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capitaneus_fw-la &_o admirallus_fw-la etc._n etc._n tam_fw-la quinque_fw-la portuum_fw-la quam_fw-la aliorum_fw-la portuum_fw-la &_o locorum_fw-la per_fw-la costram_fw-la maris_fw-la versus_fw-la part_n occidentales_fw-la quamdiu_fw-la etc._n etc._n t._n r._n apud_fw-la eltham_n 3_o aprilis_fw-la walterus_n de_fw-fr manney_n in_o anno_fw-la 11._o ed._n 3._o fuit_fw-la admirallus_fw-la ad_fw-la part_n boreales_fw-la 3._o ut_fw-la constat_fw-la quod_fw-la eodem_fw-la anno_fw-la idem_fw-la walter_n manney_n tam_fw-la nuper_fw-la constitutus_fw-la capitantus_n &_o admirallus_fw-la etc._n etc._n hugonem_fw-la venables_n &_o michaelem_n child_n conjunctim_fw-la &_o divisim_fw-la loco_fw-la svo_fw-la deputavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la rex_fw-la ibi_fw-la confirmavit_fw-la t._n r._n apud_fw-la weston_n 5_o sept._n et_fw-la eodem_fw-la anno_fw-la barthol_n de_fw-mi burghersh_fw-mi fuit_fw-la capitaneus_fw-la &_o admirallus_fw-la ad_fw-la part_n occidentales_fw-la johannes_n normico_fw-la constitutus_fw-la fuit_fw-la capitaneus_fw-la et_fw-la admirallus_fw-la omnium_fw-la portuum_fw-la et_fw-la locorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n versus_fw-la part_n boreales_fw-la 2._o jan._n anno_fw-la 8_o ed._n 3._o et_fw-la rogerus_fw-la de_fw-fr hengham_n constitutus_fw-la fuit_fw-la capitaneus_fw-la et_fw-la admirallus_fw-la 5._o etc._n etc._n tam_fw-la quinque_fw-la portuum_fw-la quam_fw-la aliorum_fw-la portuum_fw-la et_fw-la locorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o the_o same_o king_n reign_n 23._o johannes_n parbroun_n constitutus_fw-la fuit_fw-la capitaneus_fw-la et_fw-la admirallus_fw-la etc._n etc._n versus_fw-la part_n boreales_fw-la per_fw-la ipsum_fw-la regem_fw-la et_fw-la consilium_fw-la 21_o aprilis_fw-la et_fw-la ware_n de_fw-fr valoniis_fw-la versus_fw-la part_n occidentales_fw-la eodem_fw-la die_fw-la and_o these_o be_v those_o admiral_n but_o not_o those_o only_o as_o will_n hereafter_o appear_v to_o who_o office_n and_o power_n the_o patent_n of_o robert_n de_fw-fr herle_n of_o the_o 35_o of_o edward_n the_o three_o relate_v in_o the_o dante_n be_v ei_fw-la plenam_fw-la tenore_fw-la praesentium_fw-la potestatem_fw-la audiendi_fw-la querelas_fw-la omnium_fw-la et_fw-la singulorum_fw-la de_fw-fr hiis_fw-la quae_fw-la officium_fw-la admiralli_n tangunt_fw-la et_fw-la cognoscendi_fw-la in_o causis_fw-la maritimis_fw-la et_fw-la justitiam_fw-la faciendi_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la omne_fw-la alia_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la officium_fw-la admiralli_n pertinent_a faciendi_fw-la etc_n prout_fw-la in_o dictis_fw-la literis_fw-la these_o have_v their_o patent_n from_o the_o same_o king_n 5._o as_o appear_z by_o their_o patent_n themselves_o in_o the_o tower_n roll_n rex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la etc._n etc._n salutem_fw-la sciatis_fw-la quod_fw-la nos_fw-la de_fw-la fidelitate_fw-la probatâ_fw-la et_fw-la circumspectione_n providâ_fw-la dilecti_fw-la et_fw-la fidelis_fw-la nostri_fw-la rogeri_n de_fw-fr hengham_n plenariè_fw-la confidentes_fw-la constituimus_fw-la ipsum_fw-la rogerum_fw-la capitaneum_fw-la et_fw-la admirallum_n etc._n etc._n and_o so_o have_v the_o last_o mention_v 23._o constitute_v in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n rex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la etc._n etc._n salutem_fw-la sciatis_fw-la quod_fw-la nos_fw-la de_fw-la circumspectione_n et_fw-la fidelitate_fw-la dilecti_fw-la nobis_fw-la johannis_n parbroun_n confidentes_fw-la constituimus_fw-la ipsum_fw-la capitaneum_fw-la et_fw-la admirallum_n etc._n etc._n t._n r._n apud_fw-la rocksborough_n 2_o die_v jan._n and_o by_o the_o same_o patent_n they_o have_v potestatem_fw-la castigandi_fw-la puniendi_fw-la etc._n etc._n prout_fw-la justum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la et_fw-la hactenus_fw-la consuevit_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o cujus_fw-la etc._n etc._n t._n r._n apud_fw-la stanford_n 21_o aprilis_n et_fw-la mandatum_fw-la est_fw-la omnibus_fw-la et_fw-la singulis_fw-la etc._n etc._n now_o to_o remove_v the_o first_o opinion_n it_o be_v plain_a hereby_o that_o this_o office_n of_o the_o admiral_n have_v not_o its_o beginning_n in_o edward_n the_o three_o time_n the_o patent_n themselves_o all_o of_o they_o as_o well_o these_o of_o the_o first_o year_n as_o the_o other_o determine_v the_o power_n thereby_o grant_v with_o prout_fw-la justum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la et_fw-la hactenus_fw-la fieri_fw-la consuevit_fw-la so_o that_o it_o plain_o appear_v by_o the_o word_n hactenus_fw-la consuevit_fw-la that_o this_o have_v be_v a_o settle_a office_n before_o the_o grant_n of_o his_o very_a patent_n in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o edward_n the_o three_o nor_o be_v this_o and_o those_o of_o his_o time_n the_o first_o patent_n that_o determine_v the_o admiral_n power_n with_o a_o prout_n justum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la et_fw-la hactenus_fw-la fieri_fw-la consuevit_fw-la for_o in_o the_o 20_o year_n of_o edward_n the_o second_o i_o find_v robertus_fw-la leybourne_n constitutus_fw-la fuit_fw-la admirallus_fw-la versus_fw-la part_n boreales_fw-la 15._o et_fw-la nicholaus_fw-la kyrel_n versus_fw-la part_n occidentales_fw-la anno_fw-la 19_o ed._n 2._o 12._o both_o which_o patent_n conclude_v with_o the_o same_o word_n prout_fw-la justum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la et_fw-la hactenus_fw-la fieri_fw-la consuevit_fw-la in_o the_o 15_o year_n of_o the_o same_o king_n reign_n robertus_fw-la leybourn_n censtitutus_fw-la fuit_fw-la admirallus_fw-la navium_fw-la regis_fw-la super_fw-la mari_fw-fr occidentali_fw-la 2._o et_fw-la robertus_fw-la battalius_n alias_o batallus_n de_fw-la singulis_fw-la portibus_fw-la versus_fw-la austrum_fw-la then_o do_v i_o find_v some_o style_v admiral_n and_o other_o style_v and_o constitute_v by_o other_o title_n as_o john_n athy_n style_v by_o the_o title_n of_o capitaneus_fw-la navigii_fw-la 22._o in_o the_o 10_o year_n of_o edward_n the_o second_o et_fw-fr nich._n kirel_n constitutus_fw-la fuit_fw-la admirallus_fw-la etc._n etc._n versus_fw-la part_n occidentales_fw-la and_o in_o the_o 35th_o year_n of_o edward_n the_o first_o 38._o viz._n symo_n de_fw-fr monte_fw-fr acuto_fw-la assignatus_fw-la fuit_fw-la capitaneus_fw-la et_fw-la gubernator_fw-la flotae_n navium_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o in_o the_o year_n next_o precede_v viz._n 21._o in_o the_o four_o and_o thirty_o year_n of_o edward_n the_o first_o gervasius_n alard_n constitutus_fw-la fuit_fw-la capitaneus_fw-la et_fw-la admirallus_fw-la flotae_n navium_fw-la quinque_fw-la portuum_fw-la et_fw-la aliorum_fw-la portuum_fw-la à _fw-la portu_fw-la dover_n per_fw-la costram_fw-la maris_fw-la versus_fw-la part_n occidentales_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o cornubiam_fw-la atque_fw-la totius_fw-la comitatus_fw-la cornubiae_fw-la and_o edwardus_fw-la charles_n versus_fw-la part_n boreales_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la villam_fw-la de_fw-la berwick_n super_fw-la tweed_n et_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la villae_fw-la johannes_n botetort_n constitutus_fw-la fuit_fw-la custos_fw-la regis_fw-la portuum_fw-la maritimorum_fw-la versus_fw-la part_n boreales_fw-la 9_o willielmus_fw-la leybourne_n constitutus_fw-la capitaneus_fw-la marinariorum_fw-la 18._o etc._n etc._n idem_fw-la constitutus_fw-la fuit_fw-la admirallus_fw-la angliae_fw-la now_o though_o mr._n lambard_n do_v think_v the_o decision_n of_o maritime_a cause_n be_v not_o put_v out_o of_o the_o king_n house_n until_o edward_n the_o three_o time_n 42._o because_o as_o he_o say_v he_o find_v no_o mention_n of_o a_o admiral_n before_o richard_n the_o second_v time_n yet_o do_v it_o plain_o appear_v by_o the_o beforementioned_a patent_n that_o there_o be_v several_a admiral_n even_o up_o unto_o the_o three_o and_o twenty_o year_n of_o edward_n the_o first_o though_o some_o of_o they_o go_v without_o that_o title_n yet_o have_v they_o the_o same_o office_n and_o the_o same_o power_n which_o together_o with_o the_o prout_fw-la hactenus_fw-la consuevit_fw-la wherewith_o the_o before_o mention_v admiral_n patent_n be_v terminate_v and_o conclude_v have_v guide_v i_o further_o backward_o and_o lead_v i_o to_o many_o other_o of_o more_o ancient_a time_n that_o have_v exercise_v that_o office_n under_o divers_a other_o title_n which_o bear_v the_o same_o signification_n though_o not_o the_o same_o appellation_n nor_o do_v these_o former_a title_n in_o my_o judgement_n seem_v to_o carry_v any_o less_o power_n and_o authority_n under_o they_o than_o do_v the_o title_n of_o admiral_n or_o capitaneus_fw-la et_fw-la admirallus_fw-la but_o seem_v rather_o to_o have_v convey_v unto_o the_o admiral_n so_o style_v which_o have_v succeed_v in_o that_o office_n such_o power_n and_o authority_n as_o they_o have_v since_o exercise_v and_o use_v and_o here_o i_o shall_v set_v forth_o the_o party_n that_o former_o bear_v this_o office_n and_o by_o what_o name_n and_o title_n they_o bear_v the_o same_o before_o the_o title_n of_o admiral_n be_v add_v thereunto_o in_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o year_n of_o the_o say_a king_n edward_n the_o first_o his_o reign_n 8._o willielmus_fw-la leybourne_n constitutus_fw-la fuit_fw-la capitaneus_fw-la nautarum_fw-la et_fw-la marinellorum_fw-la quinque_fw-la portuum_fw-la et_fw-la membrorum_fw-la eorundem_fw-la et_fw-la similiter_fw-la jesemuch_n bayon_n hiberniae_fw-la walliae_fw-la et_fw-la omnium_fw-la aliorum_fw-la portuum_fw-la et_fw-la locorum_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la nave_n et_fw-la battalli_n applicant_n infra_fw-la regnum_fw-la et_fw-la potestatem_fw-la regis_fw-la etc_n attest_v by_o the_o king_n at_o westminster_n the_o seven_o of_o june_n in_o the_o 48th_o year_n of_o henry_n the_o three_o tho._n de_fw-fr moleton_n constitutus_fw-la fuit_fw-la custos_fw-la maris_fw-la 3_o portuum_fw-la maritimorum_fw-la et_fw-la maritimarum_fw-la partium_fw-la and_o in_o the_o same_o patent_n the_o baron_n and_o bailiff_n of_o the_o cinque-port_n and_o all_o other_o of_o or_o belong_v unto_o the_o maritime_a part_n be_v command_v to_o
the_o memory_n of_o man_n the_o sole_a rule_n and_o dominion_n of_o these_o sea_n shall_v not_o furnish_v this_o his_o maritimum_fw-la regimen_fw-la &_o dominium_fw-la with_o those_o ancient_a maritime_a law_n before_o speak_v of_o certain_o whosoever_o imagine_v this_o concipit_fw-la istud_fw-la mare_fw-la sine_fw-la navibus_fw-la vel_fw-la nave_n sine_fw-la naucleris_fw-la &_o navarchis_fw-la fluctuantes_fw-la concipit_fw-la istas_fw-la if_o furnish_v with_o law_n then_o consequent_o with_o a_o commander_n admiral_n or_o governor_n for_o the_o dispense_n and_o minister_a of_o justice_n among_o sea-trader_n and_o seafaring-man_n according_a to_o those_o law_n else_o be_v these_o constitute_v and_o appoint_v to_o that_o use_n in_o vain_a but_o i_o may_v here_o rather_o from_o the_o forementioned_a libel_n deduce_v a_o proof_n of_o the_o ancient_a settlement_n of_o maritime_a law_n in_o england_n from_o the_o ancient_a acknowledgement_n of_o a_o admiral_n jurisdiction_n than_o the_o settlement_n of_o a_o admiral_n and_o his_o jurisdiction_n from_o a_o former_a introduction_n of_o the_o maritime_a law_n into_o this_o kingdom_n for_o a_o admiral_n of_o england_n and_o a_o admiral_n jurisdiction_n be_v both_o acknowledge_v by_o all_o the_o therein_o mention_a nation_n to_o have_v be_v from_o that_o time_n which_o be_v anno_o 30_o ed._n primi_fw-la beyond_o the_o memory_n of_o man_n if_o then_o the_o admiral_n have_v so_o ancient_o a_o jurisdiction_n i_o must_v necessary_o infer_v from_o thence_o that_o so_o ancient_o if_o not_o somewhat_o before_o the_o law_n of_o the_o sea_n must_v be_v settle_v for_o his_o rule_n and_o guidance_n for_o they_o do_v not_o say_v there_o be_v a_o admiral_n for_o so_o there_o may_v have_v be_v and_o he_o have_v rule_v by_o arbitrary_a power_n but_o they_o say_v as_o before_o be_v say_v ad_fw-la praefecturam_fw-la admirallorum_fw-la à _fw-la regibus_fw-la angliae_fw-la constitui_fw-la solitorum_fw-la spectaret_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la ex_fw-la imperio_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la excercendam_fw-la and_o in_o their_o petition_n as_o be_v before_o express_v they_o desire_v ut_fw-la à _fw-la custodiâ_fw-la liberati_fw-la qui_fw-la carceri_fw-la traditi_fw-la essent_fw-la reddita_fw-la item_n bona_fw-la nullo_n jure_fw-la capta_fw-la jurisdictionem_fw-la admiralli_n regis_fw-la angliae_fw-la subirent_fw-la now_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jus_o so_o jurisdictio_fw-la be_v juris_fw-la dicendi_fw-la potestas_fw-la and_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d likewise_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lex_fw-la so_o juris_n consultus_fw-la est_fw-la be_v qui_fw-la jus_o consuluit_fw-la sive_fw-la studuit_fw-la and_o so_o juridicus_fw-la quod_fw-la secundùm_fw-la jus_o est_fw-la as_o juridicus_fw-la dies_fw-la quô_o ritè_fw-la jus_o dici_fw-la potest_fw-la and_o juridica_fw-la actio_fw-la quae_fw-la secundùm_fw-la jus_o est_fw-la dicitur_fw-la etiam_fw-la juridicus_fw-la qui_fw-la jus_o dicit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n at_o cui_fw-la jus_o ignotum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ignota_fw-la jurisdicendi_fw-la potestas_fw-la &_o cui_fw-la jus_o non_fw-la est_fw-la jus_o non_fw-la consuluit_fw-la &_o ubi_fw-la jus_o non_fw-la est_fw-la ibi_fw-la jus_o dici_fw-la nequit_fw-la no_o man_n can_v have_v a_o jurisdiction_n or_o power_n of_o declare_v the_o law_n or_o judge_v by_o the_o law_n to_o who_o the_o law_n be_v not_o know_v more_o especial_o where_o there_o be_v no_o know_a law_n to_o declare_v or_o judge_v by_o therefore_o see_v the_o admiral_n by_o common_a consent_n and_o by_o so_o common_a a_o judicial_a acknowledgement_n so_o ancient_o have_v a_o jurisdiction_n necessary_o he_o must_v so_o ancient_o have_v have_v certain_a know_v and_o settle_a law_n to_o declare_v and_o judge_v by_o i_o do_v observe_v likewise_o that_o all_o the_o patent_n grant_v unto_o admiral_n from_o the_o 35th_o of_o edward_n the_o three_o upward_o unto_o the_o 34th_o of_o edward_n the_o first_o do_v conclude_v in_o bind_v they_o to_o the_o execution_n of_o their_o office_n prout_fw-la justum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la &_o fieri_fw-la consuevit_fw-la and_o as_o this_o prout_fw-la fieri_fw-la consuevit_fw-la lead_v i_o to_o the_o more_o ancient_a patent_n wherein_o the_o officer_n bear_v not_o the_o title_n of_o admiral_n and_o teach_v i_o to_o understand_v that_o the_o variation_n of_o the_o title_n do_v not_o differ_v or_o alter_v the_o property_n in_o the_o office_n or_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o officer_n so_o this_o prout_fw-la justum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la show_v i_o as_o well_o as_o the_o jurisdiction_n in_o the_o libel_n before_o speak_v of_o do_v that_o the_o admiral_n have_v then_o and_o prout_fw-la hactenus_fw-la show_v i_o they_o have_v so_o before_o a_o law_n to_o rule_v and_o judge_v by_o for_o though_o a_o private_a man_n which_o be_v vir_fw-la bone_fw-la a_o good_a man_n which_o deal_v upright_o and_o punctual_o with_o all_o man_n be_v usual_o say_v to_o be_v vir_fw-la iustùs_fw-la and_o not_o improper_o when_o we_o speak_v of_o a_o private_a man_n in_o his_o private_a deal_n and_o vir_fw-la probus_fw-la &_o sanctus_fw-la which_o observe_v the_o divine_a law_n be_v very_o proper_o call_v vir_fw-la iustùs_fw-la when_o we_o speak_v or_o discourse_v of_o matter_n of_o religion_n etc._n etc._n but_o if_o we_o speak_v of_o a_o man_n set_v and_o put_v in_o place_n and_o authority_n over_o other_o in_o sea-affair_n we_o say_v he_o be_v vir_fw-la iustùs_fw-la qui_fw-la jus_o observat_fw-la &_o à _fw-la jure_fw-la non_fw-la discedit_fw-la for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v iustùs_fw-la do_v as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v come_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jus_o and_o so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o same_o word_n signify_v legitimè_fw-la jure_fw-la &_o justè_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v jus_o the_o law_n itself_o chap._n vi_o the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o admiralty_n argue_v and_o infer_v from_o the_o defect_n and_o want_n of_o ability_n in_o other_o court_n in_o decide_v of_o maritime_a cause_n in_o those_o ancient_a time_n that_o in_o those_o ancient_a time_n the_o custodes_fw-la marinae_fw-la &_o maritimarum_fw-la partium_fw-la etc._n etc._n to_o who_o care_n and_o trust_v these_o marinae_fw-la and_o maritimae_fw-la part_n the_o sea_n the_o coast_n and_o port_n of_o the_o sea_n be_v commit_v have_v a_o great_a power_n and_o grand_a authority_n over_o all_o those_o maritime_a part_n whereunto_o they_o be_v limit_v and_o over_o all_o ship_n and_o ship_n and_o over_o all_o thing_n thereunto_o belong_v and_o over_o all_o person_n whatsoever_o who_o be_v therein_o concern_v within_o the_o say_a limit_n and_o have_v powet_a and_o authority_n of_o hear_v and_o determine_v of_o all_o difference_n and_o controversy_n which_o do_v or_o may_v arise_v concern_v the_o same_o may_v be_v very_o well_o conclude_v upon_o this_o further_a ground_n that_o no_o other_o court_n in_o those_o day_n presume_v ever_o to_o take_v cognizance_n of_o any_o such_o matter_n or_o affair_n which_o i_o be_o confident_a of_o for_o the_o reason_n ensue_v i_o hope_v no_o man_n will_v say_v that_o maritime_a cause_n be_v try_v in_o the_o healgemote_a now_o call_v the_o court_n baron_fw-fr nor_o in_o the_o hundresmote_a now_o call_v the_o hundred-court_n and_o be_v of_o the_o same_o nature_n with_o the_o county-court_n nor_o yet_o in_o the_o scyedgemote_a now_o call_v the_o arch._n sheriff_n turn_v which_o be_v the_o court_n then_o in_o use_n and_o have_v be_v long_o before_o the_o conquest_n and_o do_v yet_o continue_v and_o never_o do_v nor_o do_v assume_v nay_o not_o so_o much_o as_o challenge_v any_o right_n at_o all_o to_o any_o such_o power_n nor_o do_v the_o king_n court_n of_o exchequer_n which_o be_v the_o first_o court_n be_v settle_v after_o the_o conquest_n ever_o arch._n undertake_v to_o deal_v in_o cause_n of_o that_o nature_n but_o as_o mr._n lambard_n determine_v this_o point_n very_o well_o be_v only_o settle_v and_o appoint_v for_o cause_n concern_v the_o king_n demesne_n and_o receipt_n and_o he_o say_v that_o after_o the_o conqueror_n have_v suppress_v the_o force_n of_o those_o that_o make_v head_n against_o he_o here_o he_o settle_v this_o court_n for_o his_o revenue_n and_o call_v it_o his_o exchequer_n after_o the_o name_n of_o his_o exchequer_n in_o normandy_n but_o say_v he_o it_o differ_v not_o a_o little_a from_o that_o for_o the_o exchequer_n of_o normandy_n have_v not_o only_o the_o government_n of_o the_o revenue_n of_o the_o duke_n there_o but_o be_v also_o the_o sovereign_a court_n for_o the_o administration_n of_o justice_n among_o his_o subject_n until_o lewis_n the_o twelve_o king_n of_o france_n anno_fw-la 1499._o convert_v it_o into_o a_o parliament_n consist_v of_o a_o precedent_n and_o councillor_n and_o establish_v it_o at_o rouen_n in_o normandy_n where_o it_o still_o continue_v but_o say_v he_o this_o exchequer_n in_o england_n have_v only_o the_o
le_fw-fr dit_fw-fr mounseur_fw-fr remeyr_n soit_fw-fr condemn_v &_o distreint_a a_o fair_a due_a satisfaction_n a_o tout_fw-fr les_fw-fr dit_n damage_n seavant_n come_v il_fw-fr purra_n suffire_fw-la &_o en_fw-fr sa_fw-fr defalte_n son_fw-fr dit_fw-fr signior_n le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr de_fw-fr france_n per_fw-la que_fw-fr il_fw-fr estoit_fw-fr deputey_n all_o dit_fw-fr office_n &_o que_fw-fr apres_fw-fr dew_n satisfaction_n faitz_fw-fr as_o dit_n damage_n le_v do_v mounseur_fw-fr reymer_n soit_fw-fr si_fw-fr duement_fw-fr punis_fw-la par_fw-fr le_fw-fr blemissement_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr dite_fw-fr alliance_n que_fw-fr in_o punission_n de_fw-fr luy_fw-fr soit_fw-fr as_o autres_fw-fr example_n par_fw-fr temps_fw-fr a_fw-fr venir_fw-fr item_n in_o alio_fw-la rotulo_n annexo_fw-la item_n a_o la_fw-fr fin_fw-fr que_fw-fr venes_fw-la &_o consideres_fw-la les_fw-fr form_n des_fw-fr process_n &_o les_fw-fr letter_n ordenee_n per_fw-mi les_fw-fr consailler_n le_fw-fr aiel_n nostre_fw-fr signior_n le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr etc._n etc._n especialment_n a_o retinir_fw-fr &_o maintenir_fw-fr la_fw-fr souveraign_n que_fw-fr ses_fw-fr dit_n ancestor_n roys_n d'englitere_fw-la loloyent_n avoir_fw-fr en_fw-fr la_fw-fr dite_fw-fr mire_n d'englitere_fw-mi quant_fw-fr all_o amendment_n declaration_n &_o interpretation_n des_fw-fr loix_fw-fr per_fw-la eux_fw-fr faites_fw-fr a_o governor_n tout_fw-fr maneres_fw-la des_fw-fr gent_n passant_n per_fw-la la_fw-fr dite_fw-fr mire_n et_fw-fr primerement_n a_o son_n admiral_n &_o as_o master_n &_o mariners_z des_fw-fr nief_n de_fw-fr cync_fw-fr port_n d'englitere_fw-la &_o des_fw-fr autres_fw-fr terres_fw-la annex_v a_o la_fw-fr corone_fw-fr d'englitere_fw-la emendant_fw-la asa_fw-la armee_fw-fr en_fw-fr la_fw-fr dite_fw-fr mir_fw-fr pour_fw-fr retinir_fw-fr &_o maintenir_fw-fr la_fw-fr garde_fw-fr des_fw-fr lois_fw-fr avantditz_fw-fr &_o la_fw-fr punission_n de_fw-fr tout_fw-fr faitz_fw-fr all_o encountre_n en_fw-fr la_fw-fr mire_n susdite_n libri_fw-la primi_fw-la finis_fw-la the_o maritime_a dicaeologie_n or_o sea-jurisdiction_n the_o second_o book_n chap._n i._n that_o the_o sea_n jurisdiction_n and_o the_o land_n jurisdiction_n be_v and_o so_o necessary_o must_v be_v two_o different_z and_o distinct_a jurisdiction_n have_v no_o dependence_n each_o upon_o the_o other_o although_o the_o exact_a time_n of_o the_o beginning_n or_o first_o settlement_n of_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o admiralty_n court_n here_o in_o england_n be_v not_o by_o i_o in_o the_o precede_a book_n so_o clear_o set_v forth_o as_o some_o may_v have_v expect_v yet_o be_v some_o foundation_n thereof_o deduce_v from_o such_o height_n of_o antiquity_n as_o that_o i_o can_v but_o hope_v that_o the_o jurisdiction_n itself_o will_v for_o that_o cause_n and_o what_o shall_v be_v show_v in_o this_o ensue_a treatise_n deserve_v a_o continuance_n to_o posterity_n and_o although_o in_o the_o precited_a ancient_a record_n we_o find_v not_o the_o same_o title_n of_o that_o office_n observe_v and_o keep_v yet_o may_v we_o very_o well_o perceive_v the_o same_o office_n to_o have_v be_v preserve_v exercise_v and_o execute_v though_o under_o several_a title_n and_o we_o find_v that_o in_o edward_n the_o first_o be_v time_n as_o plain_o appear_v by_o the_o before_o quote_v lib._n libel_n and_o other_o before_o cite_v record_n the_o same_o be_v exercise_v under_o the_o title_n of_o the_o admiral_n and_o doubtless_o that_o title_n be_v long_o before_o that_o time_n know_v to_o belong_v unto_o the_o chief_a captain_n commander_n or_o keeper_n of_o the_o fleet_n port_n and_o sea_n and_o have_v be_v so_o use_v by_o many_o other_o nation_n in_o europe_n however_o the_o diversity_n of_o name_n neither_o extinguish_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o office_n nor_o do_v so_o much_o as_o make_v any_o distinction_n between_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o person_n so_o diverse_o name_v whilst_o they_o both_o bear_v one_o and_o the_o same_o signification_n but_o here_o 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this_o statute_n be_v so_o far_o from_o limit_v or_o take_v away_o any_o of_o that_o power_n or_o jurisdiction_n he_o have_v before_o upon_o the_o port_n havens_n and_o creek_n of_o the_o sea_n
huntingdon_n admiral_n of_o the_o western_a part_n by_z peter_z draper_n and_o robert_n ancleyn_n of_o sherburne_n merchant_n against_o william_n stillard_n mariner_n in_o a_o cause_n of_o contract_n and_o let_v to_o fraught_v a_o ship_n of_o the_o say_v william_n stillard_n call_v the_o lethenard_n of_o haniel_n to_o sail_v thence_o to_o the_o isle_n of_o ree_n for_o salt_n there_o to_o be_v have_v and_o carry_v or_o bring_v back_o from_o thence_o to_o weymouth_n or_o southampton_n at_o the_o choice_n of_o the_o say_a merchant_n as_o by_o the_o charter-party_n of_o contract_n and_o affreightment_n of_o the_o say_a ship_n indent_v and_o between_o the_o say_a party_n make_v evident_o appear_v and_o this_o action_n there_o sometime_o depend_v and_o be_v proceed_v in_o unto_o sentence_n without_o any_o interruption_n or_o be_v any_o way_n hinder_v by_o any_o manner_n of_o object_v either_o of_o the_o say_v two_o statute_n against_o the_o proceed_n in_o the_o say_a cause_n and_o sentence_n be_v give_v for_o the_o say_v stillard_n from_o which_o the_o say_a draper_n and_o ancleyne_v appeal_v unto_o the_o king_n in_o chancery_n and_o a_o commission_n be_v from_o thence_o by_o the_o lord_n chancellor_n award_v unto_o five_o other_o civilian_n or_o to_o any_o four_o three_o or_o two_o of_o they_o give_v they_o full_a power_n and_o authority_n to_o take_v the_o say_a cause_n of_o appeal_n into_o their_o cognizance_n to_o be_v proceed_v hear_v and_o discuss_v in_o due_a form_n of_o law_n and_o the_o same_o to_o determine_v according_a to_o law_n all_o which_o will_v appear_v by_o the_o commission_n itself_o upon_o record_n in_o the_o tower_n which_o i_o will_v here_o set_v down_o verbatim_o r._n dilectis_fw-la &_o fidelibus_fw-la suis_fw-la johanni_n cobbam_fw-la 27._o magistro_fw-la johanni_n bennet_n magistro_fw-la johanni_n runhale_n magistro_fw-la thomae_fw-la southam_n magistro_fw-la johanni_n combe_n salutem_fw-la sciatis_fw-la cum_fw-la nuper_fw-la notâ_fw-la light_fw-la seu_fw-la controversiâ_fw-la in_o curiâ_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la admiralitatis_fw-la angliae_fw-la in_o partibus_fw-la occidentalibus_fw-la coram_fw-la dilecto_fw-la &_o fideli_fw-la nostro_fw-la nicholas_n cliffton_n tunc_fw-la locum_fw-la tenente_fw-la clarissimi_fw-la fratris_fw-la nostri_fw-la comitis_fw-la huntindon_n admiralli_n nostri_fw-la in_o partibus_fw-la praedictis_fw-la inter_fw-la petrum_fw-la draper_n &_o robertum_fw-la ancleyne_v de_fw-la sherbourn_n mercatores_fw-la partem_fw-la actricem_fw-la ex_fw-la una_fw-la parte_fw-la 〈◊〉_d willielmum_fw-la stillard_n marinarium_n partem_fw-la ream_n ex_fw-la altera_fw-la occasione_n affrectationis_fw-la conductionis_fw-la sive_fw-la locationis_fw-la cujusdam_fw-la navis_fw-la praedicti_fw-la willielmi_n lethenard_n de_fw-fr hainnel_n nuncupat_fw-la ad_fw-la veland_n ad_fw-la part_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr ray_n pro_fw-la sale_n ibidem_fw-la habendum_fw-la &_o predict_v inde_fw-la carcandum_fw-la &_o deinde_fw-la apud_fw-la weymouth_n vel_fw-la southampton_n ad_fw-la electionem_fw-la mercatorum_fw-la reducend_fw-la ut_fw-la occasione_n conventionum_fw-la &_o contractuum_fw-la affrectationem_fw-la conductionem_fw-la navis_fw-la praedictae_fw-la concernen_fw-ge de_fw-fr quibus_fw-la per_fw-la chartas_fw-la indictatas_fw-la inter_fw-la personas_fw-la suprascriptas_fw-la evidenter_fw-la apparet_fw-la aliquandiae_fw-la vertebatur_fw-la praedictus_fw-la locum_fw-la tenens_fw-la perperam_fw-la in_o causa_fw-la praedicta_fw-la procedens_fw-la &_o parti_fw-la williemi_fw-it plus_fw-la debito_fw-la favens_fw-la sententiam_fw-la contra_fw-la eos_fw-la petrum_fw-la &_o robertum_fw-la pro_fw-la parte_fw-la dicti_fw-la willielmi_n tulit_fw-la diffinitivam_fw-la iniquam_fw-la invalidam_n sive_fw-la nullam_fw-la ad_fw-la instantiam_fw-la ad_fw-la procurationem_fw-la dicti_fw-la willielmi_n subdolas_fw-la &_o injustas_fw-la minus_fw-la justè_fw-la ut_fw-la asseritur_fw-la in_o ipsorum_fw-la petri_n &_o roberti_n praejudicium_fw-la non_fw-la modicum_fw-la &_o gravamen_fw-la a_o qua_fw-la quidem_fw-la sententia_fw-la diffinitiva_fw-la &_o caeteris_fw-la gravaminibus_fw-la praetensis_fw-la fuisset_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la per_fw-la praedictum_fw-la petrum_fw-la no'ie_fw-la svo_fw-la &_o procuratorio_fw-la no'ie_fw-la dicti_fw-la roberti_n ad_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o nostram_fw-la audientiam_fw-la legitimè_fw-la ut_fw-la praetenditur_fw-la appellatum_fw-la quam_fw-la quidem_fw-la appellationem_fw-la idem_fw-la petrus_n intendit_fw-la ut_fw-la asserit_fw-la pro_fw-la se_fw-la &_o dicto_fw-la roberto_n prosequi_fw-la cum_fw-la effectu_fw-la ac_fw-la nobis_fw-la supplicavit_n ut_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o praefato_fw-la roberto_n super_fw-la appellationem_fw-la praedictam_fw-la certos_fw-la judices_fw-la dare_v seu_fw-la assignare_fw-la dignaremur_fw-la nos_fw-la supplicatione_n hujusmodi_fw-la tanquam_fw-la juri_fw-la consona_fw-la annuentes_fw-la vobis_fw-la quatuor_fw-la tribus_fw-la vel_fw-la duobus_fw-la vestrum_fw-la in_o solid_a de_fw-fr quorum_fw-la fidelitate_fw-la &_o industria_fw-la fiduciam_fw-la gerimus_fw-la specialem_fw-la committimus_fw-la vice_n nostras_fw-la ac_fw-la plenam_fw-la tenore_fw-la praesentium_fw-la potestatem_fw-la ac_fw-la mandatum_fw-la speciale_a ad_fw-la audiendum_fw-la cognoscendum_fw-la &_o procedendum_fw-la in_o causa_fw-la seu_fw-la causis_fw-la appellationis_fw-la huius_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la in_o causa_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la principali_fw-la prout_fw-la dictaverit_fw-la ordo_fw-la juris_fw-la ipsam_fw-la &_o ipsas_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la emergentibus_fw-la incidentibus_fw-la &_o connexis_fw-la quibuscunque_fw-la secundum_fw-la juris_fw-la exigentiam_fw-la discutiend_n &_o sine_fw-la debito_fw-la terminand_n &_o ideo_fw-la vobis_fw-la &_o cuilibet_fw-la vestrum_fw-la mandamus_fw-la quod_fw-la vocetis_fw-la coram_fw-la vobis_fw-la quatuor_fw-la tribus_fw-la vel_fw-la duobus_fw-la vestrum_fw-la partibus_fw-la praedictis_fw-la ac_fw-la aliis_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la quos_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la fore_fw-la viderit_fw-la evocand_a auditisque_fw-la in_o dicta_fw-la appellationis_fw-la caâ_fw-la unâ_fw-la cum_fw-la principal_a eorum_fw-la rationibus_fw-la &_o allegationibus_fw-la circa_fw-la praemissa_fw-la diligenter_fw-la intendatis_fw-la &_o as_o faciatis_fw-la &_o exequamini_fw-la in_o forma_fw-la praedicta_fw-la damus_fw-la autem_fw-la praefato_fw-la admirallo_fw-la nostro_fw-la ac_fw-la ejus_fw-la locum_fw-la tenenti_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la universis_fw-la &_o singulis_fw-la officiariis_fw-la ministris_fw-la ligeis_n subditis_fw-la ac_fw-la aliis_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la quorum_fw-la interest_n tenore_fw-la praesentium_fw-la firmiter_fw-la in_o mandatis_fw-la quod_fw-la vobis_fw-la quatuor_fw-la tribus_fw-la &_o duobus_fw-la vestrum_fw-la in_o forma_fw-la dicti_fw-la mandati_fw-la nostri_fw-la prout_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsos_fw-la pertinet_fw-la intendentes_fw-la sint_fw-la &_o respondentes_fw-la consulentes_fw-la &_o auxiliantes_fw-la &_o vestris_fw-la mandatis_fw-la obedientes_fw-la prout_fw-la decet_fw-la in_o cujus_fw-la etc._n etc._n 4._o apud_fw-la westm_n 3._o augusti_fw-la and_o in_o the_o 17_o year_n of_o the_o samâ—_n king_n reign_n john_n coppin_n matiner_n and_o owner_n of_o the_o ship_n the_o gabriel_n of_o sancta_fw-la osicha_n of_o burdugall_n sue_v william_n snoke_n and_o thomas_n saxtingham_n merchant_n for_o freight_n of_o that_o ship_n first_o at_o the_o common_a law_n where_o the_o action_n lie_v not_o and_o so_o fail_v and_o then_o in_o the_o admiralty_n but_o before_o sentence_v appeal_v to_o the_o high_a constable_n court_n where_o his_o appeal_n lie_v not_o and_o be_v therefore_o from_o thence_o dismiss_v and_o condemn_v in_o expense_n who_o then_o appeal_v to_o the_o king_n in_o chancery_n and_o have_v a_o commission_n from_o thence_o direct_v unto_o richard_n stury_n knight_n mr._n john_n bennet_n official_a of_o the_o court_n of_o canterbury_n and_o mr._n michael_n sergeaux_n dean_n of_o the_o arch_n london_n to_o hear_v and_o discuss_v the_o say_a cause_n in_o due_a form_n of_o law_n and_o to_o determine_v the_o same_o according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n they_o be_v all_o three_o civilian_n all_o which_o likewise_o appear_v by_o the_o commission_n itself_o upon_o record_n in_o the_o tower_n which_o follow_v in_o these_o word_n rex_fw-la 7._o dilectis_fw-la &_o fidelibus_fw-la suis_fw-la richardo_n stury_n militi_fw-la magistro_fw-la johanni_n bennet_n officiali_fw-la curiae_fw-la cant._n &_o magistro_fw-la michaeli_n sergeaux_fw-fr decano_fw-la de_fw-fr archubus_fw-la london_n salutem_fw-la sciatis_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la willielmus_fw-la snoke_n &_o thomas_n saxtingham_n mercatores_fw-la quandam_fw-la navem_fw-la vocatam_fw-la le_fw-fr gabriel_n de_fw-fr sancta_fw-la ossica_n apud_fw-la burdegal_n in_o quodam_fw-la loco_fw-la vocato_fw-la le_fw-fr umbier_n cum_fw-la decem_fw-la &_o septem_fw-la doliis_fw-la &_o una_fw-la pipa_fw-la vini_fw-la caricassent_v &_o cum_fw-la quodam_fw-la johanne_n coppin_n marinario_fw-la de_fw-la comitatu_fw-la essex_n magistro_fw-la navis_fw-la praedictae_fw-la conventionassent_v quod_fw-la ipsa_fw-la vina_fw-la praedicta_fw-la usque_fw-la gadenasse_n in_fw-la partibus_fw-la essex_n '_o salvo_fw-la duceret_fw-la solvendo_fw-la sibi_fw-la pro_fw-la quolibet_fw-la dolio_fw-la viginti_fw-la solidos_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la una_fw-la pipa_fw-la decem_fw-la solidos_fw-la ut_fw-la accepimus_fw-la &_o licet_fw-la idem_fw-la johannes_n conventionem_fw-la svam_fw-la bene_fw-la &_o fideliter_fw-la compleverit_fw-la praedicti_fw-la tamen_fw-la willielmus_fw-la &_o thomas_n in_o hâc_fw-la parte_fw-la debitè_fw-fr requisiti_fw-la praefato_fw-la johanni_n in_o part_n vel_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la juxta_fw-la conventionem_fw-la svam_fw-la praedictam_fw-la satisfacere_fw-la non_fw-la curarunt_fw-la prout_fw-la idem_fw-la johannes_n conqueritur_fw-la super_fw-la quo_fw-la idem_fw-la asserens_fw-la se_fw-la versus_fw-la praedictos_fw-la willielmum_fw-la &_o thomam_fw-la tam_fw-la per_fw-la communem_fw-la legem_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la angliae_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la admiralli_n nostri_fw-la versus_fw-la part_n boreales_fw-la diu_fw-la secutum_fw-la