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terminus_n to_o be_v so_o fix_v on_o the_o capitoline-hill_n as_o neither_o mattock_n nor_o spade_n nor_o all_o the_o power_n of_o man_n or_o of_o other_o god_n can_v remove_v he_o from_o the_o place_n he_o stand_v in_o and_o thus_o i_o end_v finis_fw-la finis_fw-la deinde_fw-la constituit_fw-la guilielmus_fw-la conquaestor_fw-la ut_fw-la quater_fw-la quotannis_fw-la etc._n etc._n lib._n 9_o p._n 154._o l._n 16._o etc._n etc._n definition_n definition_n see_v sect._n 5._o cap._n 6._o greek_n greek_n every_o month_n have_v about_o 6._o more_o or_o less_o of_o they_o so_o call_v because_o on_o they_o the_o prytanaean_a magistrate_n may_v hold_v court_n court_n so_o call_v from_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o their_o business_n be_v to_o sit_v only_o on_o thing_n inanimate_a as_o when_o a_o piece_n of_o stone_n timber_n or_o iron_n etc._n etc._n fall_v on_o a_o man_n if_o the_o party_n that_o fling_v it_o be_v not_o know_v sentence_n be_v pass_v on_o that_o thing_n which_o slay_v he_o and_o the_o master_n of_o this_o court_n be_v to_o see_v that_o thing_n cast_v out_o of_o the_o territory_n of_o athens_n see_v the_o attic_a antiq._n l._n 3._o chap._n 3._o sect._n 4._o 4._o the_o month_n february_n or_o as_o other_o will_v have_v it_o march_v when_o sacrifice_n be_v most_o usual_o offer_v to_o the_o goddess_n diana_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ab_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cognomen_fw-la dianae_n quod_fw-la est_fw-la jaculis_fw-la cervos_fw-la figens_fw-la roman_n roman_n lib._n de_fw-fr moribus_fw-la germ._n cap._n 40._o 40._o de_fw-fr bello_fw-la gallico_n lib._n â—_o â—_o de_fw-fr rep._n angl._n lib._n 3._o 3._o lib._n 3._o 3._o caus._n 15._o quaest_n 4._o c._n 1._o 1._o lib._n 6._o cap._n 245._o à _fw-la benedict_n levitâ—_n levitâ—_n bin._n tom._n 3._o part._n 1._o sect._n 2._o circa_n annum_fw-la christi_fw-la 845._o 845._o council_n tom._n 3._o part_n 2._o pag._n 142._o in_o istius_fw-la council_n cap._n 2._o 2._o decret_n cau._n 15._o quaest_n 4._o c_o 1._o 1._o al._n septuagessimâ_fw-la septuagessimâ_fw-la cau._n 22._o â—_o 5._o ca_o 17._o 17._o cau._n 15._o q._n 4._o c._n 1._o legum_n cap._n 3._o 3._o legum_n alured_n cap._n 39_o vide_fw-la foedus_fw-la eavardi_fw-la &_o guâ—â—urni_fw-la regum_fw-la cap._n 9_o 9_o see_v the_o aforesaid_a 39_o chapter_n of_o the_o law_n of_o k._n alured_n the_o synod_n of_o eanham_n eanham_n it_o be_v hold_v between_o the_o year_n 1006._o and_o 1013._o see_v the_o author_n conc._n britan._n tom._n â—_o pag._n 510._o 510._o the_o word_n synod_n here_o signify_v more_o than_o council_n not_o as_o it_o be_v usual_o restrain_v to_o that_o of_o the_o clergy_n only_o only_o council_n eanham_n can._n 15._o 15._o council_n eanham_n can._n 15._o 15._o council_n eanham_n can._n 15._o 15._o can_v 16._o 16._o can._n 17._o 17._o can._n 18._o canuti_n leg_n cap._n 17._o 17._o mat._n 9_o 15._o mark_n 2._o 19_o 19_o leges_fw-la ed._n conf._n c._n 9_o 9_o sect._n 2._o 2._o in_o hen._n â—_o pag._n 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conventus_fw-la be_v a_o court_n of_o free_a holder_n within_o the_o forest._n see_v 3_o hen._n 8._o c._n 18._o 18._o lib._n 2._o cap._n 21._o 21._o before_o the_o abbreviation_n by_o 16._o cat._n 1._o cap._n 6._o 6._o dial._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 3._o 3._o utas_fw-la i._n e._n octava_fw-la the_o eight_o day_n after_o any_o term_n or_o feast_n feast_n anno_fw-la 1614_o in_o which_o year_n this_o tract_n be_v write_v write_v exod._n 18._o 14._o 14._o hist._n lib._n 6._o 1._o 1._o cap._n 10._o 13._o 13._o tit._n tit._n lib._n cau._n cau._n archaed_n verb._n come_v cap._n 1._o 15._o 15._o et_fw-la alia_fw-la cap._n car._n 6._o 4._o 4._o 13_o ed._n 1._o cap._n 30._o 30._o an._n 5._o &_o 6._o edu._n 6._o cap._n 3._o 3._o leu._n 23._o 21_o 25._o 25._o ex._n 20._o 10_o 11._o leu._n 23._o 3._o 3._o tabien_fw-fr feriae_fw-la sect._n 10._o why_o on_o some_o festival_n and_o not_o on_o other_o the_o difference_n of_o festival_n festival_n vide_fw-la duraudi_fw-la lib._n 7._o c._n 1._o n_o 31._o 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parliament_n be_v hold_v there_o so_o coke_n institut_n part_n 2._o fol._n 123._o 123._o coke_n ut_fw-la suprà _fw-la fol._n 149._o have_v it_o thus_o sed_fw-la si_fw-la warrantus_fw-la ille_fw-la fuerit_fw-la infra_fw-la comitatum_fw-la tunc_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n anno._n 51._o hen._n 3._o alter_v by_o the_o statute_n of_o 32._o hen._n 8._o cap._n 21._o 21._o anno_fw-la 21._o hen._n 3._o 3._o lib._n the_o morib_n ger._n manorum_fw-la cap._n 11._o 11._o senecs_n philosoph_n de_fw-fr morte_fw-la cl._n caesaris_fw-la caesaris_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &c._n &c._n herodiani_n hist._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 48._o 48._o these_o law_n be_v make_v by_o hoel_n dha_n king_n of_o wales_n about_o the_o year_n 940._o and_o since_o the_o write_n of_o this_o tract_n have_v be_v publish_v to_o the_o world_n by_o our_o author_n himself_o in_o the_o first_o tome_n of_o his_o concilia_fw-la britannica_fw-la pag._n 408._o
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