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The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Ely--two of England most powerful religious figures--have come together to discuss a forthcoming bill that has been raised for King Henry V to pass in Parliament. It concerns the government taking away church land and money to sustain the army and bulk out the King's wealth. As the leaders of the clergy have made themselves rather wealthy by this point, they do not want to lose their riches. They are anxious and the Bishop is keen to know whether
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CANTERBURY
My lord, I'll tell you; that self bill is urged,
Which in the eleventh year of the last king's reign
Was like, and had indeed against us pass'd,
But that the scambling and unquiet time
Did push it out of farther question.
ELY
But how, my lord, shall we resist it now?
CANTERBURY
It must be thought on. If it pass against us,
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