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of_o the_o eucharist_n as_o a_o
usurp_a papal_a supremacy_n 69._o examine_v champ._n 2._o c_o p._n 69._o than_o these_o bishop_n do_v retract_v their_o acknowledge_v of_o such_o a_o regal_a supremacy_n and_o that_o upon_o deprivation_n of_o their_o bishopric_n and_o imprisonment_n of_o their_o person_n some_o in_o king_n edward_n and_o some_o in_o qu._n elizabeth_n day_n retract_v &c_n &c_n i_o suppose_v for_o this_o reason_n because_o by_o sad_a experience_n they_o see_v it_o much_o enlarge_v beyond_o those_o bound_n within_o which_o only_o they_o former_o have_v maintain_v it_o just_a and_o four_o by_o the_o early_a act_n of_o parliament_n 24._o henry_n 8.12_o c._n where_o in_o the_o preface_n it_o be_v say_v that_o when_o any_o cause_n of_o the_o law_n divine_a come_v in_o question_n that_o part_n of_o the_o body_n politic_a call_v the_o spirituality_n now_o be_v usual_o call_v the_o english_a church_n be_v sufficient_a and_o meet_v of_o itself_o without_o the_o intermeddle_a of_o any_o exterior_a person_n or_o 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supremacy_n in_o spiritual_n claim_v by_o king_n henry_n the_o eight_o head_n ii_o head_n §_o 26_o ii_o we_o have_v see_v how_o far_o the_o clergy_n and_o laity_n also_o at_o first_o seem_v to_o have_v proceed_v in_o the_o advance_n of_o the_o king_n supremacy_n prince_n concern_v what_o supremacy_n be_v afterward_o by_o degree_n confer_v on_o or_o also_o claim_v by_o the_o prince_n now_o to_o come_v to_o the_o second_o thing_n i_o propose_v to_o you_o concern_v what_o supremacy_n be_v afterward_o by_o degree_n confer_v on_o or_o also_o claim_v by_o the_o prince_n after_o the_o title_n then_o of_o supreme_a be_v thus_o yield_v by_o the_o clergy_n as_o likewise_o that_o they_o will_v thenceforward_a enact_v or_o publish_v no_o synodal_n decree_n or_o constitution_n without_o the_o consent_n first_o obtain_v of_o this_o their_o declare_a supreme_a it_o be_v thus_o enact_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o parliament_n 26._o hen._n 8.1_o c._n 8_o 1._o in_o the_o time_n of_o h._n the_o 8_o 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94._o but_o this_o be_v a_o scruple_n start_v afterward_o by_o bishop_n bonner_n and_o not_o now_o dream_v on_o nor_o do_v the_o new_a ordinal_n want_v sufficient_a lay-licence_n have_v the_o queen_n nor_o have_v the_o parliament_n be_v defective_a in_o re-licensing_a it_o for_o which_o see_n ibid._n bishop_n bramh._n p._n 96_o nor_o be_v those_o word_n in_o the_o dispensation_n si_fw-la quid_fw-la in_o vobis_fw-la conditione_n statu_fw-la &c_n &c_n rerum_fw-la necessitate_v id_fw-la postulante_fw-la applicable_a to_o it_o and_o these_o be_v the_o word_n in_o the_o instrument_n of_o archbishop_n parker_n confirmation_n nos_n &c_n &c_n praedictam_fw-la electionem_fw-la matthaei_n parker_n in_o archiepiscopum_fw-la &c_n &c_n supremâ_fw-la authoritate_fw-la regiâ_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la commissâ_fw-la confirmamus_fw-la supplentes_fw-la ex_fw-la supremâ_fw-la authoritate_fw-la regiâ_fw-la nobis_fw-la delegatâ_fw-la quicquid_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la aut_fw-la aliquo_fw-la 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