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&_o anglis_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o episcopatu_fw-la remigii_fw-la terras_fw-la habent_fw-la salutem_fw-la sciatis_fw-la vos_fw-la omnes_fw-la &_o caeteri_fw-la mei_fw-la fideles_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o anglia_fw-it manent_fw-la quod_fw-la episcopales_fw-la leges_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la bene_fw-la nec_fw-la secundum_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la canonum_fw-la praecepta_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la mea_fw-la tempora_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la anglorum_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la archiep._n meorum_fw-la &_o caeterorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o abatum_fw-la &_o omnium_fw-la principum_fw-la regni_fw-la mei_fw-la emendandas_fw-la judicavi_fw-la propterea_fw-la mando_fw-la &_o regius_fw-la authoritate_fw-la praecipio_fw-la ut_fw-la nullus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la vel_fw-la archidiaconus_fw-la de_fw-la legibus_fw-la episcopalibus_fw-la amplius_fw-la in_o hundredo_fw-la placita_fw-la teneat_fw-la nec_fw-la causam_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la regimen_fw-la animarum_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la 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