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preserve_v they_o to_o the_o king_n and_o to_o his_o heir_n and_o successor_n and_o he_o and_o they_o to_o defend_v to_o the_o utmost_a of_o our_o power_n against_o all_o conspiracy_n and_o attempt_n whatsoever_o which_o shall_v be_v make_v against_o his_o or_o their_o person_n their_o crown_n or_o dignity_n suppose_v then_o there_o be_v a_o attempt_n make_v to_o deprive_v the_o heir_n apparent_a of_o the_o right_n of_o succession_n there_o be_v a_o obligation_n on_o the_o subject_n not_o only_o to_o disclose_v and_o make_v it_o know_v to_o such_o heir_n and_o successor_n but_o he_o and_o they_o to_o defend_v to_o the_o utmost_a of_o our_o power_n to_o this_o purpose_n bishop_n taylor_n say_v second_o vol._n p._n 137._o where_o the_o right_a of_o succession_n be_v in_o a_o family_n by_o law_n or_o time_n immemorial_n no_o prince_n can_v prejudice_v his_o heir_n or_o the_o people_n commit_v to_o he_o for_o it_o can_v without_o consent_v be_v alienate_v because_o person_n can_v be_v dispose_v of_o as_o slave_n or_o beast_n so_o that_o in_o this_o and_o some_o other_o case_n the_o king_n lose_v his_o authority_n and_o then_o the_o force_n of_o the_o obligation_n cease_v also_o and_o how_o good_a a_o opinion_n the_o ancient_a clergy_n and_o other_o have_v of_o the_o peer_n and_o people_n that_o fight_v in_o defence_n of_o the_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la and_o against_o the_o usurpation_n of_o the_o pope_n may_v appear_v by_o the_o writer_n of_o that_o and_o the_o succeed_a age_n concern_v simon_n montfort_n the_o chronicle_n of_o meilrois_n late_o print_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o oxford_n p._n 231._o say_v occubuit_fw-la cum_fw-la multis_fw-la ex_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la anglicis_fw-la qui_fw-la venerant_fw-la ad_fw-la bellum_fw-la ut_fw-la certarent_fw-la pro_fw-la justitiâ_fw-la angliae_fw-la cujus_fw-la post_fw-la modum_fw-la justitiae_fw-la infallibile_fw-la signum_fw-la fuit_fw-la crebra_fw-la miraculorum_fw-la exhibiti_fw-la diminutus_fw-la exhibita_fw-la circa_fw-la hugonem_fw-la summum_fw-la angliae_fw-la dispensatorem_fw-la &_o simonem_fw-la de_fw-la montfort_n qui_fw-la occubuerunt_fw-la pro_fw-la justitia_fw-la decertentes_fw-la &_o idio_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la eorum_fw-la meruerunt_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la miraculorum_fw-la exhibitionem_fw-la of_o which_o miracle_n they_o give_v divers_a instance_n and_o long_o after_o these_o writer_n which_o live_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o baron_n war_n polidore_n virgil_n who_o live_v in_o the_o day_n of_o henry_n viii_o give_v this_o testimony_n to_o simon_n de_fw-fr montfort_n p._n 317._o of_o the_o basil_n edition_n inhaesit_fw-la hominum_fw-la mentibus_fw-la constans_fw-la opinio_fw-la hunc_fw-la simonem_fw-la de_fw-fr montfort_n qui_fw-la ob_fw-la patriam_fw-la &_o jus_o jurandum_fw-la for_o it_o seem_v they_o be_v under_o the_o like_a oath_n vitam_fw-la amisissent_fw-la interiisse_fw-la martyrem_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la &_o vita_fw-la sanctitas_fw-la non_fw-la patitur_fw-la negandum_fw-la jam_fw-la tum_fw-la fueri_fw-la qui_fw-la ejus_fw-la memoriam_fw-la ut_fw-la dici_fw-la cujuspiam_fw-la colere_fw-la ceperunt_fw-la compluresque_fw-la id_fw-la fecissent_fw-la cvi_fw-la regis_fw-la iram_fw-la non_fw-la perti_fw-la muissent_fw-la for_o if_o the_o prince_n do_v evident_o violate_v not_o only_o the_o coronation-oath_n but_o act_v contrary_a to_o the_o tenor_n of_o the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n and_o allegiance_n and_o actual_o subject_v the_o people_n to_o that_o jurisdiction_n and_o usurpation_n against_o which_o they_o be_v swear_v what_o be_v the_o extent_n of_o that_o clause_n in_o the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n viz._n to_o our_o power_n to_o assist_v and_o defend_v all_o jurisdiction_n privilege_n and_o authority_n grant_v or_o belon_v to_o the_o king_n highness_n &_o c_o doubtless_o they_o that_o grant_v they_o and_o by_o oath_n be_v bind_v to_o assist_v and_o defend_v they_o be_v grant_v may_v oppose_v such_o as_o attempt_v the_o destruction_n of_o they_o when_o not_o only_o the_o king_n prerogative_n but_o the_o people_n religion_n their_o law_n and_o liberty_n be_v assault_v and_o in_o a_o way_n to_o be_v utter_o ruin_v and_o treason_n may_v be_v commit_v against_o the_o government_n as_o well_o as_o against_o the_o king_n and_o also_o the_o king_n be_v elder_a son._n it_o be_v well_o know_v how_o resolute_o our_o ancestor_n in_o the_o dark_a time_n of_o popery_n be_v themselves_o papist_n do_v defend_v the_o nation_n against_o the_o encroachment_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n when_o their_o king_n will_v have_v part_v with_o this_o right_n which_o they_o affirm_v he_o neither_o can_v nor_o shall_v do_v and_o in_o defence_n of_o they_o they_o be_v prodigal_a of_o their_o life_n query_n whether_o these_o premise_n be_v undeniable_a the_o subject_n that_o according_a to_o their_o oath_n do_v timely_a endeavour_n the_o case_n be_v otherwise_o desperate_a to_o vindicate_v as_o well_o the_o right_n of_o the_o crown_n to_o the_o king_n his_o heir_n and_o successor_n as_o their_o own_o religion_n and_o liberty_n do_v not_o act_v according_a to_o their_o oath_n and_o duty_n not_o by_o resist_v their_o prince_n but_o by_o defend_v the_o succession_n and_o themselves_o against_o such_o instrument_n as_o act_v contrary_a to_o the_o tenor_n of_o those_o oath_n if_o judge_n jury_n etc._n etc._n have_v perform_v in_o their_o several_a place_n as_o the_o law_n and_o their_o oath_n oblige_v they_o the_o king_n may_v have_v keep_v his_o throne_n we_o have_v a_o maxim_n in_o law_n that_o the_o king_n can_v do_v no_o wrong_n because_o he_o be_v suppose_v to_o do_v all_o thing_n by_o his_o minister_n and_o they_o to_o act_v all_o according_a to_o the_o law_n but_o when_o a_o king_n shall_v choose_v such_o minister_n as_o will_v act_v against_o the_o law_n and_o defend_v they_o therein_o there_o can_v be_v a_o great_a wrong_n do_v to_o the_o subject_a 5._o in_o answer_n to_o your_o five_o query_n which_o concern_v the_o mutual_a obligation_n between_o the_o prince_n and_o the_o people_n by_o virtue_n of_o these_o oath_n and_o the_o declaration_n hereafter_o mention_v it_o be_v to_o be_v consider_v as_o bishop_n sanderson_n say_v in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o engagement_n p._n 90._o that_o allegiance_n be_v such_o a_o duty_n as_o every_o subject_a under_o what_o form_n of_o government_n soever_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n owe_v to_o his_o country_n primary_o and_o consequent_o to_o the_o sovereign_a power_n by_o which_o that_o commonwealth_n be_v govern_v who_o be_v caput_fw-la communitatis_fw-la as_o be_v necessary_a for_o the_o preservation_n of_o the_o whole_a body_n and_o speak_v of_o the_o obligation_n of_o law_n which_o will_v hold_v also_o in_o the_o case_n of_o oath_n that_o if_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o lawgiver_n shall_v be_v understand_v precise_o of_o that_o particular_a actual_a and_o immediate_a intention_n of_o the_o lawgiver_n in_o make_v a_o particular_a law_n it_o will_v not_o 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manifest_o attend_v with_o more_o inconvenience_n and_o sad_a consequent_n to_o the_o observer_n than_o all_o the_o imaginable_a good_a that_o can_v redound_v to_o the_o public_a thereby_o can_v in_o any_o reasonable_a measure_n countervail_v in_o such_o case_n the_o law_n oblige_v not_o but_o according_a to_o the_o late_a and_o more_o general_a intention_n only_o even_o as_o in_o the_o operation_n of_o nature_n particular_a agent_n do_v move_v ordinary_o according_a to_o the_o proper_a and_o particular_a inclination_n yet_o upon_o some_o occasion_n and_o to_o serve_v the_o end_n and_o intention_n of_o universal_a nature_n for_o the_o avoid_n of_o something_o which_o nature_n abhor_v they_o be_v sometime_o carry_v with_o motion_n quite_o contrary_a to_o their_o particular_a nature_n as_o the_o air_n to_o descend_v and_o the_o water_n to_o ascend_v for_o the_o avoid_n of_o vacuity_n concern_v the_o coronation-oath_n i_o shall_v add_v here_o what_o bishop_n taylor_n l._n 3._o p._n 144._o 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〈◊〉_d authority_n to_o they_o to_o who_o obedience_n be_v to_o be_v yield_v for_o conscience-sake_n as_o our_o saviour_n also_o command_v to_o give_v unto_o caesar_n the_o thing_n that_o be_v caesar_n caesar_n s._n on_o which_o occasion_n also_o he_o mention_v that_o statute_n of_o henry_n vii_o which_o indemnifi_v those_o subject_n which_o act_v under_o the_o king_n in_o be_v and_o he_o add_v a_o sentence_n from_o nicetas_n choniates_n nec_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la qui_fw-la absit_fw-la quaerendum_fw-la nec_fw-la qui_fw-la adsit_fw-la pellendum_fw-la esse_fw-la so_o that_o i_o think_v the_o case_n in_o the_o 22_o of_o matth._n and_o rom._n 13._o may_v satisfy_v conscience_n as_o to_o our_o present_a case_n for_o if_o those_o caesar_n who_o be_v then_o in_o possession_n be_v to_o be_v obey_v for_o conscience-sake_n even_o then_o when_o the_o right_o do_v belong_v to_o the_o senate_n than_o we_o may_v also_o obey_v the_o king_n now_o in_o be_v though_o there_o be_v another_o to_o who_o 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