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abſentis aſſumet quattuor diffinitores quos idoneos extimabit. Ut autem p̄dicti ciſtercien̄ ⁊ quattuor primi abbates deūhabentes pre oculis odio ⁊ amore/ ac perſonarum acceptionepoſtpoſitis bona fide ꝓcedant/ eoſqꝫ qui nūc ſūt ⁊ futuros impoſterū ad hec fideliter obſeruāda/ ſub atteſtatione diuini iu-dicij/ ⁊ in virtute obediētie apl̓ice ſedi debite obligamꝰ. Ordi-nātes ⁊ ſtatuētes ꝙ littere miſſe capitulo generali ꝑſone infa-miā continētes legant̉ corā diffinitoribꝰ ordinis ſupradicti/ etꝙ iudices dati ab eodē capitulo nō ſubdelegēt alijs vices ſu-as. Diffinitiōes quoqꝫ capituli nō reuocētur p̄ter volunta-tē diffinitoꝝ in loco reſidentiū cōſueto. Statuta de cetero facienda nō obligent niſi in ſequētis anni capl̓o confirment̉. Et ꝑdiffinitores nihil diffiniat̉ prius in capl̓o nō notatū. Stet̉ ſententie maioris partis eoꝝ. Cūqꝫ ip̄oꝝ ſentētia in diſcordiā venerit abbas ciſtercij reputabit̉ ꝓ duobꝰ. Diffinitores vero nominati ꝓteſtabunt̉ in capl̓o ſtando ꝑ iuramentū in verbo ſa-cerdotis qd̓ iniunctū ſibi miniſteriū ad honorē dei ⁊ vtilitatēdicti ordinis fideliter exequētur/ hoc etiā ip̄e abbas ciſtercien̄ſedendo facere teneat̉. De notādis aūt his que cōtra memoratū abbatē ciſtercij dicta fuerint in capl̓o ita fiat ſicut in caſu cōſimili de alio notaret̉. Elemoſyne vero q̄ mittunt̉ capl̓o gene-rali recipiant̉ ꝑ duos abbates quorū vnus ꝑ eundē abbatē ci-ſtercij/ ⁊ alius ꝑ p̄dictos pͥmos quattuor abbates ponant̉/ decetero alternatim/ ita ꝙ quilibet de ipſis illū ponat ſcd̓m ſuūordinē vice ſua. 5 Deniqꝫ ne in ordine p̄dicto alique poſ-ſint ſpine ſuccreſcere vitioꝝ/ p̄cipimus p̄dictū ciſtercien̄ monaſteriū ab eiſdē primis quattuor abbatibꝰ annis ſingulis viſi-tari. Et niſi de die alio abbas ciſtercij cū eis cōuenerit in feſtobeate Marie magdalen̄ fiat hmōi viſitatio annuatim. Nec liceat dicto abbati ciſtercij diē mutare condictā ſine cauſa rationabili ⁊ vrgente/ quā ſi ei ſuꝑuenerit intimet eiſdē pͥmis quat-tuor abbatibꝰ in tēpore oportuno ꝑ ſe vel ꝑ nūciū cū quo ijdēabbates de die ſubrogāda tractare valeāt/ ⁊ etiā cōuenire. Ꝙſi cū nūcio cōcordare nequiuerint/ ip̄imet diē ſtatuāt ſiue ter-minū cōpetentē/ ⁊ eidē abbati ciſtercij ꝑ eundē nunciū vel aliū