n regis_fw-la and_o so_o it_o be_v say_v magnate_v &_o alios_fw-la de_fw-la concilio_n ipsius_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la rogavit_fw-la this_o be_v further_a clear_v by_o sundry_a 5._o sundry_a idem_fw-la pag._n 383._o the_o court_n of_o star-chamber_n be_v say_v to_o be_v coram_fw-la rege_fw-la &_o concilio_n svo_fw-la see_v coke_n inst_z 4._o c._n 5._o preface_n to_o and_o passage_n in_o our_o print_a statute_n as_o former_o i_o have_v note_v so_o the_o statute_n of_o bigamy_n 4_o oct._n 4_o e._n 1._o say_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o certain_a reverend_a father_n bishop_n of_o england_n and_o other_o of_o the_o king_n council_n the_o constitution_n under_o write_v be_v recite_v after_o hear_v and_o publish_v before_o the_o king_n and_o his_o council_n for_o as_o much_o as_o all_o the_o king_n 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