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parliamentum_fw-la regis_fw-la clau_fw-mi 28._o e._n 1._o dor_n 12._o cl_o 29._o e._n 1._o d._n 17._o cl_o 33._o e._n 1._o d._n 15._o cl_o 34._o e._n e._n 1._o d._n 11._o and_o cl_o 35._o e._n 1._o d._n 14._o in_o the_o writ_n and_o roll_n of_o summon_n and_o de_fw-fr expensis_fw-la militum_fw-la &_o burgensium_fw-la under_o edward_n the_o second_o it_o be_v common_o use_v and_o mention_v as_o the_o premise_n evidence_n yet_o i_o find_v parliamentum_fw-la total_o omit_v again_o in_o sundry_a other_o writ_n of_o summon_n and_o prorogation_n and_o the_o word_n colloquium_fw-la tractatum_fw-la &_o commune_fw-la consilium_fw-la only_o make_v use_n of_o in_o they_o as_o in_o cl_o 23._o e._n 1._o d._n 2._o 4._o cl_o 24._o e._n 1._o d._n 7._o cl_o 25._o e._n 1._o d._n 25._o cl_o 27._o e._n 1._o d._n 9_o 16._o 28._o cl_o 28._o e._n 1._o d._n 3._o cl_o 1._o e._n 2._o d._n 11._o 19_o cl_o 2._o e._n 2._o d._n 11._o 13._o 14._o 20._o cl_o 9_o e._n 2._o d._n 17._o and_o in_o some_o other_o 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that_o this_o oath_n be_v make_v by_o unanimous_a consent_n of_o the_o queen_n lord_n and_o commons_o in_o parliament_n 2._o that_o it_o be_v five_o year_n a_o probationer_n and_o approve_v ratify_v by_o two_o successive_a parliament_n before_o it_o be_v impose_v upon_o any_o member_n and_o not_o actual_o administer_v to_o any_o till_o the_o parliament_n of_o 8._o elizabeth_n 3._o that_o it_o be_v impose_v only_o upon_o the_o member_n of_o the_o commons_o house_n not_o upon_o any_o temporal_a lord_n or_o baron_n of_o the_o realm_n 4._o that_o the_o principal_a end_n of_o prescribe_v it_o be_v to_o abolish_v the_o pope_n usurp_a supremacy_n and_o prevent_v he_o and_o his_o instrument_n traitorous_a attempt_n against_o the_o queen_n person_n crown_n kingdom_n discover_v person_n popish_o affect_v and_o seclude_v they_o from_o sit_v or_o vote_v in_o the_o commons_o house_n if_o elect_a return_v unless_o they_o shall_v first_o take_v this_o oath_n not_o to_o debar_v or_o exclude_v any_o 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