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A56211 The soveraigne povver of parliaments and kingdomes divided into foure partsĀ· Together with an appendix: wherein the superiority of our owne, and most other foraine parliaments, states, kingdomes, magistrates, (collectively considered,) over and above their lawfull emperours, kings, princes, is abundantly evidenced, confirmed by pregnant reasons, resolutions, precedents, histories, authorities of all sorts; the contrary objections re-felled: the treachery and disloyalty of papists to their soveraignes, with their present plots to extirpate the Protestant religion demonstrated; and all materiall objections, calumnies, of the King, his counsell, royallists, malignants, delinquents, papists, against the present Parliaments proceedings, (pretended to be exceeding derogatory to the Kings supremacy, and subjects liberty) satisfactorily answered, refuted, dissipated in all particulars. By William Prynne, utter-barrester, of Lincolnes Inne. It is on this second day of August, 1643. ordered ... that this booke ... be printed by Michael Sparke ...; Soveraigne power of parliaments and kingdomes Prynne, William, 1600-1669. 1643 (1643) Wing P4087A; ESTC R203193 824,021 610

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193._o l._n 1._o converse_v p._n 196._o l._n 33._o less_o in_o the_o marg●_n p._n 42._o l._n 2._o daubeny_n p._n 60._o l._n 4._o leges_fw-la l._n 9_o aimoin_v l._n 12._o jure_fw-la p._n 85._o l._n 2._o 850._o p._n 152._o l._n 1._o annal_n gil._n p._n 168._o l._n 19_o rex_fw-la part_n 1._o p._n 12._o l_o 15._o three_o read_v second_o p._n 29._o l._n 44._o through_o p._n 45._o l._n 24._o l._n 3._o p._n 48._o l._n 15._o britanniae_fw-la l._n 26._o privatave_n p._n 56._o l._n 16._o repute_v they_o p._n 75._o l._n 25_o responsum_fw-la p._n 93._o l._n 38._o duardus_n p._n 100_o l._n 33._o raynerius_fw-la l._n 3._o 8_o albericus_fw-la part_n 2._o p._n 59_o l._n 3._o perfidum_fw-la part_n 3._o p._n 143._o l._n 25._o natural_a national_a 2_o pet_n 2._o 12_o 14_o 15._o exod._n 32._o 32._o rome_n 9_o 4._o see_v rome_n masterpiece_n isaiah_n 33._o 20._o isaiah_n 58._o 12._o zach._n 4_o 7._o 7._o psal._n 85._o 8_o 9_o 10._o 10._o isa._n 32._o 17_o 18_o 18_o micah_n 4._o 3_o 4._o isaiah_n 2._o 4._o joel_n 3._o 10._o 10._o apud_fw-la ambros._n epist._n l_o 2._o ep._n 2._o tom._n 5._o p._n 97._o 97._o jer._n 45._o 5._o 5._o dated_n janu._n 10._o 1606._o and_o febr._n 22._o 1603._o 1603._o note_v this_o this_o who_o confess_v &_o justify_v it_o in_o his_o speech_n in_o star-chamber_n june_n 14._o 1637._o 1637._o see_v the_o parliament_n late_a declaration_n declaration_n see_v king_n james_n his_o apology_n against_o bellarmin_n laurentius_n byerlink_v opus_n chro._n p._n 319._o deus_fw-mi &_o rex_fw-la the_o lord_n william_n howard_n son_n la●e_a book_n in_o defence_n of_o papist_n take_v the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n allegiance_n 3_o jac._n c._n 4._o 4._o see_v dr._n jones_n his_o book_n of_o examination_n examination_n dedicate_v to_o king_n james_n print_v at_o london_n 1621._o 1621._o dedicate_v to_o king_n james_n and_o print_v at_o london_n 1624._o 1624._o in_o his_o sermon_n there_o mar._n 24._o 1615._o p._n 43._o 44._o 44._o see_v plaine_n english_a object_n crimination_n 1._o object_n 2._o answ._n answ._n the_o observation_n a_o ●uller_a answer_n to_o dr._n ferne_n with_o other_o the_o remonstrance_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o novem._n 2._o 1642._o 1642._o 1_o eliz._n ch_z 1._o answ._n answ._n rex_fw-la habet_fw-la superiorem_fw-la deum_fw-la etc._n etc._n item_n legem_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la rex_fw-la item_n curiam_fw-la svam_fw-la viz._n comites_fw-la &_o barones_n quia_fw-la comites_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la quasi_fw-la s●cii_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la habet_fw-la socium_fw-la habet_fw-la magistrum_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la si_fw-la rex_fw-la fuerit_fw-la sine_fw-la fraeno_fw-la i._o sine_fw-la lege_fw-la debentei_n fraenum_fw-la imponere_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n fox_n act_n &_o mon._n edi._n 1641_o vol._n 2_o p._n 879_o 880._o aeneas_n silvius_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la concilii_fw-la basiliensis_fw-la &_o surius_n conci_fw-la tom._n 4._o 4._o lib._n 2._o 2._o surius_n council_n to●_n 4._o p._n 1._o &c_n &c_n and_o aeneas_n silvius_n hist._n council_n basiliensis_fw-la basiliensis_fw-la spe._n hist._n p._n 207_o 266_o 267._o mat._n west_n ann●_n 445._o 454_o etc._n etc._n see_v hunt_n hist._n l._n 2._o p._n 320_o pol._n l._n 5._o c._n 1._o fab._n p._n 73._o dan_fw-mi p._n 8._o h●l_n graft_n vin._n speed_v hist_o l_o 20_o c._n 11._o &_o other_o other_o spee_n hist._n p._n 229_o huntin_n &_o mat._n west_n an._n 756._o hol._n graf_n in_o his_o life_n life_n spee_n hist._n p._n 245_o 246._o hunt_n &_o mat._n west_n a_o 792_o see_v holin_n graft_n &_o other_o other_o matth._n west_n an._n 158._o p._n 275_o 275_o matth._n west_n an._n 821._o speed_z hist_o p._n 255._o 255._o mat._n west_n hunt_n poly._n fab._n holin_n graf_n an._n 9●7_n 9●7_n fabian_z part_v 2._o c._n 49._o 40._o 41._o p._n 30._o 31._o with_o matth_n westin_n huntingdon_n polychronicon_n geoffry_n mommoth_n hollinsh_fw-mi graf●on_n speed_n and_o other_o in_o his_o life_n life_n fabian_z part_v 2._o c._n 46._o p._n 34._o geoffry_n mommoth_n huntingdon_n matthew_n westm._n polychron_n hollinsh_fw-mi grafton_n speed_n in_o his_o life_n life_n matth._n paris_n hist._n angl._n p._n 264._o to_o 280._o speed_z p._n 585._o etc._n etc._n hollinshead_n grafton_n stow_n daniel_n walsingham_n walsingham_n walsingham_n hist._n angl._n p._n 398._o etc._n etc._n fabian_z part_n 7._o p._n 345._o polychron_n l._n ult_n c._n 9_o hollinshead_n grafton_n &_o speed_n p._n 758_o to_o 766._o 766._o walsingham_n hol._n fab._n speed_v p._n 680._o to_o 697._o 697._o speed_z p._n 869._o 878._o 879._o 887._o hollinsh_fw-mi polychronicon_n fabian_n grafton_n hall_n stow_n cax●on_n in_o their_o life_n life_n speed_v p._n 410_o 411_o 425_o 426_o 404._o to_o 407._o 410._o 416._o 418_o 419._o 455_o 456._o 466_o 467._o 548_o 549_o 550_o 590_o 591._o 762._o see_v matthew_n paris_n matth._n west_n malmsbu_n hunt_n eadmerus_n fabian_n walse_v caxton_n polych_n polydor_z virgil._n hall_n graf●on_n stow_n how_o hol._n hayward_n martin_n daniel_n and_o sir_n rich._n baker_n in_o their_o several_a life_n of_o these_o king_n king_n mat._n paris_n hist._n p._n 243._o to_o 255._o daniel_n p._n 142_o 143_o 144._o 144._o matth._n paris_n p_o 96_o 97._o daniel_n p._n 85._o 85._o matth._n paris_n p._n 324._o 325._o daniel_n p._n 151._o 152._o 152._o matth._n paris_n p._n 420._o 421._o 430._o 451._o 452._o see_v matth._n west_n polychronicon_n fabian_n holling_n graf●on_n dan._n p._n 157._o 158._o 158._o matth._n paris_n p._n 938_o 940_o 941._o 942._o dan._n p._n 177._o 179._o 179._o walsingh_n hist_o p._n 70_o 71._o see_v fabian_n hollinshead_n graft_n speed_v daniel_n in_o 3._o &_o 4._o e._n 2._o 2._o walsingham_n hist._n p._n 90._o 91_o 92_o 93._o exilium_fw-la hugonis_fw-la le_fw-fr despenser_n in_o magn●_n charta_fw-la part_n 2._o f._n 50._o to_o 57_o see_v hollin_n fabian_z speed_z grafton_n daniel_n in_o 14._o &_o 15._o e._n 2._o 2._o hist._n p._n 107._o 108._o ypodigm_n neustr._fw-la p._n 109._o 110._o 110._o in_o cambd._n britan._n the_o last_o english_a edition_n p._n 188._o 188._o grafton_n trysse●_n h●l●inshead_n speed_n walshingham_n in_o 10_o &_o 11_o &_o 21._o 2._o 2._o walsin_n fab._n holinsh._n speed_n hall_n graf_n trussel_n how_o be_v in_o 23_o r._n 2._o &_o 1_o h._n 4._o fox_n act_n and_o mon._n vol._n 1._o edit_n ult_n p._n 67_o 1_o 677_o 677_o horn_n mirror_n of_o justice_n c._n 1._o sect_n 3._o p._n 10._o cook_n instit._n on_o lit._n f._n 110._o and_o 9_o report_n in_o the_o preface_n spelm._n council_n tom._n ●_o p._n 347._o 347._o surius_n tom_n 1._o council_n p._n 342._o 342._o surius_n tom_n 1._o p._n 407._o 407._o surius_n tom_n 3._o p._n 488._o 574_o 575._o 732._o tom_n 2_o p._n 203._o 675_o 728._o 754._o 603._o 605_o 641_o 642._o 643._o 892_o 695._o 713._o 1042._o 715_o 685._o gratian_n distirct_n 18._o luo_o carnot_n decret_n pars_fw-la 4._o c._n 241_o 243_o 244_o spel._n council_n tom_fw-mi 1._o p._n 153._o 153._o surius_n tom_n 3._o p._n 24._o 4●_n 42_o 406_o 406_o surius_n tom_n 4._o p._n 44._o 44._o see_v h._n spel._n cencil_n tom_fw-mi 1_o p._n 529._o sigibert_n an._n 528._o eadm_n hist._n nonor_n l._n 3._o p._n 67._o con._n tole_n 8._o 12_o and_o other_o aquisgra_n conc._n sub_fw-la ludovico_n pio._n pio._n commonw_n l._n 3._o c._n 1._o 1._o hieronymus_n blanca_n aragonensium_fw-la rerum_fw-la comment_n p._n 764_o etc._n etc._n 688_o 689._o 723_o 724._o 724._o nichol._n isth._n de_fw-fr rebus_fw-la vng._n hist._n l._n 6._o f._n 84._o 85_o 85_o arago_n rerum_fw-la comment_fw-fr p._n 762_o 763._o 763._o andrew_n favine_n his_o theatre_n of_o honour_n l._n 2._o c._n 12._o p._n 175._o 176._o 176._o see_v orimston_n aventinus_n naucl._n munster_n sabelli_n vsperg_n otho_fw-la frisingen_n herm._n schedel_n anton._n opinco●_n mat._n par._n mat._n west_n walse_v &_o other_o in_o their_o life_n and_o history_n history_n see_v their_o 35_o article_n make_v at_o their_o general_a assembly_n at_o kilkenny_n 1642_o 1642_o mat._n paris_n an_z 1233._o p._n 344_o 473._o etc._n etc._n speed_v hist._n p._n 607._o to_o 613_o daniel_n p._n 154_o 155._o 155._o who_o now_o give_v the_o king_n no_o such_o good_a advice_n advice_n note_n the_o parliament_n present_a case_n case_n speed_z lbid_v lbid_v walse_v hist._n p._n 84._o 44._o &_o ypod._n neust._n p._n 101._o 101._o mat._n pa._n an._n 1214_o 1215._o p._n 240_o to_o 256._o 〈◊〉_d matth._n west_n &_o walsingh_n ypod._n neust_fw-fr an._n 1214_o 1215._o fabian_z caxton_n hollin_n grafton_n daniel_n in_o the_o life_n of_o k._n john_n &_o hen._n 3._o speed_z hist_o p._n 578._o to_o 637._o 637._o matth._n par._n p_o 252._o sp._n hol._n according_o according_o matth._n per._n an._n 1258._o p._n 9_o 940_o 941._o mat._n westmin_n 1258._o walsingh_n ypod._n neustr._fw-la p._n 61._o sp._n p_o 635._o hol._n grafton_n daniel_n polychron_n polychron_n matth._n par._n p._n 952_o 953._o speed_z p._n 636._o 636._o histor._n angliae_fw-la p._n 953._o 953._o walsingh_n ypod._n neust._n an._n 1309_o
1310._o hist._n ang._n p._n 70._o 1077._o s._n p._n 608._o etc._n etc._n with_o hol._n stow_n grafton_n how_o daniel_n &_o other_o fox_n act._n &_o mon._n vol._n 1._o ed_n ult_n p._n 4_o so_o 481._o 481._o note_v the_o credit_n of_o prince_n regal_a promise_n and_o protestation_n protestation_n totles_n magna_fw-la charta_fw-la part_n 2._o f._n 50._o to_o 57_o 57_o walsin_n hist._n p._n 90._o to_o 110._o ypod._n neust._n p._n 195._o to_o 111._o speed_v hist._n p._n 674._o to_o 683._o see_v fabian_n hollin_n graf_n thomas_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr more_n higden_n caxt●n_n daniel_n in_o his_o life_n life_n part._n 2_o f._n 50._o 50._o walsingham_n hist_o ang._n p._n 349_o to_o 400_o ypodig_n neustr._fw-la p._n 144._o to_o 158._o speed_n hist._n ●_o p_o 747._o to_o 762_o hollinsh_fw-mi grafton_n stow_n fabian_z caxton_n trussell_n and_o other_o other_o note_v this_o this_o note_v the_o peril_n and_o policy_n of_o protract_v protract_v graft_n p_o 348_o 349._o 150_o 151._o 151._o nota._n the_o king_n shall_v be_v present_a in_o parliament_n once_o in_o forty_o day_n day_n walse_v ypod._n neust._n p._n 145_o 147._o grafton_n p._n 352_o 353._o 353._o 10_o r._n 2._o c._n 1●_n 11_o r._n 2._o c._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6._o 21_o r._n 2._o ●_o 2_o 3._o 12._o 12._o see_v the_o record_n of_o this_o parliament_n publish_v by_o order_n of_o both_o house_n aug._n 27._o 1642._o 1642._o graf_n p._n 329_o etc._n etc._n mr._n saint_n johns_n speech_n 1640._o p._n 33._o 1_o h._n 4._o no._n 21._o 21._o 48_o 48_o as_o the_o cavalier_n do_v now_o now_o 21_o r._n c._n 12_o 12_o 21_o r._n 2._o c._n 16._o 20._o 1_o h_o 4._o c._n 3._o walsin_n hist._n ang._n an._n 1398._o p._n 394._o grafton_n &_o holinshe●_n holinshe●_n graft_n p._n 400_o 401_o 402._o etc._n etc._n trussel_n p._n 45_o 46_o 47._o 47._o note_n note_n such_o a_o kind_n of_o proviso_n be_v endeavour_v to_o be_v add_v to_o the_o petition_n of_o right_n 3_o caroli_n caroli_n 1_o h_n 4_o c._n 1._o 2._o 3_o 4_o 4_o walsin_n hist._n angl._n p._n 416._o 417._o ypodig_n p._n 168._o 170._o pol._n l._n 8._o c._n 10._o caxton_n p._n 430_o hal._n chr._n par_fw-fr 1._o f_o 25_o hol._n p._n 529._o speed_z p._n 775._o martin_n fab_n graft_n and_o other_o fox_n act_n &_o mon._n vol._n 1._o p._n 676_o 677_o 678._o trussell_n p._n 74_o 75._o 75._o spee_n p._n 486_o hunt_a lib_n 8._o 8._o walse_v hist._n angl._n p._n 258._o to_o 281._o speed_v p._n 849._o etc._n etc._n 734._o etc._n etc._n etc._n speed_v p._n 1032_o to_o 1049._o 1112_o to_o 1120._o see_v hall_n graft_v hollinsh_fw-mi howes_n martin_n in_o the_o life_n of_o h._n 8._o ed._n 6._o and_o q._n eliz._n eliz._n walsin_n hist._n ang._n p._n 36_o 37_o 38_o 39_o 40_o 4●_n 42_o 44_o 48._o ypodig●a_o ●●●st_n p._n 83_o 84_o 85_o 86_o 97_o cork_n magna_fw-la cha●●_n p._n 530_o to_o 5●0_n 5●0_n articuli_fw-la super_fw-la chartas_n chartas_n surius_n council_n tom._n 4●_n p._n 103._o etc._n etc._n fox_n act_n &_o monu_n vol._n 1._o edit_fw-la ult_n p_o 879_o etc._n etc._n etc._n john_n white_a his_o way_n etc._n etc._n sect_n 37._o n._n 30._o p._n 102._o 102._o see_v 21_o r._n 2_o c._n 12._o 12._o cook_n 9_o rep._n f._n 1._o in_o the_o epistle_n 4_o e_o 3._o c._n 14._o 36_o e._n 3._o c_o 10._o 10._o 18_o e._n 3._o stat._n 3._o ●0_n e._n 3._o c._n 1._o answ._n 3._o the_o parliament_n and_o kingdom_n prove_v to_o be_v above_o the_o king_n king_n see_v cromptons_n jurisdiction_n of_o court_n tit._n parliam_fw-la brook_n tit._n par●_n h●lm_n descript._n of_o eng._n c._n 8._o p._n 173._o chro._n of_o ireland_n p._n 120._o to_o 130._o sir_n tho._n smith_n commonweal_n of_o engl._n l._n 2._o c._n 1_o 2_o 3._o cowel_n &_o minsh_fw-mi tit._n par._n cam._n b●i_n p._n 177_o 177_o rex_fw-la in_o justitia_fw-la reci_fw-la pienda_fw-la minimus_fw-la de_fw-la regne_n svo_fw-la comparatur_fw-la minimus_fw-la esse_fw-la debet_fw-la vel_fw-la quasi_fw-la in_o judicio_fw-la suscipiendo_fw-la bracton_n l_o 1_o c._n 8._o f._n 5._o b._n &_o l._n 3._o c._n 9_o f._n 107._o 107._o li._n 1._o c._n 5._o 17_o 17_o cap._n 9_o to_o 15_o 15_o speech_n in_o parliam_fw-la 1609_o 1609_o in_o his_o law_n in_o fox_n act_n &_o mon._n edit_n vol._n 1._o p._n 214._o 214._o polit._n l._n 3._o c._n 10_o 11_o 12._o 12._o 1_o h._n 7._o 1._o br._n parlia_n 92._o ash._n tab_v 65_o 67._o 67._o see_v 1_o eliz._n c._n 1._o ras●all_v 〈◊〉_d s●wer_n ●or_a commissioner_n ras●al_a tit._n just●_n etc._n etc._n etc._n qui●quid_fw-la efficie_fw-la tale_n est_fw-la magis_fw-la tale_n &_o nam●_n potest_fw-la da●e_n quod_fw-la non_fw-la labe●_n be_v true_a in_o this_o case_n case_n see_v alex._n ab_fw-la alexan●●o_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 2._o facile_a pe●sp●e●_n poor_a &_o 〈…〉_z esse_fw-la g●uera_fw-mi nec_fw-la cande●●_n 〈◊〉_d two_o formas●_n in_o ●mnibu●_fw-la esse_fw-la regilbus_fw-la regalis_fw-la potentiae_fw-la genera_fw-la numero_fw-la sunt_fw-la qua●u●r_fw-la arist_n pol●●_n l._n 3._o c._n 10_o 11._o see_v dan._n c._n 8._o &_o 11._o 11._o see_v mat._n pa._n spee_n hol._n graf_n and_o other_o other_o livy_n hist._n rom._n l._n ●_o artist_n polit._n l._n 2._o c._n 8._o goodwin_n rom._n an●iq_n an●iq_n 1_o pet._n 2._o 13._o 14._o alex._n ab_fw-la alexandro_n gen._n die_v l._n 3._o c._n 3._o l._n 4._o c._n 23._o 23._o polit._n l._n 3._o c._n 10_o p._n 209_o 210._o 210._o ●b_fw-la l._n 5._o c._n 13._o p._n 367._o 367._o de_fw-fr officer_n l._n ●_o c●elius_n rhodi_n anti●_n lect._n l._n 8._o c._n 1._o alex._n ab_fw-la alexandro_n gen._n die●●●_n l_o 4._o c._n 23_o l●●iel_n est_fw-la rom._n l._n 1._o sect._n 17._o p._n 14_o 15._o &_o l._n 4._o p._n 144_o 145._o plutar●l●_n numa_n pompilius_n pompilius_n so_o jacol●●s_v carbinellus_fw-la &_o other_o 〈◊〉_d he_o he_o see_v p._n 45._o 126_o 127._o 127._o lab._n i._o c._n 8_o f_o 5_o lib._n 3._o c._n 9_o f._n 107._o 107._o hujus●odi_fw-la leges_fw-la anglicanae_n own_o fuerint_fw-la app●●batae_fw-la &_o sacramento_n regis_fw-la confirmatae_fw-la muta●i_fw-la non_fw-la pote●●nt_fw-la etc._n etc._n idem_fw-la i._o 1._o c._n 2._o f._n 1._o b._n b._n gal._n 4._o 4_o 5._o 5._o luk._n 2._o 22_o 23_o 24._o 24._o bract_n lib._n 3._o c._n 9_o f._n 10_o i._n 1._o 8._o f._n 5._o i._o 2._o c._n 16._o f._n 34_o 34_o comites_fw-la viz._n quia_fw-la a_o comita●●_n sive_fw-la a_o societa●e_n nomen_fw-la sumpserunt_fw-la qui_fw-la etiam_fw-la dici_fw-la possunt_fw-la co●sules_a a_o consulendo_fw-la reges_fw-la ●uim_fw-la tale_n sibi_fw-la associant_fw-la ad_fw-la c●usulendum_fw-la &_o regendum_fw-la p●pulum_fw-la dei_fw-la ordinantes_fw-la choose_fw-la in_o magna_fw-la potestate_fw-la ●enore_fw-la &_o nomine_fw-la &c._n &c._n idem_fw-la i._n 1._o c._n 8_o f._n 5_o 6._o 6._o fortes●_n de_fw-fr laud._n legum_n angl_n c._n 9_o 9_o this_o he_o write_v to_o our_o king_n henry_n the_o 6._o to_o who_o he_o direct_v his_o book_n book_n ●ap_n 8._o vol._n 1._o p._n 173._o 173._o see_v bodin_n l._n 2_o c_o 5._o l._n 1._o c._n 10._o eu●ropius_n &_o grimston_n in_o the_o life_n of_o nero_n maximinus_n heliogabalus_n and_o other_o other_o see_v the_o argument_n against_o ship-money_n &_o imposition_n &_o the_o declaration_n against_o the_o commission_n of_o array_n array_n resolve_v of_o conscience_n sect._n 4_o 5._o 5._o see_v joshua_n judge_n saumel_n king_n chro._n dan._n throughout_o isa._n jerem._n ezek._n in_o sundry_a chap._n chap._n see_v sleidan_n de_fw-fr 4._o or_o imperiis_fw-la mat._n west_n livyn_n justin_n opmerus_n purchas_n chroni_n chronicarum_fw-la &_o all_o general_a hist._n hist._n polit._n l_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o plato_n de_fw-fr republica_n bod._n commonweal_n the_o repub._n of_o sundry_a nation_n polyb._n hist._n l._n 6._o 6._o rome_n 14._o 1_o to_o 6._o 1._o pet_n 2._o 13_o 14_o 2_o sam._n 5._o 12._o nehe._n 2._o 10._o psa._n 78._o 70_o 71._o 2_o chro_fw-la 9_o 8._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 21_o 22._o estn._n 10._o 3._o arist._n pol._n l._n 3_o 4_o 5._o coelius_n rhodig_n l._n 8._o c._n 1._o bra._n l._n 3._o c_o 9_o f._n 107._o 107._o augustinus_n de_fw-fr gest_n be_v 〈◊〉_d emerita_n donatist_n epis_fw-mi tom_fw-mi 7_o par_fw-fr 2._o p._n 882_o 783._o 783._o at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o petition_n of_o right_n 3_o caroli_n caroli_n see_v europius_fw-la sabellicus_n grimston_n speed_n &_o other_o of_o his_o life_n life_n speed_v history_n p._n 757._o 757._o see_v br._n tit._n corporation_n corporation_n see_v the_o fullet_n answer_v to_o dr._n ferne_n p._n 2_o 3._o 3._o quod_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la rempublicam_fw-la gerunt_fw-la majori_fw-la parti_fw-la placuerit_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la ratum_fw-la ac_fw-la firmum_fw-la arist._n polit._n l._n 4._o c._n 8._o l._n 1._o c._n 2._o l._n 3._o c._n 8._o 8._o br._n corpora_fw-la 34._o 8._o h._n 6_o c._n 7._o 7._o 14_o h._n 8._o f._n 3._o b._n b._n major_a pars_fw-la est_fw-la totum_fw-la brooks_n corporati_fw-la 34._o smith_n commonwea_fw-mi of_o engl._n l._n 2._o c._n
3._o 3._o see_v the_o manner_n of_o hold_v parliament_n in_o england_n new_o print_v at_o london_n 1641._o &_o dyer_n f._n 60._o a_o br._n parl._n 7._o object_n answ._n answ._n see_v their_o message_n &_o petition_n to_o the_o king_n to_o this_o purpose_n purpose_n see_v cambd._n brit._n p._n 163._o which_o style_v the_o parliament_n the_o king_n presence_n the_o register_n of_o writ_n old_a &_o new_a natura_fw-la brevium_fw-la old_a &_o new_a book_n of_o entry_n cook_n instit._n on_o lit_n f._n 71._o 6._o 6._o 1_o king_n 12._o &_o 2_o chron._n 10._o 10._o grafton_n p._n 348_o 349_o 350._o 350._o see_v mi●shes_n dictionary_n lit_fw-fr parliam_fw-la f_o 526._o 526._o note_v this_o this_o in_o h●linsh_fw-mi chron._n of_o ireland_n f._n 127_o 128._o 128._o 〈◊〉_d jurisdiction_n of_o cou●s_n f._n 8._o 4_o h._n 7_o 18._o 7._o h._n ●_o 14_o 11_o h._n ●_o 27._o parliament_n 42_o 76_o 33_o h._n 6._o 17._o adjudge_v according_o b●_n prerogative_n 134._o 134._o see_v stamford_n f._n 38._o 155._o 3_o e._n 3._o 19_o coro_n 161._o 161._o sec_n 21_o r._n 2._o c_o 6._o 6._o dyer_n f._n 60._o n._n bract._n parli_n 7._o crompt_v jurisd_v f._n 16._o a._n a._n luk._n 12._o 32_o matth._n 13._o 23._o mat._n 7._o 13_o 14._o 14._o see_v bishop_n tewel_n defence_n of_o the_o apology_n p_o 6._o c._n 7._o divis._n 1._o bishop_n bilson_n true_a difference_n of_o christian_a subjection_n and_o unchristian_a rebel_n part_n 3._o p._n 540_o 541_o 542._o bishop_n pilkington_n of_o the_o burn_a of_o paul_n steeple_n keilway_o f_o 184_o ●_o cro●p_n jurisd_v of_o court_n f._n 19_o 20._o 10_o f._n 4._o f._n 6._o stamf._n plea_n l._n 33._o 1._o f._n 153._o br._n coron_n 135._o antiq_n eccles._n brit._n p._n 229_o 300._o sp._n p._n i_o 156_o mary_n hist._n p._n 450._o to_o 454._o john_n vowel_n chronicle_n of_o ireland_n p._n 127_o 128_o 128_o 25_o e._n 3._o stat_fw-la 6._o de_fw-la provisionibus_fw-la 31_o e._n 3._o c._n 4._o 36_o e._n 3._o c_o 8._o 38._o e._n 3._o stat_fw-la 2._o c._n 2._o 7._o r_o 2._o c._n 12._o 3_o r._n 2._o c._n 12._o 11._o r._n 2._o preface_n &_o ●_o 3._o 12._o 1_o e._n 3._o c._n 2._o 14_o e._n 3._o stat_fw-la 3._o preface_n see_v 20_o h._n 3._o c._n 9_o 21_o h._n 3._o stat_fw-la of_o leap_v year_n 4_o h3_n stat_fw-la of_o marlbridge_n 4._o e._n i_o de_fw-fr big_n prologue_n &_o c._n 6._o 6_o e._n 1._o stat_fw-la de_fw-fr gloster_n preface_n 13_o e._n 1._o acton_n burnel_n 13_o e._n 1._o ●_o 43._o de_fw-fr malefact_n in_o part_n 21_o e._n 1._o eschetor_n 3_o e._n i._o quo_fw-la warrant_n 9_o e._n 2._o artic._n cleri_fw-la pref._n pref._n 1_o sam._n 19_o 2_o 0._o 2_o sam._n 5._o 12._o 2_o chron._n 9_o 8._o isa._n 49_o 23._o rom._n 13_o 4_o 5._o 1_o pet._n 2_o 13_o 14._o 14._o arist._n polit._n l._n 3_o &_o 5._o plato_n agesilaus_n xenophon_n de_fw-fr instit._fw-la cyri._fw-la hist._n coelius_n rhodig_n antiq._n lect._n l._n 8._o c._n 1._o bodin_n de_fw-fr republica_n osorius_n de_fw-fr rege_fw-la &_o regum_fw-la instit._fw-la instit._fw-la the_o preamble_n of_o all_o ancient_a statute_n bracton_n l._n 1._o c._n 8._o l._n 3._o c._n 9_o fleta_n l._n 1._o c._n 5._o 17._o fortescue_n c._n 9_o to_o 15._o 15._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 21_o 22._o 23._o 23._o gen._n 1._o 26._o to_o 31._o c._n 9_o 2_o 3_o 4._o psal._n 8._o 6_o 7_o 8._o 8._o ephes._n 6._o 5._o col._n 3._o 22_o 23._o 23._o gen._n 8._o 18._o c._n 3._o 16._o 1_o cor._n 11._o 3_o 8_o 9_o ephes_n 5._o 23_o 24._o 1_o pet._n 3._o 1._o 1._o &_o 3._o 18._o 18._o see_v eutrop._n grimsi_n &_o other_o in_o his_o life_n life_n salamonius_n de_fw-fr principatu_fw-la l._n 2._o p._n 52._o 59_o see_v codicis_fw-la l._n 1._o tit._n 1._o 3_o cordi_fw-la nobis_fw-la est_fw-la p._n c._n semper_fw-la nostri_fw-la animi_fw-la curas_fw-la rebus_fw-la communibus_fw-la avidissime_fw-la impendere_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr principatu_fw-la l._n 2._o p._n 57_o 57_o general_n hist._n of_o fran._n p._n 1069_o 1069_o 2_o sam._n 18._o 3._o 3._o crompt_v lurisd_v of_o cour._n f._n 1._o etc._n etc._n bract._n l._n 1._o c._n 2._o 19_o h._n 6._o 63._o a_o 64._o b._n 31_o h._n 8._o c._n 10._o dyer_n 60._o a_o cook_n instit._fw-la on_o lit._n f._n 109_o 110_o 110_o sir_n thomas_n smith_n of_o the_o commonweal_n of_o england_n l._n 2._o c._n 1_o 2._o holi_fw-la descrip._n of_o engl._n c._n 8._o p._n 173._o cam._n brit._n p._n 173._o io._n vowel_n order_n &_o usage_n how_o to_o keep_v a_o parliament_n in_o holin_n chron._n of_o ireland_n p._n 101_o to_o 120._o minsh_fw-mi dictionary_n tit._n parliament_n parliament_n fortescue_n c._n 10_o to_o 15._o bract._n l._n 1_o c_o 8._o l._n 3._o c._n 9_o fleta_n l._n 1._o c._n 5._o 17._o brook_n pate_n 25_o 41_o 12_o 51_o 53_o 69_o 73_o 100_o &_o prerogative_n 15_o 103._o commissi_fw-la 15_o 16._o see_v judge_n crook_n &_o judge_n hutton_n argume_v against_o shipmoney_n petition_n of_o right_n 3_o carol._n br._n pari._fw-la 42._o 42._o of_o the_o commonw_n l._n 1._o c._n 10_o p._n 159._o 159._o l._n 2._o c._n 16._o f._n 34_o a._n &_o l._n 1._o c._n 8_o f._n 5._o b._n &_o fleta_n l._n 1._o c._n 17._o walse_v hest._n p._n 36_o 37_o 40._o 40._o see_v sir_n thomas_n smith_n commonwealth_n of_o england_n l._n 2._o c._n 1_o 2_o 3._o 〈◊〉_d description_n of_o england_n c._n 8._o p._n 173._o &_o chronicle_n of_o ireland_n p._n 101_o 102._o m._n hackwel_n manner_n of_o pass_a bill_n sect._n 8._o p._n 74._o brock_n parliament_n 4._o 107_o 33_o h._n 6._o c._n 33._o 33_o h._n 8._o c._n 21._o cromptons_n jurisdiction_n f._n 7_o b._n br._n parliament_n 26_o 39_o 40_o 41._o 41._o 4_o h._n 7._o 18._o 7_o h._n 7._o 14._o 11_o h._n 7._o 27_o 33_o h._n 6._o 17._o br._n parlia_n 4_o 40._o 76._o 107._o crompt_v jurisd_v f._n 8._o a._n bro._n ancient_a demesne_n 20._o 10_o h._n 7._o 20._o a_o 33_o h._n 8._o c._n 17._o 17._o se●_n 2._o 7._o 8_o 12_o 14_o 17._o 4_o h._n 7._o 7._o de_fw-fr principatu_fw-la l._n 1_o p._n 35_o 36._o &_o p._n 29_o to_o 43._o 43._o cook_n 7._o calvin_n case_n 7_o h._n 6._o 35_o b._n dyer_n 373._o br_n parliament_n 98._o 98._o l●vie_a hist._n l._n 1_o &_o 2._o bod_fw-mi ●n_fw-mi commonwealth_n l._n 1._o c._n 10._o 10._o fitz._n assize_n 413._o avowry_n 74_o pres●●rip_n 67._o br._n custom_n 31._o co._n 5_o rep._n f._n 63_o 64_o 67_o 68_o kitchen_n 45_o 73._o 80._o 80._o sect_n ●_o jac._n c._n c._n 33_o h._n 6._o 17._o br._n parli_n 4._o mr._n hackwel_n of_o pass_v bill_n crom._n ●uris_fw-la f._n 8._o chron._n of_o ireland_n f._n 127_o to_o 130._o 130._o cromp._n juris_fw-la of_o court_n f._n 1_o 2._o &_o at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o hold_v parliament_n in_o england_n england_n see_v r_o s_o t_o u_z before_z before_z justinian_n cod._n l._n 1._o tit._n 17._o lex_fw-la 8._o 8._o hackwel_n pass_v of_o bill_n sect_n 8_o p._n 78._o 78._o see_v ras●all_a tax_n &_o ten_o the_o act_n of_o subsidy_n 21_o jac._n &_o this_o present_a parliament_n 〈◊〉_d p._n 745._o 745._o see_v part_n 2_o p._n 74_o 75._o 75._o see_v 1_o e._n 4_o c._n 6._o 4_o e._n 4._o 10_o 9_o e._n 4._o 1_o 2._o br._n charter_n de_fw-fr pardon_n 22._o 13_o eliz._n c._n 1_o 1_o see_v the_o republic_n of_o those_o state_n &_o bodin_n l._n 1_o c._n 10._o l._n 2_o c._n 3_o 4_o &_o 5._o 5._o arist._n polit._n l._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5._o godwin_n roman_a antiquity_n antiquity_n de_fw-fr principatu_fw-la l._n 6._o p._n 120_o 10_o 126._o 126._o de_fw-fr principatu_fw-la l._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6._o passim_fw-la passim_fw-la justin._n codicis_fw-la l._n 1._o tit._n 17_o lex_fw-la 4._o 4._o the_o true_a difference_n etc._n etc._n part_n 3._o p._n 416._o 416._o hieron_n blan●a_fw-fr rer._n arag_n com._n p._n 588_o 589._o 589._o fox_n act._n &_o monu_n vol._n 1._o p._n 173._o spee_n hist._n p._n 244._o 244._o mat._n west_n an._n 1273._o p._n 353._o dan._n p._n 185._o see_v speed_n &_o holin_n 1_o e._n 1._o 1._o see_v nubrig_n spee_n hol._n mat._n west_n &_o other_o in_o the_o life_n of_o r._n 1._o h._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8._o ed._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o 4._o walse_v hist._n angl_n an._n 1422._o p._n 458._o spee_n p._n 1108._o graft_n p._n 496_o 447_o 648._o fab_n p._n 470_o hall_n f._n 176_o to_o 183._o hoved._n annalpars_n posterior_n p._n 702_o 703_o 705_o 706._o 706._o act_n &_o mon._n old_a edit_n p._n 705._o see_v hol._n speed_v graft_n in_o their_o life_n life_n see_v hoveden_n annal._n pars_fw-la posterior_n p._n 702_o 703_o 705_o 706._o 706._o fox_n act_n &_o mon._n edit_n 1641._o vol._n 1._o p._n 214._o &_o lambards_n archaion_n leges_fw-la edwardi_fw-la c._n 17._o bishop_n bilson_n par_fw-fr 3_o p._n 494._o 494._o vol._n 1._o
hist._n l._n 6._o dionys._n hal._n l._n 2._o c._n 2._o body_n commonweal_n l._n 1._o c._n 10._o l._n 5._o see_v the_o appendix_n appendix_n poli●_n l._n 3._o c._n 11._o 11._o de_fw-fr rege_fw-la &_o regis_fw-la instit._fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 8_o 9_o 9_o bodin_n commonweal_n l._n 5._o c._n 5._o 5._o arragonensium_fw-la rerum_fw-la commentar_n p._n 588_o 589._o 723._o 723._o ibid._n p._n 724._o 724._o foris_fw-la &_o in_fw-la castris_fw-la summum_fw-la imperium_fw-la summam_fw-la rerum_fw-la bellicarum_fw-la administ_n ratienem_fw-la obtinet_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n nicholaus_fw-la isthuanfus_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la vngar_fw-la hist._n l._n 6._o f._n 84_o 85._o bodins_n commonweal_n l._n 1._o c._n 10._o p._n 167._o livy_n rom._n hist._n l._n 31._o 35._o bodin_n commonweal_n l._n 3._o c._n 1._o 1._o bodin_n ibid._n ibid._n bodins_n l._n 1._o c._n 10._o 10._o matthew_n paris_z hist._n angliae_fw-la p._n 835._o 835._o dinothi_fw-mi historia_fw-la sleidan_n l._n 8._o 18._o 22_o grimston_n imperial_a history_n in_o rodulph_n 2._o and_o ferdinand_n the_o second_v second_v lambard_n archaion_n f._n 135_o de_fw-fr heretochiis_fw-la heretochiis_fw-la p._n 232_o 348_o 349._o 349._o see_v master_n selden'_v title_n of_o honour_n p._n 605._o 605._o bodins_n commonweal_n l._n 3._o c._n 1._o p._n 273._o 273._o grimstone_n imperial_a hist._n p._n 171._o 171._o bodin_n com._n l._n 3._o c._n 1._o p._n 273._o 273._o cook_n instit_n on_o lit._n f._n 110._o cambdens_fw-fr brit._n p._n 177_o holinshed_n description_n of_o england_n c._n 8._o p._n 113._o and_o annal_n of_o ireland_n p._n 120._o to_o 130._o brooke_n crompton_n cowel_n minshew_n tit._n parlem_n sir_n thomas_n smith_n commonwealth_n l._n 2._o c._n 1._o 2._o object_n answ._n answ._n 14_o h._n 8._o f._n 3._o b._n b._n see_v littleton_n sect._n 297._o 314._o 323._o &_o cook_n instit._fw-la ibidem_fw-la object_n object_n see_v all_o his_o majesty_n late_a proclamation_n protestation_n and_o print_v declaration_n of_o this_o nature_n answ._n answ._n seneca_n de_fw-fr clementia_n l._n ●_o c._n 2._o see_v the_o remonstrance_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o novem_n 2._o 1642._o 1642._o anno_fw-la 1641_o &_o 1642._o 1642._o lord_n faulkland_n l._n seymor_n l._n digbey_v l._n savil_n sir_n io._n culpepper_n sir_n edward_n deering_n mr._n holborn_n mr._n hide_v etc._n etc._n etc._n see_v the_o parliament_n remonstrance_n nou._n 2._o 1642._o 1642._o quid_fw-la potest_fw-la ab_fw-la co_fw-la quisquam_fw-la sperare_fw-la quem_fw-la malum_fw-la esse_fw-la docuit_fw-la non_fw-la diu_fw-la paret_fw-la nequitia_fw-la nec_fw-la quantum_fw-la jubetur_fw-la peccat_fw-la sen._n de_fw-fr clem._n l._n 2._o c._n 26._o 26._o see_n br._n parl._n 7._o dyer_n 60._o a._n cromptons_n jurisdict●f_n 16._o a._n a._n see_v 3_o car._n c._n 6_o 7._o 7._o artic._n super_fw-la chartas_n c._n 12_o see_v cook_n institutes_n on_o it_o agricolae_fw-la apud_fw-la indos_n sacri_fw-la &_o afurto_fw-la &_o praeda_fw-la alieni_fw-la di●dorus_fw-la sic_fw-la bib._n hist._n l._n 2._o n._n 40._o 40._o fitz._n corone_n 192._o 194._o 58._o 276._o 261._o 21_o h._n 7._o 39_o 24._o h_o 8._o c._n 5._o stamford_n f._n 13_o 14._o cook_n l_o 4._o 91_o 92._o see_v matth._n paris_n hist._n p._n 264_o 265_o 266._o 266._o see_v the_o parliament_n second_o remonstrance_n concern_v the_o commission_n of_o array_n array_n see_v this_o full_o prove_v in_o the_o parliament_n second_o declaration_n declaration_n quae_fw-la alia_fw-la vita_fw-la esset_fw-la si_fw-la l●ones_n ursique_fw-la regnarent_fw-la si_fw-mi serpentibus_fw-la in_o nos_fw-la ac_fw-la noxissimo_fw-la cuique_fw-la animali_fw-la daretur_fw-la potestas_fw-la illa_fw-la ra●ionis_fw-la experria_fw-la &_o a_o nobis_fw-la immanita_fw-la be_v c●imine_fw-la damna_fw-la ta_fw-la abstinent_a suis_fw-fr &_o 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la etiam_fw-la inter_fw-la feras_fw-la similitudo_fw-la apud_fw-la r●man●s_fw-la tantum_fw-la ne●_n a_o necessariis_fw-la quidem_fw-la aby_n temperate_a sibi_fw-la seneca_n de_fw-fr clem._n l._n 2._o c._n 26._o 26._o nulli_fw-la regi_fw-la gloria_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la saeva_fw-la animadversione_n at_o contra_fw-la maxima_fw-la si_fw-la vim_o svam_fw-la continet_fw-la si_fw-la multos_fw-la irae_fw-la alienae_n eripuit_fw-la neminemsuae_fw-la impendit_fw-la senecade_n clementia_n l._n 1._o c._n 17._o 17._o ista_fw-la frequens_fw-la vindicte_fw-la paucorum_fw-la odium_fw-la reprimit_fw-la omnium_fw-la irritat_fw-la regius_fw-la crudelitas_fw-la auget_fw-la inimicorum_fw-la numerum_fw-la ●ollendo_fw-la seneca_n de_fw-fr clementia_n l._n 1._o c._n 8._o 8._o the_o relation_n of_o the_o take_n of_o cicester_n and_o the_o prisoner_n relation_n relation_n quanto_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la nasci_fw-la melius_fw-la fuit_fw-la quam_fw-la numerari_fw-la inter_fw-la publico_fw-la malo_fw-la natos_fw-la seneca_n de_fw-fr clementia_n l._n 1._o c._n 18._o 18._o the_o king_n letter_n on_o saturday_n apil_n 8._o 1643_o to_o the_o house_n house_n de_fw-fr clementia_n l._n 1._o c._n 24._o 24._o see_v the_o parliament_n declaration_n and_o parliament-man_n speech_n to_o this_o effect_n effect_n 1_o king_n 11._o 1_o to_o 12._o 12._o see_v the_o parliament_n remonstrance_n &_o declaration_n to_o this_o effect_n effect_n see_v doctor_n jones_n his_o book_n of_o examinatons_n publish_v by_o order_n of_o both_o ho●ses_n object_n answ._n answ._n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o petition_n of_o right_n right_n concern_v the_o break_n up_o of_o the_o parliament_n and_o before_o the_o 39_o article_n of_o religion_n object_n answ._n answ._n mat._n pa●●s_o hist._n p._n 243._o to_o 256_o daniel_n p._n 143._o 144._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mat._n par._n hist._n angl._n p._n 240._o 421._o 430._o dan._n hist._n p._n 157_o 158_o 158_o mat_n par_fw-fr an_n 125●_n 1838_o 839_o the_o stat._n at_o large_a dan._n hist_o p_o 169._o speed_v p._n 28_o mat_n weston_n holinsh_v fab._n graf_n an._n 1253._o 1253._o daniel_n p●_n 169._o 169._o math._n paris_n p._n 839._o 839._o psal._n 146._o 3_o psal_n 62._o 9_o 9_o math_n paris_n p._n 825_o 826._o speed_n p_o 627._o 628._o daniel_n p._n 167._o 168._o 168._o matthew_n paris_n p_o 826._o 827._o daniel_n p_o 168._o 168._o see_v constit._n council_n de_fw-fr reding_n cap._n de_fw-fr sentent_fw-fr excom_n public_a in_o john_n de_fw-fr aton_n ●_o 131._o 131._o daniel_n history_n p._n 260._o 260._o 5_o e._n 3_o c_o 9_o 15._o 15._o e._n 3._o stat._n 1._o c._n 2._o 3._o 25._o e._n 3._o stat._n 5._o c._n 4._o 28._o e._n 3._o c._n 3._o 37._o e._n 3._o c._n 8._o 38._o e._n 3._o c._n 9_o 42._o e._n 3._o c._n 3._o 3._o the_o revocation_n of_o this_o statute_n make_v 15_o ed._n 3._o in_o the_o statute_n a●_n large_a large_a hist._n arg●●_n p._n 371._o 371._o seneca_n de_fw-fr clementia_n l._n 1._o 1._o see_v the_o remonstrance_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o may_v 26._o 1642_o and_o novem._n 2._o 1642._o 1642._o see_v plutar_n numa_n pem_n pilius_n livy_n l._n 2._o bodin_n com._n weale_n l._n 3._o c._n 1._o 1._o prov._n 11._o 14._o c_o 15._o 22._o c._n 24._o 6._o 6._o eccles_n 4._o 9_o to_o 13._o 13._o see_v 7._o h._n 4._o c._n 2._o 26_o h._n 8._o c._n 22._o 28._o h._n 8._o c._n 7._o 35._o h._n 8._o c._n 1._o 1_o eliz._n 2._o cap._n 1._o cook_n 8._o report_n the_o prince_n case_n case_n novem._n 2._o 1642_o and_o may_v 26._o 1642._o 1642._o de_fw-fr clementia_n l._n 1._o c._n 29._o object_n 3._o 3._o see_v his_o majesty_n answer_n to_o the_o parliament_n 19_o proposition_n june_n 2._o 1642._o with_o other_o declaration_n and_o treatise_n on_o his_o part_n part_n page_n 17_o 18_o 19_o 19_o de_fw-fr laudibu●_n legum_n angliae_fw-la c._n 13_o 14._o answ._n 1._o 1._o livy_n hist._n l._n 1_o 2_o 3._o dionys._n hal_n antiq._n rom._n l._n 2._o &_o 3_o polybius_n hist._n l._n 6._o bodin_n commonwealth_n l._n 1._o c._n 10._o 10._o arist._n polit._n i._n 2_o 3_o 5._o xenophon_n de_fw-fr lacedaem_n republica_n diodoru●_n sic_fw-la bib._n hist._n l._n 2_o 3._o 3._o cook_n inst._n on_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la f._n 174_o 175_o 558_o 559_o 566._o 566._o cook_n ibid._n 284._o 3._o c._n 6._o no._n nat_n br._n 163_o 164._o register_n part_n 1._o f._n 177_o 178._o stamford_n 1._o c._n 51._o f_o 49._o brooke_n corporation_n kitchen_n f._n 47_o 48._o see_v selden_n title_n of_o honour_n p._n 746_o 747_o 694._o to_o 71●_n 71●_n see_v antiquit._n eccle._n brit._n goodwin_n cat._n of_o bishop_n and_o antiquity_n eadmerus_n hist._n novel_a p._n 34._o 36_o 50_o 71._o 97_o 109_o 111_o 112_o 131_o 132_o malm_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la pontif._n pontif._n 25_o e_o 3_o par._n 6._o 9_o h._n 4_o c._n 8_o 13_o r._n 2._o stat_n 2_o c._n 2._o 2._o stamford_n ibid._n modus_fw-la tenendi_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la cambdens_fw-fr brit._n p_o 176_o 177._o sir_n tho._n smith_n commonwealth_n l_o 2_o c._n 1._o 2._o helinsh_v and_o veel_v description_n of_o england_n c._n 8._o f._n 173._o chron._n of_o ireland_n f_z 127_o 128._o minsh_fw-mi dict_n tit._n parli_n cook_n instit._n on_o lit_n f._n 109_o 114_o &_o 9_o report_n epist._n dedicatory_a dedicatory_a 15_o e_z 3._o c_o 3_o 4_o 5_o stamford_n juris_fw-la of_o court_n f._n 1._o to_o 10_o rastal_n parl._n and_o
4._o 5_o 1_o king_n 25._o 2_o king_n 24._o 4._o 4._o ●_o estate_n upon_o credit_n 1._o sect._n 378._o 379._o ●_o part._n 1._o p._n ●1_n to_o 74._o 74._o part._n 1._o p._n 51_o 51_o de_fw-fr princip_n l._n 1._o 2._o 3._o 6._o 6._o praefat._n ad_fw-la rub._n de_fw-fr collationibus_fw-la p._n ●83_n 584._o 584._o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_n &_o peace_n l._n 2._o c._n 11._o 12_o 13_o 24._o 24._o gen._n 9_o 9_o 16_o c._n 17._o 7._o 13._o ps._n 89._o 28._o 34._o ps._n 105._o 10._o ps._n 111._o 9_o isaiah_n 55._o 3._o isaiah_n 33._o 20._o 21._o josh._n 21._o 45._o c._n 23._o 14._o heb_n 6._o 17._o 18_o 18_o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_n l._n 2._o c._n 12_o 13._o l._n 3_o c._n 14_o 15_o 16_o 16_o gen._n 9_o 9_o 16_o c._n 17._o 7._o 13._o ps._n 89._o 28._o 34._o ps._n 105._o 10._o ps._n 111._o 9_o isaiah_n 55._o 3._o isaiah_n 33._o 20._o 21._o josh._n 21._o 45._o c._n 23._o 14._o heb_n 6._o 17._o 18_o 18_o groti●●_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_n l._n 2._o c._n 14_o sect._n 3_o 3_o caus._n 23._o quest_n 8._o suri_n council_n tom._n 3._o p._n 520._o 520._o leu._n 19_o 18._o mat._n 22._o 39_o rome_n 93._o c._n 14._o 4._o 1_o cor._n 9_o 27._o phil._n 2._o 12._o 1_o tim._n 5._o 8_o 8_o dist._n 23._o qu._n 3._o to_o 8._o 8._o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la bell_n l._n 1._o c._n 14._o 15._o 16._o 16._o commonweal_n l._n 2._o c._n 5._o l._n 5._o c._n 6._o sect._n l._n 3._o a_o 2._o c_o 25._o sect._n 4._o 5._o 6._o 6._o cajetan_n ●a_n ●ae_fw-la qu._n ●_o be_v 1._o ambrose_n offic._n l._n 1._o c._n 36._o summa_fw-la angelica_n rosella_n &_o sylvester_n tit._n bellum_n and_o the_o glosser_n on_o gratian._n causa_fw-la 23._o qu._n 3._o 3._o caus._n 23._o qu._n 1._o 2._o 2._o ●a_n 2ae_fw-la qu._n ●0_n art_n 10._o &_o qu._n 64._o be_v 7._o dub_v 4._o 4._o l._n 4._o disp_n 5._o art_n 10._o l._n 5_o qu._n 1_o art_n 8._o 8._o lib._n 11_o c_o 9_o du_fw-fr 8._o 8._o l_o 1._o contr._n illust._n 18._o 18._o p._n 3._o 1._o ●_o n_o 2._o 2._o 2._o 2ae_fw-la qu._n 64._o art_n 1._o 1._o verbo_fw-la bellum_fw-la par_fw-fr 1._o n._n 3._o &_o p_o 2._o &_o homicidium_fw-la 3._o q._n 4._o 4._o ad_fw-la l._n ut_fw-la vim_o di_fw-it de_fw-la iust._n &_o ●ure_n ●ure_n in_o rep_v l._n 1._o &_o unde_fw-la vi_fw-la vi_fw-la l._n ●_o c._n 3._o n._n 147._o 147._o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la bel._n l._n 1._o c._n 13._o 14._o 14._o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la bel._n l._n 2._o c._n 1●_n 1●_n 2_o 2._o ar._n 6._o 7._o q_o 2._o card._n qu._n 33._o li_n 1._o pet●_n nau._n l._n 11._o c._n 3._o n._n 147_o grotius_n de_fw-fr lure_n belli_n l._n 2._o c._n 1._o sect._n 4._o 4._o see_v the_o relation_n of_o brainford_n object_n 1._o 1._o dr_n ferne_n sect._n 2._o p._n 10._o answ._n object_n 2._o a_o appeal_n to_o thy_o conscience_n p._n 3._o 4._o 5._o answ._n object_n 3._o 3._o a_o appeal_v to_o thy_o conscience_n p._n 2._o answ._n object_n 4._o 4._o appeal_v to_o thy_o conscience_n p._n 3._o answ._n answ._n sam._n 23._o 30._o isaiah_n 32._o 1._o c._n 16._o 5._o c._n 9_o 7._o 2_o chron._n 9_o 8._o 8._o 1_o king_n c._n 11._o &_o 12._o 2_o chr._n c_o 9_o &_o 10._o &_o 11._o n●h_o 13._o 26._o 26._o 2_o sam._n c._n 11._o &_o 12._o &_o 34._o 34._o in_o the_o book_n of_o king_n chronicle_n jeremiab_n and_o daniel_n daniel_n see_v cassanaeus_n catal._n gloriae_fw-la mundi_fw-la pars_fw-la 5._o consid_n 24._o sect_n 62._o p._n 222._o 222._o de_fw-fr pontiff_a rom._n l._n 4._o 4._o 2_o sam._n 12._o 7._o etc._n etc._n etc._n 2_o chro._n 17._o 17._o 18._o 19_o 20._o 20._o 1_o king_n 18._o 17._o 18._o 18._o 2._o king_n 1._o 3._o 4._o 16._o object_n 5._o 5._o a_o appeal_n to_o thy_o conscience_n p._n 4._o c._n answer_v of_o the_o vindication_n of_o p●_n 105._o 14_o 15_o and_o the_o revindication_n print_v at_o cambridge_n 1●43_n answ._n answ._n 1_o sam._n 8._o &_o 9_o &_o 10._o see_v 1_o chron._n 1._o 43._o 43._o see_v zeph._n 2._o 8._o gen._n 20._o 6._o job_n 1._o 11._o c._n 2._o 5._o c._n 19_o c._n 5._o 19_o c._n 1●_n 14._o gen._n 26._o 〈◊〉_d 29._o jer._n 12._o 14._o 1_o joh._n 5._o 18._o 18._o matth._n 8._o 3._o 15_o c._n 17_o 7._o mar._n 6._o 56._o luk._n 8._o 45_o 46_o 47_o 47_o the_o vindication_n and_o revindication_n of_o psal._n 105_o 14_o 15_o 15_o gr●●tian_n causa_fw-la 23._o qu._n 3_o ●_o 5_o 6._o where_o many_o father_n be_v cite_v to_o this_o purpose_n purpose_n exod._n 30._o 30_o c._n 40_o 13_o 15._o levit._fw-la 4._o 3._o 16._o 1_o king_n 19_o 16._o 16._o eccles._n 92._o 6._o 8._o 14._o ezech._n 18._o 24_o 26._o joh._n 16._o 2._o 2._o psal._n 136._o 19_o 20._o num._n 21._o 2d_o 33_o 34_o 35._o 35._o josh_n 8._o 29_o 29_o josh._n 10._o 22_o 23_o 24_o 25_o 26._o 26._o josh._n 10._o 42._o c._n 11._o &_o 12._o 7._o 〈◊〉_d 24._o 24._o judge_n 1_o 26_o to_o 76_o 76_o judge_n 3_o to_o 26_o 26_o 1_o sam._n 15_o 32_o 33._o 33._o isaiah_n 45_o 1._o 1._o 2_o chro._n 35._o 35._o 1_o king_n 22_o 34_o 35._o 35._o 2_o king_n 9_o 22_o 27._o 27._o 2_o chr._n 31._o 1_o 6_o 7._o 7._o 2_o ki._n 25._o 6_o 7_o 7_o 2_o ki._n 25._o 6_o 7_o 7_o 2_o chron_n 33._o 11_o 1●_n 1●_n 2_o king_n 14._o 13._o 13._o see_v m._n selden'_v title_n of_o honour_n l._n 1_o c._n 3_o s●ct_n 1._o 2._o bodin_n commonw_n l._n 1._o c._n 3._o l._n 2._o c._n 5._o joseph_n de_fw-fr bello_fw-la judaico_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 10._o 15._o 15._o commonw_n l._n 2._o c_o 5._o 5._o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_n l._n 1._o c._n 3._o sect_n 11._o 16._o 16._o in_o the●r_a ●itles_n and_o controversy_n de_fw-fr immunitate_fw-la clericorum_fw-la bishop_n latimers_n sermon_n at_o stamford_n f._n 67._o b._n b._n keilwayes_o report_v f._n 181._o 181._o see_v par_fw-fr 1._o p_o ●8_o &_o fox_n act_n &_o monument_n monument_n 1_o king_n 2._o 2d_o 27._o 27._o see_v claudius_n esponcaeus_fw-la dig_v in_o po●●●pist_n ad_fw-la tim._n de_fw-fr c●rismatis_fw-la usu_fw-la p._n 261._o etc._n etc._n etc._n espencaeus_fw-la ibid._n see_v i_o homas_fw-la waldensis_fw-la bellarmine_n and_o other_o de_fw-fr sacramento_n extremae_fw-la unstiovis_fw-la and_o all_o schoolman_n and_o canonist_n de_fw-fr sacrame●torum_fw-la numero_fw-la &_o extre_fw-la unct_n unct_n catalogue_n gloriae_fw-la mundi_fw-la par_fw-fr 5._o consid._n 35._o p._n 249._o alber._n de_fw-fr ros._n super_fw-la g._n of_o rubr._n f._n desta_fw-la ho._n ho._n cassan●us_a ibid._n &_o consid._n 29._o 29._o cook_n 7._o report_n calvin_n case_n f._n 11._o philoch_n arch._n de_fw-fr somnio_fw-la vcr_n 〈◊〉_d c._n 171._o object_n 6._o answ._n answ._n 1_o sam._n 10●_o 1_o 2._o 24._o 24._o 1_o sam._n 16._o 1._o to_o 14._o 14._o 1_o king_n 19_o 〈◊〉_d 16._o 16._o 1_o king_n 19_o 16._o 2_o king_n 9_o 1._o to_o 8._o 8._o 1_o sa._n 15_o 16_o 17._o c._n 10._o 1_o 2_o 4._o 4._o 1_o sam._n 12_o 13._o c._n 15._o 13_o c._n 1●_n 1._o 1_o chro._n 28._o 4._o 4._o psal._n 2._o 6._o psal._n 18._o 50._o 50._o 1_o sam._n 10._o 1_o 2_o 24._o 24._o 1_o sam._n 16._o 1._o to_o 14._o 14._o soct_n 2._o p._n ●_o sect._n ●_o ●_o sect._n 2._o p._n ●_o ●_o 1_o sam._n 2d_o 3._o to_o 16._o 16._o 1_o sam._n 26._o 7._o to_o 25._o 25._o 2_o sam._n 2._o 1_o sam._n 26._o 23_o 24._o 24._o sect._n 2._o p._n 〈◊〉_d object_n 7._o 7._o dr_n fern_n resolve_v of_o conscience_n sect._n 2._o p._n 10._o and_o other_o aswer_v aswer_v exod._n 14._o 14._o psa._n 59_o 1_o 10_o and_o other_z psal._n psal._n 2_o chron._n 32._o 20._o 2_o king_n 19_o 19_o 2_o chron._n 14._o 9_o 9_o to_o 15._o 15._o 2_o chron._n 13_o 14_o 15_o 16._o 16._o mat._n 16._o 11._o 11._o jam._n 5._o 14_o 15_o 16._o 16._o psal._n 50._o 15_o 15_o matth._n 21._o 13._o object_n 8._o 8._o dr_n ferne_n sect._n 2_o 3._o a_o appeal_n to_o thy_o conscience_n answ._n 1._o 2._o 3._o 3._o antiqu._n jud._n l._n 4._o c._n 8._o 4._o 4._o explain_v artit_fw-la 42._o operum_fw-la tom._n 1._o 84_o 84_o three_o part_n of_o the_o true_a difference_n between_o christion_n subjection_n &c_n &c_n p._n 513._o 514._o 514._o 1_o sam._n 14._o 14._o 1_o chron._n 13._o 13._o 1_o kin._n 12._o 12._o ●er_n 26._o 26._o 1_o king_n 11._o 1._o to_o 40._o 40._o 1_o king_n 12._o ●_o chr._n 10._o evasion_n reply_v reply_v deut._n 13._o throughout_o c._n 17._o 1._o to_o 8._o 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