Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n
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A40421
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Freedom of elections to Parliament, a fundamental law and liberty of the English subject and some presidents shewing the power of the House of Commons to inflict punishments on those who have been guitly [sic] of misdemeanours either in elections or returns : in a letter to a member of Parliament.
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Wing F2125; ESTC R24341
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up_o and_o appear_v as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o several_a place_n of_o cotton_n abridgement_n of_o record_n for_o instance_n 6_o e._n 3._o n._n 5._o 13_o e._n 3._o sparsim_fw-la cotton_n abridg_n sparsim_fw-la n._n 5._o 15_o e._n 3._o n._n 4_o 5._o 17_o e._n 3._o n._n 2._o 20_o e._n 3._o n._n 5_o 6._o 21_o e._n 3._o n._n 4._o 22_o e._n 3._o n._n 1._o 25_o e._n 3._o n._n 1._o 42_o e._n 3._o n._n 1._o 51_o e._n 3._o n._n 3._o 2_o r._n 2._o n._n 1._o 4_o r._n 2._o n._n 1_o 2._o 5_o r._n 2._o n._n 65._o 6_o r._n 2._o n._n 1._o 9_o r._n 2._o n._n 1._o 9_o h._n 4._o n._n 1_o 2._o the_o parliament_n be_v adjourn_v because_o sundry_a of_o the_o commons_o house_n make_v default_n and_o be_v absent_a so_o careful_a be_v our_o prudent_a ancestor_n to_o have_v a_o full_a representative_a of_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n whenever_o a_o parliament_n be_v to_o meet_v before_o they_o will_v proceed_v to_o act_v in_o any_o public_a business_n to_o prevent_v all_o surprise_v that_o may_v be_v fear_v from_o 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not_o only_o necessary_a that_o both_o house_n shall_v be_v full_a at_o their_o first_o meeting_n but_o that_o they_o shall_v continue_v so_o to_o be_v as_o long_o as_o the_o parliament_n itself_o continue_v and_o this_o appear_v by_o a_o declarative_a statute_n make_v in_o the_o 6_o hen._n 8._o which_o say_v that_o forasmuch_o as_o common_o 16._o 6_o h._n 8._o cap._n 16._o in_o the_o end_n of_o every_o parliament_n divers_z and_z many_o great_a and_o weighty_a matter_n as_o well_o touch_v the_o pleasure_n weal_n and_o surety_n of_o the_o king_n as_o the_o common-weal_n of_o the_o realm_n and_o subject_n thereof_o be_v to_o be_v treat_v commune_v of_o and_o by_o authority_n of_o parliament_n to_o be_v conclude_v so_o it_o be_v that_o divers_a knight_n of_o shire_n citizen_n for_o city_n burgess_n for_o burrough_n and_o baron_n for_o the_o cinque-port_n long_a time_n before_o the_o end_n of_o the_o parliament_n of_o their_o own_o authority_n depart_v and_o go_v home_o into_o their_o 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discharge_v of_o the_o say_a wage_n against_o the_o say_a person_n and_o person_n and_o their_o executor_n for_o evermore_o but_o to_o return_v to_o what_o this_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v a_o digression_n from_o king_n richard_z the_o second_o through_o the_o unconfined_a flattery_n of_o his_o ambitious_a favourite_n be_v drive_v on_o to_o fierce_a and_o violent_a rupture_n with_o the_o other_o great_a man_n of_o the_o land_n who_o oppose_v the_o maladministration_n of_o those_o public_a enemy_n to_o the_o king_n and_o kingdom_n be_v peace_n 329._o tho._n walse_v histor_n angl._n fol._n 329._o and_o happiness_n and_o be_v to_o call_v a_o parliament_n in_o the_o eleven_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n be_v advise_v to_o summon_v all_o the_o sheriff_n of_o england_n unto_o nottingham-castle_n and_o to_o inquire_v of_o they_o what_o power_n they_o can_v raise_v for_o he_o in_o every_o county_n against_o those_o great_a man_n that_o minister_n closete_a advise_v by_o the_o king_n chief_a 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strange_a and_o unusual_a clause_n into_o dorso_fw-la rot._n claus_n 11_o r._n 2._o m_o 24._o dorso_fw-la they_o that_o they_o shall_v choose_v such_o man_n as_o be_v in_o debatis_fw-la modernis_fw-la magis_fw-la indifferentes_fw-la but_o the_o king_n be_v quick_o after_o inform_v by_o his_o council_n that_o that_o clause_n in_o those_o writ_n be_v a_o illegal_a clause_n send_v out_o new_a writ_n to_o supersede_n those_o other_o wherein_o it_o be_v declare_v by_o he_o dictam_fw-la clausulam_fw-la viz._n in_fw-la debatis_fw-la modernis_fw-la magis_fw-la indifferentes_fw-la contra_fw-la formam_fw-la electionis_fw-la antiquitùs_fw-la usitatae_fw-la ac_fw-la contra_fw-la libertatem_fw-la dominorum_fw-la dorso_fw-la rot._n claus_n 11_o r._n 2._o m_o 23._o dorso_fw-la &_o communitatis_fw-la regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la eatenus_fw-la obtentam_fw-la existere_fw-la but_o notwithstanding_o all_o this_o his_o favourite_n suae_fw-la pelii_n timentes_fw-la as_o tho._n walsingham_n word_n be_v to_o 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libre_fw-la ad_fw-la