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will_v be_v full_a testimony_n of_o our_o own_o law_n to_o confirm_v this_o truth_n for_o 500_o year_n after_o the_o conquest_n as_o these_o be_v for_o 500_o year_n before_o it_o when_o gregory_n the_o great_a scent_n augustine_n about_o the_o year_n 600._o chr._n assist_v with_o 40._o preacher_n to_o publish_v the_o gospel_n to_o our_o forefather_n in_o england_n it_o be_v testify_v by_o the_o law_n of_o edward_n the_o confessor_n among_o other_o thing_n that_o he_o preach_v and_o command_v tithe_n to_o be_v pay_v haec_fw-la beatus_fw-la augustinus_n praedicavit_fw-la &_o docuit_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la concessa_fw-la sunt_fw-la à _fw-la rege_fw-la baronibus_fw-la &_o populo_fw-la sed_fw-la postea_fw-la instinctu_fw-la diaboli_fw-la multi_fw-la eam_fw-la detinuerunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o all_o this_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o king_n and_o his_o baron_n and_o the_o people_n tom._n 1._o council_n brit._n pag._n 619._o §_o 8_o 9_o egbert_n archbishop_n of_o york_n brother_n to_o eadbert_n king_n of_o northumberland_n publish_v canon_n about_o the_o year_n 750._o which_o do_v bind_v all_o the_o northern_a part_n and_o scotland_n in_o those_o day_n wherein_o he_o direct_v all_o minister_n to_o instruct_v their_o people_n when_o and_o how_o to_o pay_v their_o tithe_n tom._n 1._o con._n pa._n 258._o can._n 5_o etc._n etc._n about_o the_o year_n 786._o in_o the_o time_n of_o offa_n a_o great_a king_n of_o mercia_n and_o helfwood_n king_n of_o northumberland_n and_o the_o two_o archbishop_n there_o be_v a_o great_a council_n hold_v by_o two_o legate_n from_o hadrian_n the_o first_o wherein_o tithe_n be_v establish_v and_o it_o be_v likewise_o confirm_v in_o the_o south_n part_n by_o the_o king_n of_o west-saxony_n and_o as_o m._n selden_n say_v it_o be_v a_o most_o observable_a law_n be_v make_v with_o great_a solemnity_n of_o both_o power_n of_o both_o state_n history_n cap._n 8._o pag._n 201._o tom._n 1._o con._n pag._n 291._o can._n 17._o in_o the_o year_n 855._o 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con._n pag._n 572._o these_o and_o many_o other_o constitution_n and_o law_n be_v particular_o and_o more_o full_o recite_v in_o the_o first_o tome_n of_o our_o counsel_n and_o in_o mr_n selden'_v history_n cap._n 8._o from_o whence_o the_o reader_n may_v please_v to_o take_v satisfaction_n for_o the_o space_n of_o some_o 500_o year_n before_o the_o conquest_n william_n the_o conqueror_n in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n when_o he_o take_v a_o view_n of_o all_o the_o ancient_a law_n of_o the_o land_n he_o first_o confirm_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o church_n because_o that_o by_o it_o say_v hoveden_n the_o king_n and_o the_o kingdom_n have_v their_o solid_a foundation_n pag._n 601._o and_o herein_o among_o other_o law_n of_o king_n edward_n these_o particular_o touch_v tithe_n which_o hen._n 1_o also_o do_v anno_fw-la 1100._o as_o appear_v by_o mat._n par._n pa._n 53._o the_o like_a do_v also_o hen._n 2._o in_o the_o 26._o year_n of_o his_o reign_n as_o hoveden_n witness_v 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kingdom_n yield_v themselves_o to_o stand_v accurse_v if_o they_o shall_v at_o any_o time_n after_o impeach_v this_o grant_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o chartas_fw-la 25_o ed._n 1._o a_o special_a statute_n be_v make_v for_o confirmation_n of_o this_o charter_n wherein_o among_o other_o thing_n it_o be_v ordain_v that_o the_o bishop_n shall_v excommunicate_v the_o breaker_n thereof_o and_o the_o very_a form_n of_o the_o sentence_n be_v there_o prescribe_v according_a to_o which_o upon_o the_o 13._o maii_n anno_fw-la 1304._o ed._n 1._o 31._o boniface_n the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o five_o other_o bishop_n solemn_o denounce_v this_o curse_n in_o westminster_n hall_n the_o king_n himself_o with_o a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o nobility_n be_v present_a first_o against_o all_o they_o 22._o that_o shall_v witting_o and_o malicious_o deprive_v or_o spoil_v church_n of_o their_o right_n second_o against_o those_o that_o by_o any_o art_n or_o devise_v infringe_v the_o liberty_n 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edward_n the_o confessor_n as_o by_o and_o by_o we_o shall_v more_o large_o declare_v and_o the_o king_n of_o france_n be_v so_o likewise_o consecrate_v ever_o since_o the_o time_n of_o clodoveus_n alias_o ludovicus_n who_o saint_n remigius_n bishop_n of_o rheimes_n both_o baptize_v and_o anoint_v about_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 500_o have_v from_o time_n to_o time_n in_o all_o ancient_a age_n exercise_v the_o like_a ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n insomuch_o that_o clodoveus_n himself_o be_v but_o new_o enter_v into_o iâ—_n doubt_v not_o to_o appoint_v a_o council_n at_o orleans_n and_o to_o call_v thither_o the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n of_o france_n but_o out_o of_o the_o motion_n of_o priestly_a mind_n to_o use_v the_o very_a word_n of_o the_o council_n command_v the_o priest_n mean_v the_o bishop_n to_o assemble_v there_o for_o debate_v necessary_a matter_n which_o in_o his_o own_o consideration_n he_o have_v advise_v upon_o and_o deliver_v to_o they_o in_o head_n and_o 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