Chapter 112
V. The fifth grievance" is, for the oft arrival of that infamous nuncio " Non
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Obstante," whereby both the sacred obligation of an oath, the ancient customs of the realm, and the authority of old grants, statute laws, and privileges, are embezzled and abrogated ;' whereby an infinite number in England be grievously afflicted and oppressed. The pope, in thus resuming the plenitude of his power, does not act with that attention to law and moderation which he promised our proctors, with his own mouth, he would observe.
