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against_o his_o own_o conscience_n pag._n 85._o pag._n 99_o pag._n 95._o 97._o in_o the_o preface_n to_o my_o apology_n pag._n 4._o pag._n 7._o &_o 8_o pag._n 13._o arist_n 1._o top_n cap_n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sound_v both_o one_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d provide_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o utrùm_fw-la do_v stand_v before_o as_o vtrùm_fw-la homo_fw-la sit_fw-la animal_n pag._n 7._o pag._n 9_o conc._n constan_n sess_z 15._o caus_n 15._o can._n alius_fw-la qu._n 6._o paul_n aemil_n in_o phil._n 3._o annal._n boio_fw-la lib._n 3._o iwanen_n episcop_n optima_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la nova_fw-la vita_fw-la conc._n constan_n sess_z 2._o exampl_n 1._o pag._n 18._o evag_n hist_o eccles_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 32._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nomocan_n africa_n can._n 77._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d can._n 81._o eiusd_v nomo_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d anathema_n tibi_fw-la à _fw-la i_o liberi_fw-la faber_n in_o frag_v 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monstra_fw-la boâ—heâ—_n decret_n eccles_n gallican_n lib._n 2._o tit_n 16._o annal._n boio_fw-la lib._n 4._o examp._n 12._o bochei_n pag._n 320._o extravag_n meruit_fw-la see_v the_o treatise_n of_o charles_n du_fw-fr moulin_n contrà _fw-la paruas_fw-la datas_fw-la wherein_o he_o report_v a_o notable_a decree_n of_o the_o court_n under_o charles_n 6._o theodoric_n nâ—emens_fw-la in_o nemore_fw-la union_n tract_n 6._o &_o somnium_fw-la viridarij_fw-la pag._n 5â—_n pag._n 26._o nisi_fw-la de_fw-la consensu_fw-la regis_fw-la christianissimi_fw-la bochellus_n indiscretè_fw-la ac_fw-la inconsideratè_fw-la doctrinaliter_fw-la tantùm_fw-la &_o non_fw-la iuridicè_fw-la pag._n 47._o bibliotheca_fw-la patrum_fw-la tom._n 3._o dâ—_n consider_v ib._n 1._o cap._n 6._o lib._n 2._o cap._n 6._o dist_n 24._o quaest_n 3._o comment_fw-fr in_o l._n 4._o sent._n dist_n 24._o fol._n 214._o de_fw-fr potest_fw-la regia_n &_o papali_n cap._n 10._o almain_n de_fw-fr potest_fw-la eccl._n &_o laica_fw-la quest_n 2._o cap._n 8._o de_fw-fr dominio_fw-la naturali_fw-la civili_fw-la &_o eccl._n 5._o ult._n pars_fw-la quaest_n 1._o de_fw-la potest_fw-la eccles_n &_o laic_a c._n 12._o &_o 14._o quaest_n 2._o c._n 8._o &_o sic_fw-la non_fw-la deposuit_fw-la autoritative_a quae._n 3._o c._n 2._o quaest_n 1_o 1._o câ—â—_n sacerd_v quaest_n 2._o de_fw-la potest_fw-la eccl._n &_o laic_a cap._n 12._o in_o cap._n 9_o 10_o &_o 11._o quest_n â—_o cap._n 14._o pag._n 40._o pag._n 44._o pag._n 108._o 109._o 119._o where_o the_o card._n take_v char._n 7._o for_o charl._n 6._o pag._n 52._o &_o sequentib_a aduer_v barclaium_n can._n si_fw-mi papa_n dist_n 40._o nisi_fw-la sit_fw-la à _fw-la fide_fw-la devius_fw-la omnia_fw-la iura_fw-la in_o scrinio_fw-la pectoris_fw-la pag._n 86._o pag._n 61._o pag._n 62._o orat._n ad_fw-la civis_fw-la timore_fw-la perculsos_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vide_fw-la canon_n graeco_n à _fw-la tilio_fw-la editos_fw-la pag._n 66._o 1._o sam._n 23._o 20._o &_o 24._o 15._o &_o 2._o sam._n 2._o 5._o 1._o sam._n 26._o 11._o 1._o sam._n 16._o 13._o 2._o sam._n 2._o 4_o 1._o kâ—â—_n 12._o 1._o kin._n 19_o pag._n 68_o 2._o chro._n 26._o antiq._n l._n 9_o cap._n 11._o pag._n 69._o pag._n 67._o pag._n 66._o pag._n 69._o pag._n 71._o tert._n apol._n cap._n 37._o hesterni_fw-la sumus_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la vestra_fw-la implevimus_fw-la cypr._n cont_n demetr_v socr._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 19_o theod._n lib._n 4_o cap._n 1._o sozom._n lib._n 6._o cap._n 1._o augustâ—n_v psal_n 124._o pag._n 81._o pag._n 82._o epist_n lib._n 5._o epist_n 33._o epist_n lib._n 5._o in_o apol._n pro_fw-la iuram_fw-la fidel_n his_o own_o word_n lib._n 7._o epist_n 1._o apud_fw-la a._n then_o in_o epist_n ad_fw-la solitar_n vitam_fw-la agentes_fw-la the_o 2._o reas_fw-la pag._n 77._o psal_n 2._o pag._n 77._o pag._n 76._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v the_o bull_n of_o innoc._n 3._o at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o late_a conc._n jer._n 1._o 1._o cor._n 2._o extavag_n unam_fw-la sanctam_fw-la psal_n 45._o joh._n 12._o pag._n 85._o pag._n 84._o note_v by_o the_o way_n that_o here_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v call_v a_o sect_n contr._n barclaium_n cap._n 27._o sess_z 9_o sess_z 25_o cap._n 19_o pag._n 87._o pag._n 89._o gerson_n in_o phaedone_n in_o reos_fw-la maiestatis_fw-la &_o publicos_fw-la host_n omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la mile_n est_fw-la ter._n apol_n cap._n 2._o pag._n 95._o can._n excom_n caus_n 23._o quaest_n 6._o pag._n 97._o pag._n 95._o lib._n 6._o cap._n 4._o si_fw-mi papa_n regem_fw-la deponat_fw-la ab_fw-la illis_fw-la tantum_fw-la pâ—terit_fw-la expelli_fw-la vel_fw-la interfici_fw-la quibus_fw-la ipse_fw-la id_fw-la commiserit_fw-la aliquot_fw-la annis_fw-la post_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la nuncius_fw-la in_o angliam_fw-la ad_fw-la colligendum_fw-la s._n petri_n vectigal_a missus_fw-la onuâ—phri_n in_o vit_fw-mi paul_n 4._o vide_fw-la &_o math._n paris_n onup_n de_fw-fr vitis_fw-la pontif._n in_o vit_fw-mi mar._n 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