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be_v limit_v and_o restrain_v by_o law_n and_o rule_n of_o right_a as_o be_v large_o set_v down_o in_o the_o mirror_n consistiâ—_n p._n 8._o esâ—ierent_a de_fw-fr eux_fw-fr un_fw-fr roy_fw-fr a_o reigner_n sur_fw-fr eux_fw-fr &_o governor_n le_fw-fr people_n d'dieu_o &_o a_o maintainer_n &_o defendre_fw-fr les_fw-fr person_n &_o les_fw-fr biens_fw-fr en_fw-fr quiet_a per_fw-mi les_fw-fr rule_n d'droit_fw-fr &_o all_o comencement_n ilz_n fieront_fw-fr le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr jurer_n que_fw-fr il_fw-fr mainteindroit_fw-fr la_fw-fr sanct_a foy_fw-fr christian_n ove_fw-la tout_fw-fr son_fw-fr poyar_n &_o sa_o people_n guideroit_fw-fr per_fw-la droit_fw-fr sans_fw-fr regard_n a_fw-fr ascun_fw-fr person_n &_o serroit_fw-fr abbeissant_a a_o suffer_v droit_fw-fr come_v autres_fw-fr de_fw-fr son_fw-fr people_n and_o p._n 9_o in_o case_n the_o king_n do_v wrong_a to_o any_o of_o his_o people_n that_o he_o may_v not_o be_v judge_n and_o party_n too_o convient_fw-la per_fw-la droit_fw-fr que_fw-fr le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr ust_o compaignions_n pur_fw-it oyer_n &_o terminer_n aux_fw-fr parliament_n trestouts_fw-fr les_fw-fr breves_fw-la &_o plaint_n the_o tort_v de_fw-fr le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr roigne_n &_o the_o lour_v infans_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr eux_fw-fr especialment_n de_fw-fr que_fw-fr tort_v leu_fw-fr ne_fw-fr poit_fw-fr aver_v autrement_fw-fr common_a droit_fw-fr and_o for_o this_o purpose_n as_o well_o as_o to_o make_v law_n for_o the_o good_a government_n of_o the_o people_n it_o be_v ordain_v in_o king_n alfred_n time_n for_o a_o perpetual_a usage_n that_o a_o parliament_n shall_v meet_v twice_o a_o year_n at_o london_n and_o often_o if_o need_n be_v as_o you_o have_v it_o p._n 10._o and_o you_o have_v a_o great_a many_o particular_a law_n which_o be_v make_v in_o those_o parliament_n p._n 15._o among_o other_o thing_n it_o be_v ordain_v that_o all_o plaintiff_n shall_v have_v writ_n of_o remedy_n in_o the_o king_n court_n aussi_fw-fr bien_fw-fr sur_fw-fr le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr ou_fw-fr sur_fw-fr la_fw-fr roigne_n come_v sur_fw-fr autre_fw-fr del_fw-it people_n d'_fw-fr chestun_n injury_n forsque_fw-la en_fw-fr vengeance_n d'_fw-fr vie_fw-fr &_o d'_fw-fr member_n ou_fw-fr pleint_a tient_fw-fr lieu_fw-fr sans_fw-fr brief_a and_o in_o the_o last_o place_n to_o avoid_v prolixity_n this_o book_n speak_v of_o the_o abusion_n of_o the_o common_a law_n that_o be_v practice_n which_o be_v fraud_n to_o the_o law_n and_o repugnant_a to_o right_o pag._n 282._o have_v these_o word_n la_o premier_n &_o la_fw-fr sovereign_a abusion_n est_fw-fr que_fw-fr le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr est_fw-fr oustre_fw-fr la_fw-fr ley_fw-fr ou_fw-fr il_fw-fr duist_o estre_fw-fr ceste_fw-fr subject_n sicome_a est_fw-la contenus_fw-la in_o son_n serement_n 2_o abusion_n est_fw-fr que_fw-fr ou_fw-fr les_fw-fr parliament_n se_fw-la duissent_fw-la fair_n pur_fw-mi le_fw-fr salvation_n des_fw-fr alm_n de_fw-fr trespassor_n &_o ceo_fw-la a_o londres_n &_o deux_fw-fr foit_n per_fw-la a_o la_fw-fr 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in_o subjection_n to_o the_o pope_n which_o make_v nothing_o at_o all_o to_o our_o author_n purpose_n but_o very_o much_o against_o it_o if_o he_o do_v not_o stifle_v they_o with_o et_fw-la cetera_fw-la and_o long_a stroke_n for_o the_o truth_n of_o which_o i_o refer_v the_o reader_n to_o those_o statute_n and_o shall_v only_o set_v down_o 25_o h._n 8._o cap._n 21._o for_o i_o be_o not_o at_o leisure_n either_o to_o transcribe_v the_o statute-book_n or_o to_o winnow_v all_o our_o author_n chaff_n he_o say_v pag._n 212._o the_o parliament_n direct_v their_o declaration_n to_o the_o king_n enact_v and_o declare_v that_o this_o your_o grace_n realm_n recognise_v no_o superior_a under_o god_n but_o only_o your_o grace_n have_v be_v and_o be_v free_a from_o subjection_n etc._n etc._n now_o the_o follow_a word_n be_v these_o to_o any_o man_n law_n but_o such_o as_o have_v be_v devise_v make_v and_o ordain_v within_o this_o realm_n for_o the_o wealth_n of_o the_o same_o or_o to_o such_o 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discovery_n who_o be_v resolve_v beforehand_o to_o do_v it_o his_o other_o collection_n be_v p._n 218_o 219._o not_o one_o of_o which_o concern_v the_o present_a question_n no_o not_o that_o wherein_o he_o triumph_v and_o slavish_o brag_v that_o the_o very_a doctrine_n of_o the_o bowstring_n be_v declare_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n it_o be_v better_a the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o bowstring_n be_v about_o his_o neck_n though_o his_o name_n be_v legion_n i_o see_v that_o if_o the_o whole_a nation_n be_v enslave_v we_o have_v some_o of_o the_o brood_n of_o cham_n among_o we_o who_o will_v rejoice_v at_o it_o and_o make_v themselves_o as_o merry_a with_o it_o as_o nero_n be_v at_o the_o flame_n of_o rome_n and_o will_v dance_v after_o his_o harp._n but_o such_o impotent_a malice_n and_o poor-spirited_a insolence_n be_v below_o a_o english-man_n indignation_n and_o therefore_o i_o shall_v calm_o desire_v our_o author_n to_o look_v over_o again_o that_o declaration_n 13_o car._n 2._o cap._n 6._o and_o to_o tell_v i_o in_o which_o clause_n word_n or_o syllable_n of_o it_o he_o find_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o bowstring_n declare_v for_o my_o part_n i_o have_v read_v it_o very_o often_o over_o and_o can_v see_v any_o more_o in_o it_o than_o this_o that_o it_o be_v unlawful_a for_o both_o or_o either_o of_o the_o house_n of_o parliament_n to_o raise_v or_o levy_v any_o war_n offensive_a or_o defensive_a against_o the_o king_n which_o be_v always_o treason_n for_o any_o subject_n to_o do_v but_o be_v ever_o a_o legal_a defence_n against_o unauthorized_a illegal_a violence_n of_o subject_n call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o levy_v war_n against_o the_o king_n show_v i_o that_o in_o any_o authentic_a book_n of_o common-law_n in_o any_o statute_n or_o in_o any_o resolution_n of_o all_o the_o judge_n in_o england_n and_o i_o will_v be_v as_o passive_a as_o any_o man._n before_o i_o go_v any_o further_a i_o must_v not_o forget_v a_o passage_n which_o do_v more_o near_o concern_v i_o p._n 221_o 222._o wherein_o i_o be_o tax_v