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Compare 1577 edition: 1 The popes answer to Anselme.The pope receiuing and perusing these letters, wrote againe vnto Anselme a verie freendlie an|swer concerning the archbishop of Yorke. And as for suffering of the emperour to haue the inuesti|tures, he signified to him that he neither did nor would suffer him to haue them: but that hauing borne with him for a time, he now ment verie short|lie to cause him to feele the weight of the spirituall sword of S. Peter, which alreadie he had drawen out of the scaberd, therewith to strike if he did not the soo|ner forsake his horrible errour & naughtie opinion.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 There was another cause also that moued An|selme to doubt of the archbishop of Yorke his mea|ning,The archbi|shop of Yorke refuseth to come vnto Canturbu|rie to be con|secrated. as after it appéered. For being summoned to come and receiue his consecration at Canturburie (as alreadie yee haue heard) through counsell of the canons of Yorke he refused so to doo: bicause they informed him that if he so did, it should be greatlie preiudiciall to the liberties of that sée, whose archbi|shop was of like authoritie in all things vnto the archbishop of Canturburie, so that he was bound onelie to fetch his consecration and benediction at Canturburie, but in no wise to acknowledge anie subiection vnto that sée. ¶ For ye must vnderstand, that there was great stomaching betwixt the clergie of the two prouinces,Looke in the 9. page, and the first columne, of the debate betwéen Tho|mas of Yorke & Lan [...]renke of Cantur|burie. Canturburie and Yorke, about the metropolitane prerogatiue: and euer as occasion serued, and as they thought the fauor of the prince, or oportunitie of time might aduance their quarels, they of Yorke sticked not to vtter their gréefes, in that (as they tooke it) some iniurie was offered them therein.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The archbishop of Yorke being thus instructed by the canons of his church, signified to archbishop An|selme the cause why he came not at his summons. The copie of a parcell whereof is here exemplified. Causam, qua differtur sacratio mea, quam nemo studio|sius quàm ego vellet accellerare, qui protulerunt, non desistunt corroborare. Quamobrem, quàm periculosum & quàm turpe sit, contra consensum ec [...]lesiae, cui praefici debeo, regimen ipsius inuadere, vestra discretio nouerit. Sed & quàm sormidabile & quàm sit euitandum, sub specie benedictionis maledictio|nem induere, &c: that is;

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