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advocate_n g_o the_o viscount_n h_o h_n h_n h_n etc._n etc._n the_o xii_o constable_n i_o the_o gressier_n k_o one_o of_o the_o denunciator_n attend_v l_o the_o usher_n of_o the_o court._n m_o the_o table_n n_o a_o large_a silver_n gild_a mace_n carry_v before_o the_o bailly_n and_o jurat_n o_o the_o vestibulum_fw-la the_o state_n of_o the_o isle_n of_o jersey_n chap._n vii_o privilege_n privilege_n few_o place_n can_v boast_v of_o great_a privilege_n than_o this_o island_n the_o reason_n allege_v in_o the_o preamble_n of_o our_o charter_n as_o the_o motive_n induce_v our_o king_n to_o grant_v we_o these_o privilege_n be_v especial_o these_o three_o 1._o to_o reward_v our_o loyalty_n and_o fidelity_n to_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n we_o have_v merit_v these_o privilege_n by_o our_o good_a service_n 2._o to_o engage_v we_o to_o be_v loyal_a and_o faithful_a still_o we_o can_v have_v no_o temptation_n while_o we_o enjoy_v these_o privilege_n to_o change_v our_o master_n 3._o to_o make_v our_o condition_n easy_a and_o comfortable_a which_o under_o the_o circumstance_n and_o disadvantage_n of_o our_o situation_n will_v otherwise_o be_v most_o intolerable_a there_o will_v be_v no_o live_n in_o this_o island_n for_o english_a subject_n without_o great_a freedom_n and_o immunity_n which_o few_o will_v envy_v if_o they_o know_v at_o what_o price_n we_o purchase_v they_o our_o want_n of_o record_n beyond_o the_o time_n of_o king_n john_n will_v not_o let_v we_o know_v what_o be_v our_o privilege_n under_o our_o more_o ancient_a duke_n and_o king_n his_o predecessor_n from_o he_o therefore_o we_o must_v date_n the_o aera_fw-la of_o our_o liberty_n and_o franchise_n and_o forasmuch_o as_o his_o constitution_n be_v the_o ground_n and_o foundation_n of_o all_o our_o subsequent_a charter_n i_o shall_v set_v they_o down_o here_o at_o large_a as_o they_o be_v find_v among_o the_o record_n constitution_n of_o that_o king_n reign_n in_o the_o tower_n of_o london_n under_o this_o title_n inquisitio_fw-la facta_fw-la de_fw-la servitiis_fw-la consuetudinibus_fw-la &_o libertatibus_fw-la insul_n de_fw-fr gerese_n 3._o &_o guernese_n &_o legibus_fw-la constitutis_fw-la in_o insulis_fw-la per_fw-la dominum_fw-la johannem_fw-la regem_fw-la per_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la roberti_n blondel_n radulphi_n burnel_n etc._n etc._n qui_fw-la dicunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n then_o follow_v constitutiones_fw-la &_o provisiones_fw-la constitutae_fw-la per_fw-la dominum_fw-la johannem_fw-la regem_fw-la postquam_fw-la normannia_n alienata_fw-la fuit_fw-la imprimis_fw-la constituit_fw-la duodecim_fw-la coronatores_fw-la juratos_fw-la ad_fw-la placita_fw-la &_o jura_n ad_fw-la coronam_fw-la spectantia_fw-la custodienda_fw-la ii_o constituit_fw-la etiam_fw-la &_o concessit_fw-la pro_fw-la securitate_fw-la insularium_fw-la quod_fw-la ballivus_fw-la de_fw-la coetero_fw-la per_fw-la visum_fw-la dictorum_fw-la coronatorum_fw-la poterit_fw-la placitare_fw-la absque_fw-la brevi_fw-la de_fw-la nova_fw-la disseisinâ_fw-la factâ_fw-la infrà _fw-la annum_fw-la de_fw-la morte_fw-la antecessorum_fw-la infrà _fw-la annum_fw-la de_fw-fr dote_v similiter_fw-la infrà _fw-la annum_fw-la de_fw-la feodo_fw-la invadiato_fw-it semper_fw-la de_fw-la incumbreio_fw-la maritagii_fw-la etc._n etc._n iii_o two_o debent_fw-la eligi_fw-la de_fw-la indigenis_fw-la insularum_fw-la per_fw-la ministros_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o optimates_fw-la patriae_fw-la scilicet_fw-la post_fw-la mortem_fw-la vnius_fw-la eorum_fw-la alter_fw-la fide_fw-la dignus_fw-la vel_fw-la alio_fw-la casu_fw-la legitimo_fw-la debet_fw-la substitui_fw-la iv._o electi_fw-la debent_fw-la jurare_fw-la sine_fw-la conditione_n ad_fw-la manutenendum_fw-la &_o salvandum_fw-la jura_n domini_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o patriotarum_n v._o ipsi_fw-la duodecim_fw-la in_o quâlibet_fw-la insulâ_fw-la in_fw-la absentiâ_fw-la justiciariorum_fw-la royal._n &_o unà _fw-la cum_fw-la justiciariis_fw-la cum_fw-la ad_fw-la part_n illas_fw-la venerint_fw-la debent_fw-la judicare_fw-la de_fw-la omnibus_fw-la casibus_fw-la in_o dictâ_fw-la insulâ_fw-la qualitercunque_fw-la emergentibus_fw-la exceptis_fw-la casibus_fw-la nimis_fw-la arduis_fw-la &_o siquis_fw-la legitimè_fw-la convictus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la à _fw-la fidelitate_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la tanquà m_fw-la proditor_n recessisse_fw-la vel_fw-la manus_fw-la injecisse_fw-la violentas_fw-la in_o ministros_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la modo_fw-la á¸ebito_fw-la ossicium_fw-la exercendo_fw-la vi_o ipsi_fw-la duodecim_fw-la debent_fw-la emendas_fw-la sive_fw-la amerciamenta_fw-la omnium_fw-la praemissorum_fw-la taxare_fw-la praedictis_fw-la tamen_fw-la arduis_fw-la casibus_fw-la exceptis_fw-la aut_fw-la aliis_fw-la casibus_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la secundùm_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la insularum_fw-la merè_fw-la spectat_fw-la redemptio_fw-la pro_fw-la voluntate_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o curiae_fw-la suae_fw-la vii_o si_fw-mi dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la velit_fw-la certiorari_fw-la de_fw-la recordo_fw-la placiti_fw-la corà m_fw-la justiciariis_fw-la &_o ipsis_fw-la duodecim_fw-la agitati_fw-la justiciarii_fw-la cum_fw-la ipsis_fw-la duodecim_fw-la debent_fw-la recordum_fw-la facere_fw-la &_o de_fw-la placitis_fw-la agitatis_fw-la corà m_fw-la ballivo_fw-la &_o ipsis_fw-la juratis_fw-la in_o dictis_fw-la insulis_fw-la ipsi_fw-la debent_fw-la recordum_fw-la facere_fw-la conjunctim_fw-la viii_o item_n quod_fw-la nullum_fw-la placitum_fw-la infrà _fw-la quamlibet_fw-la dictarum_fw-la insularum_fw-la coram_fw-la quibuscunque_fw-la justiciariis_fw-la inceptum_fw-la debet_fw-la extrà _fw-la dictam_fw-la insulam_fw-la adjornari_fw-la
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