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that_o be_v libellous_a you_o shall_v not_o examine_v the_o fact_n but_o the_o consequence_n and_o therefore_o if_o the_o king_n have_v a_o power_n to_o make_v order_n in_o matter_n ecclesiastical_a and_o do_v so_o if_o any_o bring_v that_o power_n into_o question_n that_o be_v sedition_n and_o the_o legality_n or_o illegality_n of_o the_o order_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v examine_v whence_o he_o doubt_v not_o but_o they_o have_v here_o a_o good_a case_n for_o the_o king_n and_o that_o the_o jury_n will_v give_v they_o a_o verdict_n then_o mr._n justice_n holloway_n ask_v he_o what_o the_o bishop_n can_v have_v do_v in_o this_o case_n if_o they_o may_v not_o petition_v he_o answer_v that_o they_o shall_v have_v acquiesce_v till_o the_o meeting_n of_o the_o parliament_n at_o which_o some_o people_n in_o the_o court_n hiss_v add_v that_o it_o be_v one_o thing_n for_o a_o man_n to_o submit_v to_o his_o prince_n where_o he_o can_v obey_v he_o and_o another_o thing_n to_o affront_v he_o 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