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pope_n the_o pope_n curse_v the_o king_n and_o interdict_v the_o realm_n king_n edw._n 1._o oppâ—seth_v the_o pope_n usurpation_n e._n 2._o suffer_v the_o pope_n to_o usurp_v again_o e._n 3._o resist_v the_o usurpation_n of_o the_o pope_n king_n rich._n 2._o the_o evidence_n against_o lalor_n lalor_n confession_n public_o read_v when_o the_o distinction_n of_o ecclesiastical_a &_o spiritual_a cause_n from_o civil_a and_o temporal_a cause_n begin_v in_o the_o world_n caudrey_n case_n the_o objection_n of_o the_o counsel_n of_o the_o plaintif_n 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o the_o resolution_n of_o the_o court_n to_o the_o 1._o and_o 2._o to_o the_o 3._o to_o the_o 4._o what_o cause_n belong_v to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court._n see_v circumspectè_fw-la agatis_fw-la 13_o e._n 1._o w._n 2._o 13_o e._n 1._o cap._n 5._o versus_fw-la finem_fw-la artic._n cleri_fw-la 9_o e._n 2._o 15_o e._n 3._o c._n 6.31_o e._n 3._o cap._n 11.2_o h._n 5._o c._n 7.1_o h._n 7._o cap._n 4.23_o h._n 8._o cap