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go_v to_o rome_n but_o be_v deny_v it_o in_o october_n follow_v there_o be_v a_o general_a council_n at_o winchester_n wintoniae_fw-la ad_fw-la regem_fw-la ex_fw-la condicto_fw-la venimus_fw-la eadmerus_fw-la be_v there_o himself_o the_o first_o day_n the_o tumult_n from_o the_o vast_a multitude_n be_v so_o great_a that_o they_o can_v do_v nothing_o and_o therefore_o break_v up_o the_o court_n and_o adjourn_v to_o the_o next_o day_n orta_fw-la est_fw-la igitur_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la quaedam_fw-la magna_fw-la tempestas_fw-la diversis_fw-la diversae_fw-la parti_fw-la acclamantibus_fw-la 38._o the_o sense_n of_o the_o assembly_n be_v that_o anselm_n shall_v observe_v the_o king_n law_n upon_o which_o he_o depart_v the_o realm_n in_o a_o pet_n it_o be_v pity_n eadmerus_n go_v with_o he_o so_o that_o we_o lose_v the_o account_n of_o what_o pass_v in_o his_o absence_n i_o think_v however_o we_o have_v enough_o to_o prove_v that_o there_o be_v then_o no_o less_o nay_o great_a assembly_n 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that_fw-mi constitute_v the_o great_a council_n of_o scotland_n even_o till_o the_o 23._o of_o james_n the_o first_o be_v evident_a by_o his_o act_n of_o alteration_n or_o recommendation_n of_o a_o change_n honour_n which_o have_v it_o that_o the_o small_a baron_n and_o fee-tenant_n or_o freeholder_n need_v not_o to_o come_v to_o parliament_n 287._o nor_o general_n council_n without_o election_n which_o show_v that_o till_o than_o they_o do_v and_o how_o they_o come_v here_o in_o this_o king_n time_n i_o leave_v any_o body_n to_o think_v as_o they_o please_v sure_o i_o be_o here_o be_v more_o than_o tenant_n in_o chief_a there_o be_v one_o council_n in_o his_o reign_n which_o have_v no_o addition_n to_o it_o 492._o the_o author_n say_v only_o celebravit_fw-la concilium_fw-la and_o this_o i_o take_v it_o court_n be_v no_o more_o than_o a_o ordinary_a curia_n especial_o it_o be_v octabis_n epiphaniae_fw-la and_o there_o be_v a_o legal_a trial_n by_o duel_n and_o by_o judgement_n of_o the_o court_n the_o party_n conquer_v have_v his_o eye_n pull_v out_o and_o his_o stone_n cut_v off_o that_o beside_o the_o great_a council_n this_o king_n above_o mention_v hold_v the_o ordinary_a curia_n sive_fw-la de_fw-la more_o we_o have_v clear_a authority_n 578._o cum_fw-la gloriosè_fw-la &_o patrio_fw-la honore_fw-la curiam_fw-la tenuisset_fw-la ad_fw-la natale_n apud_fw-la gloucester_n ad_fw-la pascha_fw-la apud_fw-la winchester_n ad_fw-la pentecosten_n apud_fw-la londoniam_fw-la by_o the_o forego_n instance_n we_o may_v see_v notwithstanding_o virgil_n suppress_n eight_o as_o much_o as_o in_o he_o lay_v the_o mss._n which_o may_v take_v from_o the_o authority_n of_o his_o history_n how_o many_o rise_v up_o in_o judgement_n against_o his_o assertion_n in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n h._n 1._o illud_fw-la oppositè_fw-fr habeo_fw-la dicere_fw-la reges_fw-la ante_fw-la haec_fw-la tempora_fw-la non_fw-la consuevisse_fw-la populi_fw-la conventum_fw-la consultandi_fw-la causâ_fw-la 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