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the lordship of the same William, falsely, wickedly, and maliciously, 

 have taken away and wrongfully kept, detained, possessed, and 

 concealed, and have unjustly fabricated. Moreover, the like 

 they keep, detain, possess, and conceal daringly at this present, 

 to the destruction of their souls, and the no slight loss, 

 prejudice, and grievance of the aforesaid William Dethyk the 

 complainant, and to the exceedingly pernicious example of very 

 many others. Wherefore, strongly enjoining you jointly and 

 severally, in virtue of your obedience, we command that all and 

 singular, the takers, (Sec, of such charters, &c., in your churches 

 aforesaid, and in each of them, on Sundays and Feast Days, during 

 the solemnities of the Masses, when the larger assemblage of the 

 people is present in the same, ye admonish and exhort, and 

 cause to be admonished and exhorted peremptorily, that the 

 writings, charters, and muniments of this kind, to the aforesaid 

 William, within fifteen days immediately following your monitions, 

 (of which days we assign for them — five for the first, five for the 

 second, and the remaining five days for the tiiird and peremptory 

 term), be actually and effectually restored. Or, if that they with 

 perverse mind refuse, under pain of the greater excommunication, 

 which their own delay, default, and fraud (without excuse), 

 deservedly merits, and such monition being first pronounced as 

 we thereupon have put forth in these writs, and if, within the 

 time aforesaid they have not effectually obeyed your monitions of 

 that kind, thereupon, the takers away, possessors and detainers 

 of those writings, charters, evidences, and muniments, and the 

 fabricators of such charters or writings aforesaid, with their authors, 

 abettors, and councillors universally, have incurred the said 

 sentence of the greater excommunication, and so have been, and 

 are excommunicated at the days, hours, and places aforesaid ; the 

 bells being beaten, candles being lighted and extinguished, and 

 for disgrace of those persons cast to the ground, and with the 

 cross reverentially raised in their hands, and with every solemnity 

 fitting in that behalf, openly, and publicly, and solemnly, ye shall 

 den'ounce and cause to be denounced — and let each one of 

 you so denounce, and not the one by the other excuse himself, or 



