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other_o cause_n whatsoever_o the_o man_n may_v go_v into_o a_o monastery_n and_o shire_n himself_o a_o friar_n by_o pretence_n of_o devotion_n and_o so_o leave_v his_o wife_n to_o shift_v for_o herself_o so_o well_o as_o she_o can_v chap._n xxv_o of_o the_o other_o ceremony_n of_o the_o ruff_n church_n the_o other_o ceremony_n of_o their_o church_n be_v many_o in_o number_n especial_o the_o abuse_n about_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o cross_n which_o they_o set_v up_o in_o their_o highway_n in_o the_o top_n of_o their_o church_n and_o in_o every_o door_n of_o their_o house_n sign_v themselves_o continual_o with_o it_o on_o their_o forehead_n and_o breast_n with_o great_a devotion_n as_o they_o will_v seem_v by_o their_o outward_a gesture_n which_o be_v less_o offence_n if_o they_o give_v not_o withal_o that_o religious_a reverence_n and_o worship_n unto_o it_o which_o be_v due_a to_o god_n only_o and_o use_v the_o dumb_a show_n and_o sign_v of_o it_o instead_o of_o thanksgiving_n and_o of_o all_o other_o duty_n which_o they_o owe_v unto_o god_n when_o they_o rise_v to_o the_o morning_n they_o go_v common_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o some_o steeple_n that_o have_v a_o cross_n on_o the_o top_n and_o so_o bow_v themselves_o towards_o the_o cross_n sign_n themselves_o withal_o on_o their_o forehead_n and_o breast_n and_o this_o be_v their_o thanksgiving_n to_o god_n for_o their_o night_n rest_n without_o any_o word_n speak_v except_o peradventure_o they_o say_v aspody_a pomeluy_fw-fr or_o lord_n have_v mercy_n upon_o we_o when_o they_o sit_v down_o to_o meat_n and_o rise_v again_o from_o it_o the_o thanksgiving_n to_o god_n be_v the_o cross_v of_o their_o forehead_n and_o breast_n except_o it_o be_v some_o few_o that_o add_v peradventure_o a_o word_n or_o two_o of_o some_o ordinary_a prayer_n impertinent_a to_o that_o purpose_n when_o they_o be_v to_o give_v a_o oath_n for_o the_o decide_n of_o any_o controversy_n at_o law_n they_o do_v it_o by_o swear_v by_o the_o cross_n and_o 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command_v to_o forbear_v their_o work_n and_o to_o attend_v this_o solemnity_n the_o great_a patriarch_n that_o day_n be_v honour_v with_o rich_a present_n send_v he_o from_o the_o emperor_n and_o empress_n of_o plate_n cloth_n of_o gold_n fur_n etc._n etc._n carry_v with_o great_a pomp_n through_o the_o street_n of_o mosko_n and_o at_o his_o depart_n receive_v many_o gift_n more_o both_o from_o the_o emperor_n nobility_n and_o clergy_n thus_o the_o patriarchship_n of_o constantinople_n or_o sio_n which_o have_v continue_v since_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a be_v now_o translate_v to_o mosko_n or_o they_o make_v believe_v that_o they_o have_v a_o patriarch_n with_o the_o same_o right_a and_o authority_n that_o the_o other_o have_v wherein_o the_o subtle_a greek_a have_v make_v good_a advantage_n of_o their_o superstition_n and_o be_v now_o go_v away_o with_o a_o rich_a booty_n into_o poland_n whether_o their_o patriarchship_n be_v currant_n or_o not_o the_o matter_n be_v not_o unlike_a 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in_o deduct_v of_o time_n and_o keep_v of_o a_o just_a and_o precise_a account_n from_o the_o incarnation_n of_o christ_n who_o he_o do_v not_o acknowledge_v otherwise_o then_o i_o note_v before_o three_o for_o that_o the_o say_a patriarch_n be_v now_o at_o naples_n in_o italy_n where_o it_o may_v be_v guess_v he_o will_v not_o have_v go_v within_o the_o pope_n reach_n and_o so_o near_o to_o his_o nose_n if_o he_o have_v be_v banish_v for_o oppose_v himself_o against_o the_o pope_n decree_n this_o office_n of_o patriarchship_n now_o translate_v to_o mosko_n bear_v a_o superior_a authority_n over_o all_o the_o church_n not_o only_o of_o russia_n and_o other_o the_o emperor_n dominion_n but_o throughout_o all_o the_o church_n of_o christendom_n that_o be_v before_o under_o the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n or_o sio_n or_o at_o least_o the_o ruff_n patriarch_n imagine_v himself_o to_o have_v the_o same_o authority_n he_o have_v under_o he_o as_o his_o proper_a diocese_n the_o 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be_v the_o uladikeis_n or_o bishop_n that_o be_v but_o six_o in_o all_o of_o crutiska_n of_o rezan_n of_o otfer_n and_o torshock_v of_o collomenska_n of_o volodemer_n of_o susdalla_n these_o have_v every_o one_o a_o very_a large_a diocese_n as_o divide_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o whole_a country_n among_o they_o the_o matter_n pertain_v to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n of_o the_o metropolites_n archbishop_n and_o bishop_n be_v the_o same_o in_o a_o manner_n that_o be_v use_v by_o the_o clergy_n in_o other_o part_n of_o christendom_n for_o beside_o their_o authority_n over_o the_o clergy_n and_o order_v such_o matter_n as_o be_v mere_a ecclesiastical_a their_o jurisdiction_n extend_v to_o all_o testamentary_a cause_n matter_n of_o marriage_n and_o divorcement_n some_o plea_n of_o injury_n etc._n etc._n to_o which_o purpose_n also_o they_o have_v their_o official_o or_o commissary_n which_o they_o call_v boiaren_a uladitskey_n that_o be_v layman_n of_o the_o degree_n of_o duke_n 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