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this_o treatise_n
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majesty_n that_o the_o lord_n chancellor_n do_v forthwith_o give_v direction_n to_o the_o clerk_n of_o the_o crown_n to_o draw_v up_o writ_n of_o summons_n to_o pass_v his_o majesty_n great_a seal_n direct_v to_o the_o most_o reverend_a father_n in_o god_n william_n lord_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o accept_v lord_n bishop_n of_o york_n for_o convocation_n of_o the_o lord_n bishop_n dean_n archdeacon_n and_o the_o clergy_n of_o their_o respective_a province_n in_o usual_a form_n according_o the_o parliament_n meet_v the_o say_v eight_o of_o may_n 1661._o and_o do_v sit_v till_o the_o thirty_o of_o july_n where_o among_o other_o act_n one_o do_v pass_v for_o repeal_n the_o act_n of_o abolish_n bishop_n and_o restore_a they_o to_o their_o estate_n dignity_n and_o place_n and_o so_o the_o parliament_n adjourn_v to_o the_o twenty_o of_o november_n follow_v after_o which_o adjournment_n upon_o the_o twenty_o nine_o of_o august_n follow_v the_o writ_n which_o be_v order_v the_o 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esteem_v noble_n though_o they_o do_v not_o sit_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o power_n give_v they_o by_o patent_n to_o sit_v without_o restriction_n or_o ceremonial_a qualification_n and_o therefore_o sir_n edward_n coke_n say_v that_o though_o the_o creation_n by_o writ_n be_v ancient_a than_o by_o patent_n yet_o the_o creation_n by_o patent_n be_v the_o sure_a way_n for_o that_o one_o may_v be_v sufficient_o create_v by_o patent_n and_o make_v noble_a though_o he_o never_o sit_v in_o parliament_n and_o he_o give_v this_o reason_n that_o if_o issue_n be_v join_v whether_o one_o be_v a_o baron_n or_o not_o that_o point_n shall_v not_o be_v try_v by_o a_o jury_n of_o 12_o man_n but_o by_o the_o record_n of_o the_o parliament_n and_o if_o he_o do_v not_o sit_v there_o there_o can_v be_v no_o record_n but_o a_o patent_n be_v a_o record_n 8._o so_o there_o be_v 62_o baron_n summon_v by_o writ_n of_o the_o 18._o of_o feb._n 1661._o and_o 6_o more_o by_o writ_n of_o the_o 29._o of_o ap._n 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the_o bloud-royal_a to_o the_o parliament_n sect_n i._o i_o have_v show_v in_o chap._n 2._o how_o parliament_n writ_n be_v sort_v into_o close_a writ_n and_o open_v writ_n or_o patent_n and_o those_o into_o exemplar_n and_o consimilar_n i_o need_v not_o enlarge_v more_o therein_o but_o proceed_v to_o the_o first_o exemplar_n write_v of_o summons_n and_o so_o to_o other_o such_o writ_n of_o summons_n to_o other_o degree_n as_o concern_v the_o lord_n house_n for_o i_o shall_v speak_v of_o other_o parliament-writ_n of_o another_o nature_n when_o i_o have_v dispatch_v the_o summon_v writ_n and_o patent_n of_o creation_n according_a to_o the_o method_n of_o pawn_n and_o clause-roll_n make_v before_o the_o act_n of_o precedency_n as_o also_o in_o all_o pawn_n since_o that_o act._n those_o of_o the_o bloud-royal_a be_v place_v in_o the_o first_o rank_n of_o those_o record_n and_o be_v still_o exemplar_n to_o the_o rest_n and_o therefore_o the_o writ_n which_o i_o be_o now_o to_o speak_v of_o 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verbatim_o so_o that_o upon_o 339._o year_n experience_n viz._n from_o the_o year_n 1322._o to_o the_o year_n 1661._o inclusive_a we_o may_v acquiesce_v that_o we_o in_o this_o age_n have_v not_o much_o trespass_v or_o vary_v from_o the_o ancient_a and_o wise_a form_n prescribe_v to_o we_o by_o so_o many_o former_a king_n and_o continue_v to_o this_o time_n the_o form_n of_o the_o exemplar_n write_v to_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o blood_n tempore_fw-la edw._n 2.15_o edwardus_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_n rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la dominus_fw-la hiberniae_fw-la &_o dux_n aquitaniae_n edwardo_n comiti_fw-la cestriae_fw-la filio_fw-la svo_fw-la charissimo_fw-la salutem_fw-la super_fw-la diversis_fw-la &_o arduis_fw-la negotiis_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o statum_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la specialiter_fw-la tangentibus_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la apud_fw-la eboracum_n a_o die_n paschae_fw-la prox_n '_o futuro_fw-la in_fw-la tres_fw-la septi'anas_fw-la teneri_fw-la &_o vobiscum_fw-la &_o 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etc._n etc._n praecharissimo_fw-la
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