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anno_fw-la 1571._o nullus_fw-la cancellarius_fw-la nec_fw-la commissarius_fw-la nec_fw-la officialis_fw-la procedet_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la ferendam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la excommunicationis_fw-la sed_fw-la sententiam_fw-la deferent_a tantum_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopum_fw-la camque_fw-la aut_fw-la ipse_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la pronunciabit_fw-la aut_fw-la gravi_fw-la alicui_fw-la viro_fw-la in_o sacro_fw-la ministerio_fw-la constituto_fw-la pronunciandum_fw-la committet_fw-la anno_fw-la 1597._o quotiescunque_fw-la censura_fw-la ista_fw-la excommunicationis_fw-la in_fw-la poenam_fw-la cujusvis_fw-la haereseos_fw-la schismatis_fw-la symoniae_fw-la perjurii_fw-la usurae_fw-la incestus_fw-la adulterii_fw-la seu_fw-la gravioris_fw-la alicujus_fw-la criminis_fw-la venerit_fw-la infligenda_fw-la sententia_fw-la ipsa_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la decanum_n archidiaconum_n vel_fw-la prebendarium_fw-la modo_fw-la sacris_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la &_o ecclesiastica_fw-la 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