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the_o king_n which_o be_v before_o he_o they_o charge_v he_o with_o rashness_n and_o furious_a anger_n for_o suspending_a and_o condemn_v the_o bishop_n of_o salisbury_n and_o the_o dean_n before_o any_o question_n of_o their_o fault_n be_v move_v ordo_fw-la iudiciorum_fw-la nows_fw-la say_v they_o hic_fw-la est_fw-la huc_fw-la usque_fw-la legibus_fw-la &_o eanonibus_fw-la ut_fw-la speramus_fw-la incognitus_fw-la damnare_fw-la primum_fw-la &_o dâ—…_n culpa_fw-la postremo_fw-la cognoscere_fw-la this_n be_v a_o new_a proceed_n of_o judgement_n and_o as_o we_o hope_v unknown_a in_o law_n and_o canon_n to_o this_o day_n first_o to_o condemn_v a_o man_n and_o last_o of_o all_o to_o know_v the_o fault_n 81._o and_o that_o the_o justification_n of_o the_o king_n in_o this_o cause_n and_o the_o condemnation_n of_o the_o archbishop_n may_v be_v make_v more_o evident_a to_o all_o the_o world_n the_o same_o suffragans_n that_o be_v all_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o province_n of_o canterbury_n 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regnisui_fw-la enormi_fw-la insolentium_fw-la quorundam_fw-la clericorum_fw-la excessu_fw-la non_fw-la medioâ—…riter_fw-la turbari_fw-la cognosceret_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v the_o king_n in_o faith_n most_o christian_n in_o the_o bond_n of_o matrimonial_a chastity_n most_o honest_a for_o preservation_n and_o dilatation_n of_o peace_n and_o justice_n without_o comparison_n the_o stout_a do_v with_o great_a zeal_n and_o affection_n desire_v this_o that_o scandal_n may_v be_v remove_v out_o of_o his_o kingdom_n that_o sin_n with_o their_o filth_n may_v be_v banish_v etc._n etc._n and_o find_v the_o peace_n of_o his_o kingdom_n not_o a_o little_a trouble_v with_o the_o enormous_a excess_n of_o some_o insolent_a clerk_n etc._n etc._n and_o thus_o they_o proceed_v declare_v wherein_o those_o strange_a exemption_n stand_v which_o then_o begin_v first_o to_o be_v know_v in_o the_o world_n for_o say_v they_o if_o a_o clerk_n shall_v commit_v murder_n etc._n etc._n the_o archbishop_n 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then_o if_o these_o two_o
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to_o that_o council_n aut_fw-la saecularium_fw-la in_o intention_n mortifera_fw-la perdurantes_fw-la crebrius_fw-la admoniti_fw-la si_fw-la se_fw-la emendare_fw-la neglexerint_fw-la etc._n etc._n alios_fw-la canonica_fw-la severitas_fw-la corrigat_fw-la alios_fw-la ligatâ—…s_fw-la paena_fw-la percellat_fw-la and_o a_o little_a after_o he_o say_v conuenit_fw-la ut_fw-la iustitâ—…ae_fw-la &_o â—…quitatis_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la vigore_fw-la seruato_fw-la distringat_fw-la legalis_fw-la ultio_fw-la iudicum_fw-la quos_fw-la non_fw-la corrigit_fw-la canonica_fw-la praedicatio_fw-la sacer_n dotum_fw-la 70._o then_o the_o ancient_a practice_n be_v that_o the_o temporal_a magistrate_n shall_v punish_v such_o as_o offend_v of_o the_o clergy_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o laity_n concern_v the_o antiquity_n of_o this_o exemption_n of_o clerk_n from_o temporal_a court_n we_o find_v no_o precedent_n for_o it_o all_o the_o while_n that_o the_o emperor_n have_v any_o government_n and_o command_n in_o 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offend_v he_o and_o be_v flee_v to_o the_o pope_n who_o the_o emperor_n require_v to_o be_v send_v back_o again_o to_o constantinople_n pope_n nicholas_n to_o this_o make_v this_o answer_n we_o have_v from_o the_o great_a power_n of_o peter_n and_o paul_n right_a and_o imperatorem_fw-la power_n to_o call_v clerk_n from_o any_o other_o diocese_n if_o we_o think_v good_a and_o to_o invite_v they_o to_o us._n this_o be_v our_o right_n but_o christian_a emperor_n have_v no_o right_n at_o all_o to_o make_v any_o inquisition_n for_o monk_n unless_o it_o be_v in_o favour_n to_o pity_v they_o 71._o here_o we_o observe_v the_o difference_n between_o the_o spirit_n of_o pope_n in_o this_o time_n and_o the_o spirit_n of_o ancient_a pope_n who_o hold_v the_o doctrine_n of_o obedience_n as_o the_o father_n than_o do_v draw_v the_o doctrine_n from_o the_o scripture_n and_o example_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n christ_n when_o he_o be_v unjust_o condemn_v exempt_v not_o himself_o from_o the_o punishment_n of_o the_o civil_a magistrate_n and_o yet_o he_o want_v no_o power_n to_o have_v do_v so_o if_o he_o will_v these_o late_a roman_a counterfeit_a catholic_n when_o by_o their_o rebellious_a doctrine_n and_o bloody_a practice_n they_o have_v just_o 〈◊〉_d the_o magistrate_n against_o they_o yet_o forsooth_o will_v deny_v he_o authority_n to_o punish_v they_o saint_n paul_n teach_v let_v every_o soul_n be_v subject_a 1._o to_o the_o high_a power_n s._n peter_n teach_v the_o same_o doctrine_n submit_v yourselves_o to_o all_o manner_n ordinance_n of_o man_n the_o father_n 13._o receive_v this_o doctrine_n from_o the_o scripture_n and_o preserve_v it_o faithful_o in_o the_o church_n chrysostome_n and_o after_o he_o oecumenius_n expound_v that_o place_n of_o '_o paul_n say_v thus_o omnem_fw-la animam_fw-la 1._o instruens_fw-la sive_fw-la sacerdos_n sit_fw-la quispiam_fw-la sive_fw-la monachus_fw-la sive_fw-la apostolus_fw-la ut_fw-la magistratibus_fw-la subdatur_fw-la nam_fw-la 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