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A56162 The first and second part of A seasonable, legal, and historicall vindication and chronological collection of the good old fundamentall liberties, franchises, rights, laws of all English freemen ... wherein is irrefragably evinced by Parliamentary records, proofs, presidents, that we have such fundamentall liberties, franchises, rights, laws ... : collected, recommended to the whole English nation, as the best legacy he can leave them / by William Prynne of Swainswick, Esquire.; Seasonable, legal, and historical vindication of the good old fundamental liberties, franchises, rights, properties, laws, government of all English freemen. Part 1-2 Prynne, William, 1600-1669. 1655 (1655) Wing P3954; ESTC R19429 161,045 206

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warrant_n of_o a_o law_n and_o the_o receiver_n of_o they_o in_o a_o praemunire_n by_o express_a act_n of_o parliamen_n of_o 16_o caroli_n make_v since_o this_o remonstrance_n remonstrance_n alderman_n chamber_n mr._n roll_n and_o other_o nota._n nota._n exact_a collection_n p._n 790._o to_o 797._o 797._o see_v historiae_fw-la anglicanae_n londini_fw-la 1652._o col._n 2750_o 2751._o hall_n chronicle_n f._n 7_o 8._o john_n trussel_n in_o 23._o r._n 2._o p_o 46._o grafton_n p._n 401._o nota._n nota._n see_v mr._n st._n john_n argument_n at_o his_o attainder_n p._n 36._o to_o 52._o 52._o see_v judge_n crook_n &_o judge_n hutton'_v print_v argument_n &_o my_o humble_a remonstrance_n against_o the_o illegal_a tax_n of_o shipmoney_n shipmoney_n print_a at_o the_o end_n of_o judge_n huttoes_n argument_n &_o among_o the_o statute_n of_o 16_o caroli_n caroli_n chap_n 1._o p._n diurnal_a occurence_n &_o speech_n p._n 191._o to_o 265._o objection_n answer_n answer_n see_v p._n 12_o to_o 20_o 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hist_o l._n 8._o 8._o print_a at_o nu●●mbergh_n 1521._o 1521._o see_v revelationum_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 104_o 105._o l._n 7._o c._n 16._o l._n 8._o c._n 48._o &_o reu●lationes_fw-la extravagantes_fw-la c._n 73_o 80._o 80._o revelationum_fw-la l._n 8._o c._n 48._o 48._o math_n paris_n hist_o angl._n p._n 517._o 517._o de_fw-fr remedio_fw-la amo●s_fw-la l._n 2._o 2._o see_v mat._n pa●●s_n p._n 306._o 308._o grafton_n p._n 90._o 149._o daniel_n p._n 78_o 79_o 83_o 123._o 1_o r._n 2._o rot._n parl._n to_o 148._o 1_o h._n 4._o n._n 100_o 6_o h._n 4._o n._n 14_o 15._o 8_o h._n 4._o n._n 52._o 1_o h._n 5._o c._n 6._o 28_o h._n 6._o rot_v parl._n n._n 53._o 31_o h._n 6._o c._n 7._o 33._o h._n 6._o n._n 47._o 4_o e._n 4._o n._n 39_o 12._o e._n 4._o n._n 6._o