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within_o his_o diocese_n to_o excommunicate_v the_o delinquent_n which_o king_n nogui_n and_o his_o noble_n hear_v of_o fear_v the_o malediction_n of_o the_o church_n the_o weight_n whereof_o they_o dare_v not_o undergo_v send_v for_o the_o bishop_n and_o upon_o consultation_n by_o advice_n of_o the_o doctor_n of_o both_o side_n deliver_v up_o the_o murderer_n into_o the_o bishop_n hand_n who_o send_v they_o to_o the_o monastery_n of_o st._n teliavi_n where_o they_o be_v keep_v 6_o month_n in_o iron_n chain_n after_o which_o they_o be_v excommunicate_v synodo_fw-la quoque_fw-la judicanâ—e_fw-la definiâ—um_fw-la est_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la eorum_fw-la suum_fw-la agrum_fw-la suamque_fw-la totam_fw-la substantiam_fw-la insuper_fw-la &_o pretium_fw-la animae_fw-la suae_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la septem_fw-la libras_fw-la argenti_n redderet_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quam_fw-la maculaverat_fw-la determinantibus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la divino_fw-la judicio_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o bishop_n rise_v up_o 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which_o attest_v and_o ratify_v the_o same_o as_o you_o may_v read_v in_o spelman_n who_o likewise_o inform_v we_o of_o another_o welsh_a synod_n hold_v at_o landaffe_n about_o the_o year_n 988._o wherein_n arithmail_n son_n of_o nogui_n king_n of_o guenti_fw-la slay_v his_o brother_n elise_v be_v for_o this_o execrable_a fratricide_n excommunicate_v by_o gucan_n bishop_n of_o landaffe_n and_o all_o the_o synod_n who_o thereupon_o submit_v to_o the_o penance_n therein_o enjoin_v he_o give_v certain_a land_n for_o ever_o in_o frankalmoighne_n to_o god_n and_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o landaffe_n to_o purehase_v his_o absolution_n king_n 6._o edred_n decease_a to_o the_o great_a grief_n of_o all_o his_o 957._o subject_n his_o nephew_n edwin_n former_o put_v by_o the_o crown_n for_o his_o nonage_n be_v there_o upon_o though_o young_a crown_v king_n at_o kingston_n by_o archbishop_n odo_n an._n 955._o but_o in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n 957._o the_o mercian_n and_o 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who_o archbishop_n odo_n divorce_v he_o and_o likewise_o with_o sundry_a other_o concubine_n which_o he_o entertain_v in_o his_o court_n who_o odo_n excommunicate_v and_o banish_v thence_o 2._o his_o indiscreet_a and_o tyrannical_a gvernment_n contrary_a to_o his_o law_n i._o in_o slight_v 4._o depress_v and_o destroy_v the_o noble_n and_o wiseman_n of_o the_o realm_n who_o disgust_v his_o lascivious_a course_n and_o in_o favour_v ignorant_a unjust_a vicious_a person_n and_o follow_v their_o most_o wicked_a counsel_n 2._o in_o banish_v abbot_n dunstan_n and_o seize_v upon_o all_o his_o good_n only_o for_o justice_n sake_n because_o he_o reprehend_v he_o for_o his_o exorbitant_a vicious_a course_n be_v then_o the_o chief_a sway_a grandee_n and_o head_n of_o the_o monkish_a faction_n 3._o in_o forcible_o thrust_v out_o by_o arm_a soldier_n all_o the_o regular_a monk_n throughout_o england_n and_o cast_v they_o forth_o of_o the_o monastery_n there_o be_v then_o no_o regular_a monk_n in_o 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