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textte_n in_o the_o scrypture_n that_o concern_v the_o authority_n /_o power_n /_o jurisdiction_n and_o rychesse_n of_o bysshop_n &_o preste_n as_o it_o be_v upon_o these_o textê_n quodcunque_fw-la ligaâeris_fw-la etc._n etc._n tu_fw-la es_fw-la petrê°_n et_fw-la suê_n hanc_fw-la petâam_n etc._n etc._n tibi_fw-la dabo_fw-la clave_n etc._n etc._n mat._n xuj_o quodcunque_fw-la ligaveritis_fw-la etc._n etc._n mat._n xviii_o dic_fw-la ecctie_n mat._n xviii_o ecce_fw-la duo_fw-la gladii_fw-la hic_fw-la luc._n xxii_o etc._n etc._n oravi_fw-la ête_fw-la petre_n ut_fw-la non_fw-la deficiat_fw-la fides_fw-la tua_fw-la et_fw-la in_o aliqun_n conversus_fw-la etc._n etc._n luc._n xxii_o pasce_fw-la oves_fw-la meas_fw-la io._n xxi_o predicate_v evamgelm_n oin_v creature_n mar_n ultio_fw-la nolite_fw-la possidere_fw-la aurum_fw-la neque_fw-la argentum_fw-la mat_n x._o etc._n etc._n qui_fw-la nonrenuncraverit_n possidet_fw-la oinaq_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la meê°_n esse_fw-la discipulê°_n luc_fw-fr 14._o sicut_fw-la misit_fw-la i_o pr_v &_o ego_fw-la mitto_fw-la vos_fw-la io._n xxi_o quorum_fw-la remiseritis_fw-la peta_fw-la etc._n etc._n io._n xx_o habentes_fw-la alimenta_fw-la &_o quibê°_n tegamur_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o timo._n vi_o nolite_fw-la tangere_fw-la christos_fw-la meos_fw-la ps_n 44._o and_o many_o other_o which_o i_o here_o omit_v &_o if_o a_o man_n be_v in_o doubt_n upon_o these_o text_n /_o what_o power_n jurisdiction_n possession_n or_o lyberte_fw-fr the_o clergy_n ought_v to_o have_v by_o the_o seyd_a textê_n or_o whether_o such_o actê_n &_o lawê_n as_o have_v ben_fw-mi make_v be_v prince_n &_o their_o people_n concern_v such_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v obey_v or_o such_o other_o like_a many_o man_n think_v that_o it_o be_v natte_n the_o most_o sure_a way_n to_o ask_v counsel_n therein_o of_o the_o learned_a man_n in_o the_o clergi_fw-la /_o unless_o it_o be_v of_o some_o singular_a elect_a man_n that_o through_o special_a grace_n /_o have_v seqnstre_v their_o 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