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the_o colour_n and_o pretence_n of_o a_o former_a contract_n make_v with_o another_o the_o which_o contract_n divers_a time_n be_v but_o very_o slender_o prove_v and_o often_o but_o surmise_v by_o the_o malice_n of_o the_o party_n who_o desire_v to_o be_v dissolve_v from_o the_o marriage_n which_o they_o like_v not_o and_o to_o be_v couple_v with_o another_o there_o be_v a_o act_n make_v that_o all_o and_o every_o such_o marriage_n as_o within_o the_o church_n of_o england_n shall_v be_v contract_v and_o solemnize_v in_o the_o face_n of_o the_o church_n and_o consummate_v with_o bodily_a knowledge_n or_o fruit_n of_o child_n or_o child_n be_v have_v between_o the_o party_n so_o marry_v shall_v be_v by_o authority_n of_o the_o say_a parliament_n deem_v judge_v and_o take_v to_o be_v lawful_a good_a just_a and_o indissolvable_a notwithstanding_o any_o precontract_n or_o precontract_n of_o matrimony_n not_o consummate_v with_o bodily_a knowledge_n which_o either_o of_o the_o person_n so_o 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fortiori_fw-la therefore_o
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irrita_fw-la nos_fw-la tamen_fw-la sequimur_fw-la antiquum_fw-la jus_o common_a tanquam_fw-la non_fw-la mutatum_fw-la insolemnity_n be_v a_o defect_n in_o the_o civil_a law_n and_o not_o of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n for_o those_o requisite_n of_o 1_o c._n inhibitio_fw-la de_fw-fr clan_n despon_n granis_n council_n civil_a 168._o have_v deliver_v after_o many_o divine_n and_o canonist_n the_o same_o not_o to_o be_v of_o the_o substance_n of_o matrimony_n and_o legitimation_n of_o child_n but_o only_o introduce_v for_o their_o great_a ornament_n and_o jo._n lub_v and_o mascard_v de_fw-fr probat_fw-la verb._n filius_fw-la 798._o say_v likewise_o the_o same_o opinion_n to_o be_v receive_v by_o general_a approbation_n and_o though_o of_o late_a the_o council_n of_o trent_n have_v make_v such_o marriage_n void_a yet_o they_o follow_v the_o ancient_a common_a law_n as_o not_o change_v whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n to_o make_v marriage_n not_o 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