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that_o custom_n in_o payment_n of_o tithe_n be_v matter_n of_o temporal_a cognisance_n only_o and_o not_o of_o spiritual_a cognition_n for_o as_o there_o 〈◊〉_d secular_a custom_n such_o aâ—â—â—e_n the_o custom_n of_o manorâ—_n and_o lordship_n where_o the_o lord_n have_v his_o rent_n hiâ—_n heâ—â—â—t_n his_o relief_n and_o service_n and_o the_o tenant_n again_o do_v his_o homage_n and_o fealty_n according_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o his_o tenure_n which_o secular_a custom_n the_o forname_v statute_n de_fw-fr regius_fw-la prohibition_n forbid_v ecclesiastical_a judge_n to_o deal_v in_o so_o also_o there_o be_v ecclesiastical_a custom_n such_o as_o be_v the_o payment_n of_o tithe_n and_o other_o ecclesiastical_a duty_n to_o which_o common_a lawyer_n be_v not_o to_o put_v their_o hand_n but_o to_o abstain_v from_o they_o as_o dedicate_v to_o the_o use_n and_o trial_n of_o the_o spiritual_a court_n otherwise_o will_v neither_o the_o ancient_a author_n of_o the_o legantine_n and_o 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