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more_o especial_o because_o thereby_o all_o interregna_fw-la king_n de_fw-fr facto_fw-la wicked_a and_o injurious_a usurper_n be_v exclude_v and_o the_o body_n natural_a and_o politic_a of_o our_o lawful_a king_n be_v so_o conjoin_v and_o close_v together_o that_o i_o hope_v in_o god_n for_o the_o future_a it_o shall_v not_o lie_v in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o people_n by_o rise_v in_o rebellion_n against_o their_o rightful_a sovereign_a lord_n to_o make_v any_o separation_n of_o the_o sovereignty_n from_o the_o person_n of_o our_o lord_n the_o king_n or_o to_o abstract_n the_o person_n of_o our_o king_n from_o his_o office_n to_o the_o ruin_n alteration_n or_o subvertion_n again_o of_o his_o majesty_n realm_n and_o dominion_n and_o i_o have_v mention_v the_o former_a clause_n to_o give_v you_o to_o understand_v what_o care_n have_v be_v make_v for_o the_o security_n and_o preservation_n of_o his_o majesty_n royal_a person_n and_o government_n ask_v it_o be_v free_v and_o secure_v thereby_o from_o all_o restraint_n bodily_a harm_n or_o violence_n whatsoever_o by_o wicked_a word_n or_o deed_n chap._n xvi_o show_v that_o all_o unlawful_a assembly_n or_o meeting_n for_o the_o plot_v of_o harm_n to_o the_o king_n or_o the_o alteration_n of_o the_o government_n be_v unlawful_a and_o further_o show_v what_o misprision_n of_o treason_n be_v and_o that_o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o every_o good_a subject_n present_o to_o discover_v treason_n now_o we_o be_v to_o know_v how_o that_o we_o be_v forbid_v also_o by_o sundry_a law_n in_o force_n to_o congregate_v and_o associate_v ourselves_o to_o unlawful_a assembly_n or_o meeting_n in_o coffeehouse_n or_o elsewhere_o where_o any_o discontent_a seduce_v wicked_a person_n shall_v assemble_v themselves_o together_o to_o plot_n or_o contrive_v bodily_a harm_n to_o the_o king_n or_o the_o alteration_n of_o the_o government_n if_o it_o shall_v be_v the_o hard_a mishap_n of_o any_o loyal_a and_o well_o affect_a christian_a person_n to_o chance_v to_o be_v in_o such_o evil_a company_n let_v he_o learn_v of_o mordecai_n the_o jew_n his_o duty_n therein_o as_o we_o may_v see_v in_o the_o second_o chap._n of_o the_o book_n of_o esther_n the_o 21_o 22_o 23._o verse_n while_o mordecai_n sit_v in_o the_o king_n gate_n two_o of_o the_o king_n chamberlain_n bigthana_n and_o teresh_a of_o those_o which_o keep_v the_o door_n be_v wroth_a and_o seek_v to_o lay_v hand_n on_o the_o king_n ahasuerus_n and_o the_o thing_n be_v know_v to_o mordecai_n who_o tell_v it_o unto_o esther_n the_o queen_n and_o esther_n certify_v the_o king_n thereof_o in_o mordecai_n name_n and_o when_o inquisition_n be_v make_v of_o the_o matter_n it_o be_v find_v out_o therefore_o they_o be_v both_o hang_v on_o a_o tree_n and_o it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o chronicle_n before_o the_o king_n and_o ahasuerus_n afterward_o read_v in_o the_o chronicle_n of_o the_o good_a service_n do_v by_o mordechai_n take_v care_n for_o his_o reward_n as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o six_o chap._n of_o the_o say_a book_n of_o esther_n and_o we_o may_v see_v in_o stanf._n 37._o b._n when_o one_o know_v that_o another_o have_v do_v treason_n or_o felony_n and_o he_o will_v not_o he_o discover_v to_o the_o king_n or_o his_o counsel_n or_o to_o some_o magistrate_n but_o conceal_v his_o offence_n that_o be_v misprision_n which_o offence_n bracton_n place_v among_o the_o offence_n of_o treason_n because_o he_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o concealment_n beyond_o a_o certain_a time_n shall_v make_v it_o amount_v rather_o to_o treason_n than_o to_o misprision_n for_o that_o purpose_n he_o say_v statim_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la aliquo_fw-la intervallo_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o present_o and_o without_o any_o stop_n pause_n or_o give_v over_o for_o a_o time_n he_o ought_v to_o go_v to_o the_o king_n himself_o if_o he_o may_v or_o otherwise_o to_o some_o of_o his_o
illustrious_a prince_n james_n duke_n of_o york_n now_o our_o sovereign_a lord_n king_n james_z the_o second_o p._n 31._o chap._n xi_o show_v that_o ignorance_n of_o the_o law_n will_v excuse_v none_o and_o that_o therefore_o all_o dissenter_n to_o the_o government_n in_o church_n and_o state_n be_v advise_v to_o conformity_n p._n 36._o chap._n xii_o show_v that_o all_o subject_n owe_v true_a ligeance_n to_o their_o sovereign_n though_o they_o never_o be_v or_o ever_o shall_v be_v swear_v to_o the_o same_o and_o be_v show_v the_o diversity_n between_o enemy_n and_o rebel_n than_o all_o be_v advise_v from_o rebellion_n and_o be_v show_v that_o the_o king_n have_v no_o peer_n and_o therefore_o can_v be_v judge_v by_o his_o subject_n for_o his_o action_n p._n 38._o chap._n xiii_o show_n that_o no_o action_n lie_v against_o the_o king_n but_o in_o place_n thereof_o petition_n must_v be_v make_v unto_o he_o and_o that_o due_a circumstance_n observe_v the_o subject_n shall_v have_v his_o remedy_n against_o the_o king_n by_o way_n of_o petition_n as_o ready_o as_o one_o subject_n may_v recover_v against_o another_o subject_n by_o way_n of_o action_n in_o any_o of_o the_o king_n court_n for_o that_o all_o his_o majesty_n subordinate_a officer_n be_v swear_v to_o do_v justice_n between_o the_o king_n and_o his_o subject_n which_o if_o they_o do_v not_o they_o be_v answerable_a for_o the_o injury_n not_o the_o king_n p._n 41._o chap._n fourteen_o show_v what_o inconvenience_n happen_v in_o the_o realm_n of_o france_n through_o regal_a government_n alone_o with_o the_o commodity_n that_o proceed_v of_o the_o joint_a government_n politic_a and_o regal_a in_o the_o realm_n of_o england_n and_o all_o the_o community_n be_v herein_o dissuade_v by_o mutinous_a and_o rebellious_a practice_n to_o disinfranchise_v themselves_o p._n 43._o chap._n xv._o show_v how_o tender_a this_o government_n politic_a and_o regal_a conjoin_v be_v of_o the_o safety_n of_o the_o king_n person_n 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