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cantiae_fw-la necnon_fw-la bertualdo_n archiepiscopo_fw-la britanniae_fw-la cum_fw-la tobiâ_fw-la episcopo_fw-la roffensi_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la abbatissis_fw-la praesbyteris_fw-la diaconibus_fw-la ducibus_fw-la satrapis_fw-la etc._n etc._n all_o these_o pariter_fw-la tractabant_fw-la anxie_fw-la examinabant_fw-la de_fw-la statu_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la dei_fw-la etc._n etc._n here_o the_o king_n be_v legislative_a power_n in_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n exert_v itself_o not_o personal_o but_o in_o this_o great_a council_n they_o do_v all_o enact_v statuimus_fw-la decernimus_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la for_o when_o the_o king_n himself_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o singular_a number_n be_v use_v nullus_fw-la unquam_fw-la habeat_fw-la licentiam_fw-la accipere_fw-la alicujus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la vel_fw-la familiae_fw-la monasterii_fw-la dominium_fw-la quae_fw-la à _fw-la meipso_fw-la vel_fw-la antecessoribus_fw-la meis_fw-la etc._n etc._n spelm._n conc._n pag._n 189_o 190._o a_o council_n be_v hold_v at_o berghamjtede_n anno_fw-la 5_o to_z withredi_fw-la regis_fw-la cantiae_fw-la i._n e._n anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 697._o sub_fw-la bertualdo_n archiepiscopo_fw-la cantuariensi_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la gybmundo_n episcopo_fw-la roffensi_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la gentis_fw-la illius_fw-la cum_fw-la viris_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la militaribus_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la de_fw-la moribus_fw-la cavetur_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la plerumque_fw-la pertinentibus_fw-la these_o ordines_fw-la gentis_fw-la illius_fw-la seem_v by_o the_o preface_n to_o these_o law_n to_o be_v mean_v of_o the_o ordines_fw-la ecclesiastici_fw-la gentis_fw-la illius_fw-la but_o withal_o that_o they_o cum_fw-la viris_fw-la utique_fw-la militaribus_fw-la humanissimè_fw-la &_o communi_fw-la omnium_fw-la assensu_fw-la have_v leges_fw-la decreuêre_fw-la spelm._n conc._n 194._o so_o that_o these_o ecclesiastical_a law_n be_v enact_v by_o the_o assent_n of_o the_o viri_fw-la militares_fw-la 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alienigenae_fw-la copulavit_fw-la nunc_fw-la legatum_fw-la regni_fw-la totius_fw-la immutatorem_fw-la clam_fw-la vocavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n dictum_fw-la est_fw-la autem_fw-la quod_fw-la archiepiscopus_fw-la cantuariensis_n edmundus_n regem_fw-la talia_fw-la facientem_fw-la increpavit_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la de_fw-fr vocatione_n legati_fw-la sciens_fw-la inde_fw-la in_o suae_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la praejudicium_fw-la magnam_fw-la regno_fw-la imminere_fw-la jacturam_fw-la matth._n par._n 440._o the_o historian_n blame_v those_o that_o go_v to_o meet_v this_o legate_n and_o that_o make_v he_o honourable_a present_n of_o scarlet_a cloth_n etc._n etc._n in_o quo_fw-la facto_fw-la say_v he_o nimis_fw-la à _fw-la multis_fw-la meruerunt_fw-la reprehendi_fw-la tam_fw-la pro_fw-la dono_fw-la quà m_fw-la pro_fw-la dandi_fw-la modo_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o panno_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la colore_fw-la videbatur_fw-la legationis_fw-la officium_fw-la &_o adventum_fw-la acceptari_fw-la which_o be_v a_o 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cùm_fw-la praemissa_fw-la cederent_fw-la in_o exhaeredationem_fw-la juris_fw-la coronae_fw-la regis_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o regiae_n dignitatis_fw-la ac_fw-la subversionem_fw-la status_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la regni_fw-la notoriam_fw-la necnon_fw-la in_o praejudicium_fw-la libertatum_fw-la consuetudinum_fw-la ac_fw-la legum_n paternarum_fw-la seal_v by_o one_o hundred_o and_o four_o earl_n and_o baron_n and_o in_o the_o name_n of_o all_o the_o commonalty_n of_o england_n v._o co._n 2d_o inst_z pag._n 196._o and_o fox_n his_o book_n of_o martyr_n vol._n 1._o pag._n 387_o 388_o 389._o by_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o king_n can_v not_o legal_o if_o he_o will_v have_v give_v way_n to_o the_o pope_n determine_v the_o controversy_n about_o the_o succession_n in_o scotland_n since_o it_o belong_v to_o himself_o in_o
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carlisle_n which_o be_v erect_v by_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o anno_fw-la dom._n 1133._o the_o prior_n of_o hagulstad_n speak_v of_o this_o in_o general_a term_n coll._n pag._n 257._o consecratus_fw-la est_fw-la adulphus_n prio_fw-la de_fw-fr nostlia_n ad_fw-la urbem_fw-la karleol_n quam_fw-la rex_fw-la henricus_fw-la initiavit_fw-la ad_fw-la sedem_fw-la episcopalem_fw-la math._n westm_n in_o like_a manner_n pag._n 241._o rex_fw-la henricus_fw-la novum_n fecit_fw-la episcopatum_fw-la apud_fw-la carleolum_fw-la in_o limbo_n angliae_fw-la et_fw-la galwalliae_fw-la et_fw-la posuit_fw-la ibi_fw-la primum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la nomine_fw-la ethelulphum_fw-la sancti_fw-la oswaldi_n priorem_fw-la abbas_n jorvallensis_n tell_v we_o the_o story_n in_o like_a term_n collect._n pag._n 1019._o eodem_fw-la anno_fw-la rex_fw-la fecit_fw-la novum_n episcopatum_fw-la apud_fw-la karliolum_fw-la quem_fw-la arnulfo_n priori_fw-la de_fw-la sancto_fw-la bertulpho_n contulit_fw-la but_o it_o appear_v by_o 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to_o they_o in_o any_o new_a case_n but_o by_o act_n of_o parliament_n only_o and_o that_o no_o bishop_n or_o subject_n whatsoever_o have_v any_o power_n to_o make_v or_o enjoin_v any_o new_a oath_n or_o form_n of_o oath_n nor_o any_o authority_n to_o administer_v a_o oath_n to_o any_o man_n without_o some_o legal_a commission_n from_o the_o king_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n or_o some_o act_n of_o parliament_n especial_o authorise_v he_o to_o give_v or_o take_v a_o oath_n unless_o in_o court_n of_o record_n or_o other_o court_n who_o have_v authority_n to_o administer_v oath_n by_o prescription_n but_o anno_fw-la dom._n 1237._o otho_n the_o pope_n legate_n in_o a_o council_n at_o london_n make_v this_o constitution_n touch_v oath_n in_o spiritual_a cause_n in_o ecclesiastical_a court_n till_o that_o time_n not_o know_v nor_o use_v in_o england_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o word_n of_o the_o constitution_n jusjurandum_fw-la calumniae_fw-la in_o causis_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la quibuslibet_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr veritate_fw-la dicenda_fw-la in_o spiritualibus_fw-la quoque_fw-la ut_fw-la veritas_fw-la aperiatur_fw-la facilius_fw-la &_o causae_fw-la celerius_fw-la terminentur_fw-la statuimus_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la praestari_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la angliae_fw-la secundum_fw-la canonicas_fw-la &_o legitimas_fw-la sanctiones_fw-la obtentâ_fw-la in_o contrarium_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la non_fw-la obstante_fw-la vid._n matth._n paris_n 454._o a_o clear_a resolution_n that_o till_o that_o time_n the_o custom_n of_o england_n and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n be_v to_o the_o contrary_a and_o that_o they_o can_v not_o enforce_v any_o man_n to_o his_o oath_n in_o such_o case_n after_o which_o grosthead_n bishop_n of_o lincoln_n anno_fw-la 1246._o upon_o the_o suggestion_n of_o the_o friar_n predicant_n and_o minorite_n rage_v more_o than_o be_v meet_v or_o expedient_a they_o be_v the_o word_n of_o matthew_n paris_n against_o those_o of_o his_o diocese_n make_v 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bind_v by_o the_o settle_n or_o determine_v any_o point_n of_o religion_n any_o where_o else_o than_o by_o themselves_o in_o parliament_n then_o at_o least_o the_o power_n of_o settle_v and_o determine_v point_n of_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n either_o be_v no_o part_n of_o the_o king_n be_v ecclesiastical_a supremacy_n or_o be_v not_o personal_a but_o must_v be_v exert_v in_o parliament_n in_o the_o british_a time_n bishopric_n be_v confer_v in_o parliament_n petivit_fw-la rex_fw-la arthurus_n eboracum_n instantis_fw-la natalis_n domini_fw-la festum_fw-la celebraturus_fw-la cumque_fw-la urbem_fw-la intrasset_fw-la visa_fw-la sacrarum_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la desolatione_n condoluit_fw-la expulso_fw-la namque_fw-la beato_fw-la samsone_n archiepiscopo_fw-la cunctisque_fw-la sanctae_fw-la religionis_fw-la viris_fw-la templa_fw-la semiusta_a ab_fw-la officio_fw-la dei_fw-la cessabant_fw-la tanta_fw-la etenim_fw-la paganorum_fw-la insania_fw-la praevaluerat_fw-la exin_n convocato_fw-la 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usher_n in_o his_o antiqu._n 63._o p._n 63._o britan._n eccles_n give_v we_o other_o instance_n of_o bishop_n elect_v in_o parliament_n or_o great_a council_n postquam_fw-la praedicti_fw-la senioris_fw-la germanus_n &_o lupus_n pelagianam_fw-la haeresin_fw-la extirpaverant_a episcopos_fw-la pluribus_fw-la in_o locis_fw-la britanniae_fw-la consecraverunt_fw-la super_fw-la omnes_fw-la autem_fw-la britannos_fw-la dextralis_fw-la partis_fw-la britanni_n beatum_fw-la dubricium_n summum_fw-la doctorem_fw-la à _fw-la rege_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la omni_fw-la parochia_fw-la electum_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la consecraverunt_fw-la hac_fw-la dignitate_fw-la ei_fw-la à _fw-la germano_n &_o lupo_n data_fw-la constituerunt_fw-la ei_fw-la episcopalem_fw-la sedem_fw-la concessu_fw-la regis_fw-la maurici_n principum_fw-la cleri_fw-la &_o populi_n apud_fw-la podium_fw-la lantavi_fw-la addit_fw-la galfridus_n ab_fw-la eodem_fw-la dubricio_n vrbis_fw-la legionum_fw-la tunc_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la 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totius_fw-la conventus_fw-la tam_fw-la electione_n quam_fw-la acclamatione_fw-la quanquam_fw-la invitus_fw-la &_o renitens_fw-la david_n in_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la est_fw-la sublimatus_fw-la usher_n britan._n antiqu._n pag._n 64._o now_o if_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o britain_n the_o people_n assemble_v in_o the_o common_a council_n of_o the_o nation_n have_v decisive_a vote_n in_o controversy_n of_o religion_n in_o the_o election_n of_o arch-bishop_n and_o bishop_n if_o by_o their_o authority_n ruinous_a church_n and_o house_n of_o religion_n be_v repair_v and_o furnish_v with_o monk_n and_o nun_n bishop_n see_v found_v and_o translate_v if_o in_o those_o assembly_n resignation_n of_o bishopric_n be_v make_v etc._n etc._n then_o we_o may_v reasonable_o conclude_v that_o the_o supremacy_n common_o so_o call_v be_v lodge_v and_o vest_v just_a where_o the_o legislative_a power_n in_o temporal_a matter_n reside_v to_o wit_n in_o the_o king_n be_v together_o with_o their_o 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anselm_n contempt_n consist_v in_o disobey_v the_o law_n and_o not_o the_o king_n be_v personal_a and_o arbitrary_a will_n and_o pleasure_n if_o any_o man_n depart_v the_o realm_n at_o this_o day_n after_o a_o writ_n of_o ne_fw-la exeat_fw-la regnum_fw-la serve_v upon_o he_o he_o become_v a_o fugitive_n and_o the_o king_n may_v seize_v his_o estate_n as_o he_o do_v the_o archbishop_n temporality_n and_o yet_o we_o have_v no_o act_n of_o parliament_n for_o this_o now_o upon_o record_n but_o custom_n time_n out_o of_o mind_n which_o we_o call_v common-law_n yet_o among_o the_o law_n of_o clarendon_n this_o be_v one_o viz._n archiepiscopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o personis_fw-la regni_fw-la non_fw-la liceat_fw-la exire_fw-la regnum_fw-la absque_fw-la licentia_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la decem_fw-la scriptores_fw-la pag._n 1386_o 1387._o matth._n paris_n pag._n 100_o and_o polydore_v virgil_n pag._n 171._o carry_v this_o law_n up_o as_o high_a as_o to_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n william_n rufus_n publico_fw-la edicto_fw-la vetuit_fw-la say_v he_o vnumquemque_fw-la sine_fw-la licentiâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la exit_fw-la angliâ_fw-la egredi_fw-la qui_fw-la mos_fw-la lexve_fw-la dicitur_fw-la ne_fw-la exeas_fw-la regnum_fw-la quae_fw-la adhuc_fw-la cùm_fw-la ita_fw-la res_fw-la requirit_fw-la usurpatur_fw-la and_o it_o appear_v by_o the_o register_n fol._n 193_o 194._o that_o religious_a person_n purchase_v licence_n to_o go_v beyond_o the_o sea._n and_o bracton_n tell_v we_o lib._n quinto_fw-la fol._n 413._o b._n that_o those_o writ_n be_v de_fw-la communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la concessa_fw-la &_o approbata_fw-la of_o which_o more_o hereafter_o and_o great_a reason_n there_o be_v that_o they_o who_o be_v then_o struggle_v with_o the_o government_n to_o introduce_v a_o foreign_a jurisdiction_n shall_v when_o they_o go_v beyond_o sea_n assecurare_fw-la regem_fw-la quod_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o eundo_fw-la vel_fw-la redeundo_fw-la vel_fw-la moram_fw-la 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ab_fw-la eâ_fw-la evellat_fw-la &_o destruat_fw-la &_o penitùs_fw-la disperdat_fw-la lambard_n leg_n pag._n 142._o and_o the_o several_a branch_n afterward_o lop_v off_o from_o the_o king_n supremacy_n be_v endeavour_v to_o be_v preserve_v and_o secure_v by_o the_o law_n of_o clarendon_n the_o three_o chapter_n of_o which_o provide_v against_o the_o exemption_n of_o clerk_n from_o the_o king_n justice_n the_o eight_o against_o appeal_n to_o rome_n the_o twelve_o secure_v the_o king_n right_a and_o interest_n in_o the_o election_n of_o archbishop_n bishop_n abbot_n and_o prior_n etc._n etc._n these_o constitution_n than_o call_v the_o avitae_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la regni_fw-la archbishop_n becket_n promisit_fw-la in_o verbo_fw-la sacerdotali_fw-la de_fw-la plano_fw-la se_fw-la velle_fw-la custodire_fw-la similiter_fw-la episcopi_fw-la promiserunt_fw-la &_o juraverunt_fw-la geru._n dorob_n coll._n pag._n 1366._o this_o be_v no_o other_o than_o the_o modern_a oath_n of_o supremacy_n without_o any_o material_a difference_n the_o archbishop_n do_v not_o pretend_v that_o the_o law_n of_o clarendon_n as_o wicked_a and_o unjust_a as_o he_o may_v think_v they_o be_v any_o other_o than_o explanation_n and_o assertion_n of_o the_o ancient_a usage_n of_o the_o realm_n his_o suffragans_fw-la tell_v he_o in_o a_o letter_n
that_o the_o king_n desire_v only_o dignitates_fw-la regibus_fw-la ante_fw-la debitas_fw-la sibi_fw-la exhiberi_fw-la hoved._n pag._n 292._o b._n and_o in_o another_o letter_n to_o the_o pope_n on_o the_o king_n behalf_n they_o declare_v the_o same_o ibid._n pag._n 292_o 293._o our_o archbishop_n indeed_o use_v to_o fetch_v their_o pall_v from_o rome_n but_o that_o entitle_v the_o pope_n to_o no_o jurisdiction_n here_o so_o that_o the_o subject_a matter_n of_o the_o law_n of_o clarendon_n then_o enact_v into_o statute-law_n be_v in_o king_n william_n rufus_n his_o time_n the_o law_n and_o usage_n of_o the_o realm_n and_o therefore_o anselm_n and_o becket_n oath_n be_v in_o substance_n the_o same_o and_o those_o law_n and_o usage_n have_v be_v usurp_v upon_o since_o and_o the_o usurpation_n purge_v by_o the_o law_n make_v about_o the_o time_n of_o the_o reformation_n the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n be_v now_o the_o same_o in_o substance_n with_o those_o ancient_a oath_n aforemention_v 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