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the_o person_n accuse_v or_o present_v as_o that_o be_v not_o likely_a neither_o as_o i_o suppose_v can_v be_v prove_v so_o admit_v it_o be_v true_a and_o that_o such_o kind_n of_o oath_n be_v consonant_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n yet_o be_v the_o same_o no_o sufficient_a or_o lawful_a justification_n inasmuch_o as_o we_o have_v prove_v and_o further_o shall_v prove_v such_o examination_n and_o inquiry_n upon_o oath_n to_o be_v injurious_a both_o to_o the_o prince_n and_o people_n of_o this_o realm_n and_o to_o impugn_v our_o government_n and_o form_n of_o justice_n in_o which_o case_n the_o king_n grant_v or_o commission_n be_v of_o no_o force_n in_o law_n for_o as_o bracton_n well_o have_v write_v potestas_fw-la principis_fw-la juris_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la injuriae_fw-la &_o cùm_fw-la ipso_fw-la sit_fw-la author_n juris_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la inde_fw-la injuriarum_fw-la nasci_fw-la occasio_fw-la unde_fw-la jura_fw-la nascuntur_fw-la that_o the_o king_n by_o his_o commission_n or_o grant_n or_o otherwise_o they_o by_o parliament_n may_v not_o change_v or_o alter_v the_o law_n of_o this_o realm_n nor_o the_o order_n manner_n or_o form_n of_o administration_n of_o justice_n be_v right_o also_o note_v unto_o we_o by_o that_o grave_n and_o learned_a judge_n master_n fortescue_n say_v non_fw-la potest_fw-la rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la ad_fw-la libitum_fw-la suum_fw-la leges_fw-la mutare_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la principatu_fw-la namque_fw-la nedum_fw-la regali_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o politico_fw-la ipse_fw-la svo_fw-la populo_fw-la dominatur_fw-la and_o by_o the_o book_n also_o of_o anno_fw-la 11._o h._n 4._o where_o it_o be_v agree_v that_o neither_o the_o king_n by_o his_o grant_n nor_o the_o pope_n by_o his_o bull_n for_o all_o his_o triple_a crown_n can_v change_v or_o alter_v the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n whereunto_o concur_v diverse_a other_o book_n of_o the_o report_n of_o the_o law_n worthy_a also_o of_o remembrance_n be_v that_o say_n of_o 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